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Israeli military says 4 rockets fired from Syria intercepted
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said it intercepted four incoming rockets from Syria on Tuesday and explosions were heard shortly after that in Damascus, a week after another Israeli strike targeted ...
Nov 21, 2019
US, Australian hostages freed by Taliban in prisoner swap
ISLAMABAD - The Taliban on Tuesday freed an American and an Australian held hostage since 2016 in exchange for three top Taliban figures - a move that the insurgent group asserted could help rekindle ...
Nov 21, 2019
Ex-PM Sharif leaves Pakistan for medical treatment in London
LAHORE, Pakistan - Pakistan's ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was convicted of corruption, left the country on Tuesday to travel to London for medical treatment. The 69-year-old Sharif,...
Nov 20, 2019
Raiders rip it up in Red Deer, regain top spot in the WHL
The Prince Albert Raiders haven't really liked how they've been playing in the previous five games or so, but they're going to be a little bit happier now.The Raiders pounced on the Red Deer Rebels fo...
Nov 20, 2019 Raiders forward Evan Herman was named the game's first star after scoring a goal and adding two assists in a big win over the Red Deer Rebels on Wednesday. File photo/paNOW Staff
'This has to stop': Liquor store in Winnipeg to close after employees assaulted
WINNIPEG - Three Manitoba liquor store workers were assaulted and one was taken to hospital in what the province's Crown corporation calls an unprovoked attack. It happened in Winnipeg on Wednesday&nb...
Nov 20, 2019
Bombers GM confident in signing head coach Mike O'Shea to contract extension
CALGARY - Winnipeg Blue Bombers general manager Kyle Walters says he and Mike O'Shea have a verbal agreement to extend his head-coaching contract, but not a signed one. O'Shea has navigated the Blue B...
Nov 20, 2019
Orlando loses all-star centre Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon to ankle sprains
TORONTO - Orlando's road woes continued Wednesday with a painful twist. The Magic dropped to 0-5 away from home after a 113-97 loss in Toronto that saw all-star centre Nikola Vucevic and forward ...
Nov 20, 2019
Impact acquire winger/forward Quioto, send defender Cabrera to Dynamo in trade
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact acquired Honduran international winger and forward Romell Quioto from the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday in exchange for Argentine defender Victor Cabrera and $10...
Nov 20, 2019
Whitecaps transfer Canadian centre back Doneil Henry to South Korean club
VANCOUVER - They Vancouver Whitecaps reached to a transfer agreement with South Korean K League 1 club Suwon Samsung Bluewings for Canadian centre back Doneil Henry on Wednesday. The Whitecaps al...
Nov 20, 2019
Canadian class action proposed over alleged carcinogenic herbicide
TORONTO - Lawyers for a group of Canadians affected by cancer they blame on exposure to a weed killer have filed three proposed class-action lawsuits against the product's manufacturer, alle...
Nov 20, 2019
