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Alex Ovechkin scores 650th career goal as Capitals down Maple Leafs
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs liked a lot of elements in their game Thursday. Unfortunately the end result wasn't among those positives. Alex Ovechkin scored the 650th goal of his c...
Feb 23, 2019
Sask. drops to Alberta in tight match, will face Ontario for spot in final
Robyn Silvernagle will need a win Sunday morning to punch her ticket to the championship final at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Team Saskatchewan 11-7 fell in a thrilling tight affair to Alb...
Feb 23, 2019 Robyn Silvernagle's rink will play Rachel Homan's Ontario rink for a spot in the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts championship final. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr
Senators continue sell-off, trade Dzingel to Blue Jackets for Duclair, picks
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators continued to sell off their team on Saturday by reportedly trading left-winger Ryan Dzingel to the Columbus Blue Jackets for forward Anthony Duclair and two second-round d...
Feb 23, 2019
On eve of return to Toronto, former Raptors star DeRozan says he's "moved on"
TORONTO - DeMar DeRozan has found closure. When the player once fondly known as "Mr. I am Toronto" was unceremoniously jettisoned from the Raptors last sum...
Feb 23, 2019
R. Kelly's life mirrors that of prosecutor who charged him
In R. Kelly's fight for his freedom, he faces a straight-talking prosecutor whose life in some ways parallels his own. Though the singer was dogged for decades by allegations he victimized women and g...
Feb 23, 2019
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advances to Rio Open final with win over Cuevas
RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to his first ATP tournament final after defeating former champion Pablo Cuevas of Argentina 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the Rio Open semifinals ...
Feb 23, 2019
Stabbed B.C. cop who tackled knife-wielding man called hero by police chief
DELTA, B.C. - An off-duty British Columbia police officer who was stabbed several times in the stomach while picking up his children outside an elementary school is being called a hero by hi...
Feb 23, 2019
Arm wrestling competition holds strong
The arm wrestling competition proved to be a popular attraction at the Prince Albert Winter Festival (PAWF) - the longest running winter festival in western Canada. Men, women and youth competed in th...
Feb 23, 2019 Both women and men competed at the annual arm wrestling competition at the Alfred Jenkins Field House Saturday - part of the Prince Albert Winter Festival (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW)
Canadian shares story of abuse with church officials ahead of Vatican summit
One by one, a dozen survivors shared their shattering tales of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy with high-ranking church officials gathered to listen to the stories they'd declined to hear...
Feb 23, 2019
2 women accuse R. Kelly of sexual misconduct in 1990s
NEW YORK - Two women said Thursday that singer R. Kelly picked them out of a crowd at a Baltimore after-party in the mid-1990s when they were underage and had sex with one of the teens although she wa...
Feb 23, 2019
