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Dickson eager to erase pain of Calgary Roughnecks' NLL final loss in 2014
The Calgary Roughnecks' disappointing loss in the 2014 National Lacrosse League championship still haunts Curtis Dickson. But he and his teammates have an opportunity to erase the heartbreak...
May 17, 2019
Officials: PG&E equipment sparked deadly California wildfire
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. power lines sparked a Northern California blaze that killed 85 people last year, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, state fire officia...
May 17, 2019
'Jersey Shore' star's ex-girlfriend accused of battering him
LAS VEGAS - A lawyer says "Jersey Shore" star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro's on-again-off-again girlfriend will fight a misdemeanour domestic battery charge alleging she attacked Ortiz-Magro at a Las Vegas club...
May 17, 2019
What'sHappeningNOW May 17, 2019
Voice of the Raiders Trevor Redden speaks with Sports Editor Jeff D'Andrea as the Memorial Cup gets underway in Halifax.
May 17, 2019
NY Mayor Bill de Blasio could be latest White House hopeful
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to visit a pair of early voting states ahead of an expected entry into the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential race. De Blasio is scheduled to appear Thursday...
May 17, 2019
Toronto FC waiting on Altidore's health -- and next transfer window
Toronto FC ends a stretch of five games in 15 days Saturday when it faces Real Salt Lake City at Rio Tinto Stadium with a question-mark over key forward Jozy Altidore. The U.S. international's fi...
May 17, 2019
Huawei hit by US export controls, potential import ban
In a fateful swipe at telecommunications giant Huawei, the Trump administration issued an executive order Wednesday apparently aimed at banning its equipment from U.S. networks and said it was subject...
May 17, 2019
Bee bandits strike Saskatchewan farm
The equivalent of a semi-load of honey was stolen from a farm in northeast saskatchewan, according to the beekeeper who runs the operation.Derek Moyen farms north of Zenon Park and said losing 148 bee...
May 17, 2019 (File photo/ farmnewsNOW Staff)
Business manager sentenced for defrauding Ne-Yo, McKnight
NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey man who served as business manager for Ne-Yo has been sentenced in Ohio to more than seven years in prison for defrauding the R&B singer in a sports beverage scheme. Ke...
May 17, 2019
RCMP video brings home reality in a 'visceral way': former TRC chairman
OTTAWA - Former Truth and Reconciliation commissioner Murray Sinclair says a video of a Mountie interrogating a young Indigenous woman disclosing sexual abuse in B.C. foster care brings home...
May 17, 2019
