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Crown, defence expected to make closing arguments today in Hoggard sex assault trial
TORONTO - Prosecutors and defence lawyers are expected to make their final pitch today to jurors hearing the sex assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. Hoggard, 37, has pleaded not guilty t...
May 27, 2022
Canadian Blood Service seeks to scrap lifetime ban on sex workers donating blood
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services wants to scrap a lifetime ban on sex workers giving blood in a further move to make blood donation more equitable. The blood-donation service this month recommended to...
May 27, 2022
'Always hope': Remains of Cree woman sent home to Alberta decades after disappearance
Violet Soosay's search for her missing aunt began four decades ago. The pursuit took her to parts of Alberta and B.C. and down paths of uncertainty as weeks, months and years passed without word of Sh...
May 27, 2022
Racism in the ranks: Dutch police film spurs conversation
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A documentary about discrimination within the ranks of Dutch police has sparked a national conversation in the Netherlands about racism, with many officers and others hop...
May 27, 2022
McDavid scores in OT, Oilers down Flames to advance to Western Conference final
CALGARY - The Edmonton Oilers are off to the Western Conference final. Connor McDavid scored at 5:03 of overtime as the Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Thursday to win their second-round pla...
May 26, 2022
Vlad Jr homers off Shohei Ohtani, Blue Jays top Angels 6-3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered off Shohei Ohtani for the first time, and George Springer hit a leadoff home run in the Toronto Blue Jays' 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels ...
May 26, 2022
Altomare beats top-seeded Lee in LPGA Match-Play
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Brittany Altomare rallied to beat top-seeded Minjee Lee 2 and 1 on Thursday in hot conditions at Shadow Creek in the second round of group play in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play. Th...
May 26, 2022
Warriors beat Mavericks 120-110 to return to NBA Finals
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Klay Thompson shimmied his way to 32 points and the Golden State Warriors advanced to their sixth NBA Finals in the past eight seasons by beating the Dallas Mavericks 120-110 in G...
May 26, 2022
Biden to console families in Uvalde, press for action
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday's mass school shooting in which 19 children and...
May 26, 2022
Hurricanes win Game 5, push Rangers to brink of elimination
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Vincent Trocheck buried a short-handed goal, Teuvo Teravainen had a rare power-play score for Carolina and the Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday night to take a...
May 26, 2022
