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Walker makes game-winning draw to win Alberta playdown and book Scotties ticket
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Laura Walker made a game-winning draw Sunday afternoon to win the Alberta women's curling playdowns and secure a berth in the upcoming national championship. She threw her fina...
Jan 9, 2022
19 dead, including 9 children, in NYC apartment fire
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's deadliest fire in more than three decades, killing 19 people including nine children Sunday at a Bronx apartment building, was caused by a faulty space heater, official...
Jan 9, 2022
AP source: White pulled out due to lingering COVID symptoms
Shaun White's withdrawal from a key Olympic qualifying event came after he experienced lingering COVID-19 symptoms, including fatigue and shortness of breath, The Associated Press has learned. A perso...
Jan 9, 2022
Longtime Canadian women's baseball team member Amanda Asay dies at 33
NELSON, B.C. - Baseball Canada says Amanda Asay, the longest-serving member of the Canadian women's baseball team program, has died after a skiing accident in Nelson, B.C. The native of Prince George,...
Jan 9, 2022
Host Cameroon wins as African Cup opens under virus shadow
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) - Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar scored two penalties in quick succession as the host country came from behind to beat Burkina Faso 2-1 in the African Cup of Nations' openin...
Jan 9, 2022
COVID-19 cases fill hospital beds in parts of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick
VANCOUVER - Hospitals in several parts of Canada are straining under the weight of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with Quebec hospitalizations reaching an all-time high on Sunday and Ontario's admis...
Jan 9, 2022
New COVID-19 cases back over 1,000-mark, five more hospitalizations, no new deaths
After a one-day absence, recorded COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan are back over the 1,000-case mark. In Sunday's provincial update, there are 1,099 new COVID-19 cases in the province; 30 in the North E...
Jan 9, 2022
Saskatchewan cold snap to end Monday
For more than two weeks, most days have been extremely cold in Saskatchewan.But relief is finally coming.Environment Canada is forecasting a stretch of relatively warm weather to start the week. It's ...
Jan 9, 2022
RCMP still searching for 48-year-old man
Rosthern RCMP have been searching since Dec. 22 for 48-year-old Leslie Peesker, and released an update on Sunday saying the search continues. Peesker was initially reported missing on Dec. 22, and the...
Jan 9, 2022
Oilers add two more players to protocol, game against Senators rescheduled
EDMONTON - The National Hockey League has postponed two games due to COVID-related issues affecting the Edmonton Oilers and New Jersey Devils. Edmonton's home game against the Ottawa Senators on Monda...
Jan 9, 2022
