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VanVleet scores 24 and Raptors beat Magic to remain unbeaten at home
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet scored 24 points to lead the Toronto Raptors past the Orlando Magic 113-97 on Wednesday in a battle between short-handed teams. The Raptors (10-4) improved to 6-0 on the s...
Nov 20, 2019
Police surround last holdouts at Hong Kong campus protest
HONG KONG - A small band of anti-government protesters, their numbers diminished by surrenders and failed escape attempts, remained holed up at a Hong Kong university early Wednesday as they braced fo...
Nov 20, 2019
John Mann, singer and songwriter of group Spirit of the West dead at 57
VANCOUVER - John Mann, lead singer and songwriter for Vancouver's beloved Celtic-inflected rock band Spirit of the West, has died. He was 57. Eric Alper, the band's publicist, says Mann died peacefull...
Nov 20, 2019
Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: ‘I remember it vividly’
WASHINGTON - The phone call State Department official David Holmes overheard between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland lasted just two minutes. But it won't be easily forgotten. "I...
Nov 20, 2019
Zach Collaros finding his groove with Winnipeg Blue Bombers on eve of Grey Cup
CALGARY - His eight years of CFL experience helps, but Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros is still in hurry-up mode settling into a new offence ahead of the Grey Cup. A Blue Bomber f...
Nov 20, 2019
What's the president of the Privy Council do? Five things about the new cabinet
OTTAWA - Five things to note about the new federal cabinet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Wednesday: He has a deputy prime minister Besides being intergovernmental-affairs minister, in charge of ...
Nov 20, 2019
Legault not ruling out a 'Quebec Amazon' to promote local retailers
QUEBEC - Premier Francois Legault is open to the creation of a Quebec version of Amazon, which his economy minister described Wednesday as a way to serve nationalist customers. Leg...
Nov 20, 2019
Civil service union calls on new cabinet to prioritize Phoenix deal, contract
OTTAWA - The country's largest civil-service union isn't waiting for the prime minister to give marching orders to his new cabinet, offering up its own suggestions instead of government priorities in ...
Nov 20, 2019
Reaction and quotes about the new Liberal cabinet
OTTAWA - What newsmakers said about the new federal cabinet sworn in Wednesday: "We recognize that this Parliament will be one in which collaboration, in which working with a broad range of parti...
Nov 20, 2019
It’s World Children’s Day and anniversary of child rights
TANZANIA, Tanzania - It's World Children's Day and teenage actress Millie Bobby Brown and former soccer star David Beckham are urging people everywhere to listen to youngsters and ensure their rights ...
Nov 20, 2019