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Auston Matthews resting injured wrist, expects to be ready after all-star break
ST. LOUIS - Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been playing with a bum wrist. Judging by his offensive output, it's hard to tell. The 22-year-old is tied for second in the NHL with 34 goals this s...
Jan 24, 2020
Canada's Randa Markos, Sarah Moras book UFC fights in Brazil and Brooklyn
Canadian strawweight Randa (Quiet Storm) Markos is stepping in for the injured Paige Van Zant against Brazil's Amanda Ribas on a televised UFC Fight Night card March 14 in Brasilia. Van Zant ...
Jan 24, 2020
La Loche school demonstrating strength after 2016 tragedy
A moment of silence on Wednesday honored those lost and injured at the fourth anniversary of the school shootings in La LocheJason Young, Director of Education with Northern Lights School Division 113...
Jan 24, 2020 (submitted photo/ NLSD #113)
Ottawa pledges to match funds raised for families of Iran plane crash victims
TORONTO - The federal government promised Wednesday to match all contributions to a fundraising campaign that aims to provide financial relief for the families of the 57 ...
Jan 24, 2020
From MUCC to microbiology: Dr. Linda Chelico working on HIV, cancer research projects
The start of some potentially ground breaking research all began with a Grade 12 project at the high school in Melfort.Dr. Linda Chelico is now a biochemist at the University of Saskatchewan, and her ...
Jan 24, 2020 Dr. Linda Chelico is leading research into enzymes and how they relate to HIV and cancer. (Submitted/Dr. Linda Chelico)
Police resume search for 5 snowmobilers from France missing in Quebec
ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - Quebec provincial police have resumed a search effort for five missing snowmobilers from France who disappeared in frigid waters while riding off-trail in the pro...
Jan 24, 2020
Sinclair goes for milestone goal in Texas as Canadian women look to Tokyo
TORONTO - Christine Sinclair's goals have literally spanned the globe, with her hit list ranging from Argentina to Zimbabwe. Next week, the 36-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., will look to add St. Ki...
Jan 24, 2020
Pentagon: 34 US troops had brain injuries from Iran's strike
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Friday that 34 U.S. troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries suffered in this month's Iranian missile strike on an Iraqi air base, and that half of the troops...
Jan 24, 2020
Former soldier, alleged neo-Nazi Patrik Mathews denied bail in U.S.
GREENBELT, Md. - A former Canadian army reservist and his two American cohorts, all of them tied to a white-supremacy group with growing notoriety in the United States, remained behind bars Wednesday&...
Jan 24, 2020
Why didn’t accusers abandon Weinstein? Expert to weigh in
NEW YORK - It's the defence's go-to question at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial: If the once-revered Hollywood mogul is a revolting sexual predator, as prosecutors and scores of women allege, why did so...
Jan 24, 2020
