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Jets return from layoff, defeat Vegas 5-4 in overtime
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Kyle Connor scored in overtime and the Winnipeg Jets overcame a first-period, two-goal deficit to hold off the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 Sunday in their return from a two-week hiatus. ...
Jan 02, 2022
VanVleet has seven three-pointers in Raptors' 120-105 win over Knicks
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet drilled seven three-point jumpers and 35 points total to help the Toronto Raptors dispatch the shorthanded New York Knicks 120-105 on Sunday. The victory pushed the Raptors (16...
Jan 02, 2022
Bills clinch playoff berth, eliminate Falcons with 29-15 win
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo clinched a playoff berth when Devin Singletary scored two touchdowns rushing in the second half to make up for Josh Allen's sloppiness in a 29-15 victory over Atlanta...
Jan 02, 2022
Young Canadian squad races to fifth in World Cup luge relay in Germany
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada's young luge team raced to fifth place in the relay at a World Cup on Sunday. Trinity Ellis, a 19-year-old from Pemberton, B.C., Reid Watts, a 23-year-old from Whistler, B...
Jan 02, 2022
Omicron's New Year's cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022
PARIS (AP) - Sorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic were - again - the bittersweet cocktail with which the world said good ridd...
Jan 02, 2022
Finding unmarked graves put spotlight on reconciliation in 2021
OTTAWA - Murray Sinclair says there was something he found difficult after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its final report into the history and legacy of residential school...
Jan 02, 2022
Major Quebec hospital postpones half of surgeries, appointments due to COVID-19 spike
MONTREAL - Quebec City's main hospital network says it will postpone half of its surgeries and medical appointments starting Wednesday. The announcement from CHU de Qubec-Universit Laval comes as the ...
Jan 02, 2022
Remote communities locking down, banning outsiders as COVID-19 spreads
OTTAWA - The latest wave of COVID-19 is bringing health-care resources in some remote communities in Canada to the breaking point as case numbers explode. Record-breaking cases have been documented ac...
Jan 02, 2022
Sudan’s PM announces resignation amid political deadlock
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's prime minister says he has resigned amid political deadlock following a military coup that derailed the country's fragile transition. Abdalla Hamdok announced his resignation in a...
Jan 02, 2022
N.L. politicians remember former provincial and federal cabinet minister John Efford
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Flags at government buildings in Newfoundland and Labrador will be flying at half-mast following the death of former provincial and federal cabinet minister John Efford, who died to...
Jan 02, 2022
