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Warm spring expected in Alberta: The Weather Network
The Weather Network has released its forecast for spring 2024.They say most of the country could experience above-normal temperatures in the months ahead. However, the weather forecaster is anticipati...
Feb 28, 2024
Canada to host 2024 WXV 1 tournament with top women's rugby teams converging on B.C.
British Columbia will host the 2024 edition of WXV 1, the elite division of a three-tiered women's 15s rugby competition that debuted last year. WXV 1 features the top three teams from the 2024 Pacifi...
Feb 28, 2024
Slow procurement keeps pushing defence spending down the line, PBO report finds
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the Defence Department is planning unprecedented capital spending in the coming years, raising concerns about the effect of inflation. In a new report, Y...
Feb 28, 2024
MLB wants to make starting pitching more prominent, but it's a tough task in today's game
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - Max Scherzer logged at least 179 innings in 10 of his first 16 years in the majors. And the three-time Cy Young Award winner learned some tough lessons on the road to pitching d...
Feb 28, 2024
Paris City Hall says no Olympic Games policing plans were lost in theft of a worker's computer gear
PARIS (AP) - Paris City Hall said Wednesday that no policing plans for the upcoming Olympic Games were lost in the theft of computer gear reported by one of its employees. A City Hall statement said: ...
Feb 28, 2024
Paris City Hall says no Olympic Games policing plans were lost in theft of a worker's computer gear
PARIS (AP) - Paris City Hall said Wednesday that no policing plans for the upcoming Olympic Games were lost in the theft of computer gear reported by one of its employees. A City Hall statement said: ...
Feb 28, 2024
Andy Murray loses to fifth-seeded Ugo Humbert at Dubai Championship
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Fifth-seeded Ugo Humbert eased past Andy Murray 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships. Humbert didn't face a break point before...
Feb 28, 2024
Steve Yzerman's patient plan paying off for the rolling Red Wings, who may end NHL playoff drought
DETROIT (AP) - Steve Yzerman's patient plan to turn around the Detroit Red Wings looks like it may be paying off. The rolling Red Wings routed the Washington Capitals 8-3 on Tuesday night, winning six...
Feb 28, 2024
Norway's King Harald V warded in hospital at Malaysia's resort island of Langkawi
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) - Europe's oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, remained hospitalized in Malaysia on Wednesday, in the country's northern resort island of Langkawi, after falling ill while...
Feb 28, 2024
Pope Francis has been taken briefly to a Rome hospital after his weekly audience
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, was brought to a hospital in central Rome after the papal audience on Wednesday, arriving at the Gemelli Hospital on Tiber Island...
Feb 28, 2024