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Three teams remain unbeaten at Canadian mixed doubles championship
FREDERICTON - Three teams remain unbeaten through 10 draws at the Canadian mixed doubles curling championship. Saskatchewan's Shannon Birchard and Catlin Schneider sit atop Pool B with a 5-0...
Mar 23, 2019
Real-life tsunami threat in Port Alberni, B.C., prompts evacuation updates
VICTORIA - When tsunami-alert sirens rang out in the dead of night in Port Alberni 14 months ago, most people fled for higher ground but some didn't recognize the emergency signal, says a new study. A...
Mar 23, 2019
Canada's Harvey wins silver in penultimate race before retirement
QUEBEC - Canadian cross-country skier Alex Harvey won silver on Saturday in his penultimate race before retirement. He finished second in the FIS World Cup 15-kilometre classic-ski mass start&nbs...
Mar 23, 2019
Greed, Stupidity and the CFL Ratio Battle
It is ironic how on the weekend of the CFL Players Combine, testing potential draft picks, that the future of those players could be hanging in the balance. The story by Justin Dunk of 3DownNation abo...
Mar 23, 2019 by Greg Urbanoski
Barbra Streisand under fire for Michael Jackson remarks
Barbra Streisand is coming under intense criticism on social media for telling a British newspaper that two men who say they were molested as children by Michael Jackson were "thrilled to be there" an...
Mar 23, 2019
Cruise ship off Norway evacuates passengers by helicopter
HELSINKI - A cruise ship with engine problems sent a mayday call off Norway's western coast on Saturday, then began evacuating its 1,300 passengers and crew amid stormy seas and heavy winds in a high-...
Mar 23, 2019
The hard life of a wild Sable Island horse:'Eking out a living on this sandbar'
HALIFAX - Researchers studying the carcasses of Sable Island's fabled wild horses have discovered many had unusual levels of parasites and sand, suggesting they are tougher than most horses, even as m...
Mar 23, 2019
Canada's Loren Gabel of Clarkson University wins Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award
HAMDEN, Conn. - Canadian forward Loren Gabel was named the winner of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award on Saturday. The award is presented annually by the USA Hockey Foundation to the top player in NC...
Mar 23, 2019
Canada's team: Buffalo Bulls women's squad wins March Madness opener
The team with the most Canadian representation at March Madness is moving on after an upset victory on Friday. The No. 10-seeded Buffalo Bulls women's team, featuring five Canadians, pulled away late ...
Mar 23, 2019
Sir John A. Macdonald statue vandalized again in downtown Montreal
MONTREAL - Vandals struck a Sir John A. Macdonald statue in downtown Montreal once again, spray painting the imposing bronze monument to the country's first prime minister early Thursday. Montreal pol...
Mar 23, 2019
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