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'Succeed in life:' Twins want to pave way for aspiring Indigenous hockey players
Jordyn and Kyla Bear have something to say to the next Indigenous generation who want to follow in their footsteps in hockey - they're only a phone call away. The 17-year-old twins say it's the same s...
Mar 26, 2021

Russian win rhythm dance to extend command at skating worlds
STOCKHOLM - Russia extended its dominance at the World Figure Skating Championships on Friday when Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov took the rhythm dance. Already, the Russians have won pairs ...
Mar 26, 2021

3 students cited in theft of rare tree in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. - Police who were stumped by the theft of a rare pine tree in November from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum said Friday that they have cracked the case. UW-Madison police said thre...
Mar 26, 2021

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84
DALLAS - Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in his Pulitzer Prize-winning "Lonesome Dove" and returned them to modern-day landscapes in work...
Mar 26, 2021

Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims
WASHINGTON - Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, arguing the cable news giant, in an effort to boost faltering ratings, falsely claimed that the...
Mar 26, 2021

Road to COVID-delayed Olympics a journey of growth for Canadian pitcher Lawrie-Locke
Pitcher Danielle Lawrie-Locke thought she was done playing softball when the Tokyo Olympics were called off last spring. "I went to a really dark place right away," said the star right-hander for the ...
Mar 26, 2021

Air Force assessing pristine Sable Island as rescue-staging area for helicopters
HALIFAX - Another chapter in Sable Island's long history of providing rescue services for struggling seafarers may be about to begin. The Royal Canadian Air Force says it is assessing whether to set u...
Mar 26, 2021

Steak-out: Rhode Island's runaway steer has been recaptured
JOHNSTON, R.I. - A steer that has been on the lam for nearly two months after escaping while on the way to a Rhode Island slaughterhouse was finally corralled Friday morning, police said. The beefy, 1...
Mar 26, 2021

Roughly $15.4 million spent on COVID-related advertising by Alberta government since start of pandemic
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has spent about $15.4 million on COVID-related advertising.That includes six phases of a "comprehensive campaign" designed to educate and inform Albertans of t...
Mar 26, 2021

Caesars puts pandemic losses at $2B, wants insurers to pay
LAS VEGAS - Casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc. is putting its losses because of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 at more than $2 billion, and is suing a long list of insurance carriers it accuses...
Mar 26, 2021