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Kucherov, Tarasenko, Crosby named NHL three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Tampa Bay Lightning right-wing Nikita Kucherov, St. Louis Blues right-wing Vladimir Tarasenko and Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Kuche...
Feb 18, 2019
Bad weather, lack of pilot experience cited in Quebec crash that killed three
MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is citing the pilot’s lack of experience in instrument flying, particularly at night, for a helicopter crash that killed three people near Dr...
Feb 18, 2019
Pro-pipeline protest convoy approaches Ottawa after rolling across country
OTTAWA - A convoy of angry Albertans and other westerners rolls into Ottawa Tuesday for a mass protest against federal energy and environmental policies that has also become a magnet for extremist, an...
Feb 18, 2019
First-ever 'Jeopardy!" team contest draws top champions
CULVER CITY, Calif. - Glance around the “Jeopardy!” set during rehearsals for its first-ever team championship and it’s easy to be intimidated by the assembled brain power. ThereR...
Feb 18, 2019
P.E.I.'s Birt and New Brunswick's Crawford upset Canada's Jones at Scotties
SYDNEY, N.S. - Prince Edward Island skip Suzanne Birt is not intimidated on the ice, no matter who the opposition might be. She used an aggressive style against six-time Scotties Tournament of Hearts ...
Feb 18, 2019
Canadian women's rink rolls to win over Japan at world junior championships
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - Canada’s Selena Sturmay never trailed en route to a 9-6 win over Japan’s Ani Enami on Monday at the world junior curling championships. Sturmay’s Edmonton-based rin...
Feb 18, 2019
Protesters across U.S. rail against Trump's emergency, demand Congress act
WASHINGTON - Americans furious with President Donald Trump’s latest gambit for financing his long-promised border wall vented their frustrations Monday, gathering at protests across the country ...
Feb 18, 2019
Canada Winter Games using new gender inclusion policy at 2019 event
Athletes at the 2019 Canada Winter Games can live and compete as the gender they identify with. It’s another groundbreaking initiative for a Canadian multi-sport event that prides itself on bein...
Feb 18, 2019
Vandal topples wax statue of Sean 'Diddy' Combs
NEW YORK - Police say someone attacked a statue of Sean “Diddy” Combs at Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York, shoving the rap impresario’s likeness so forcefully it lost its head....
Feb 18, 2019
Men appeal conviction in Via Rail terror plot, argue jury improperly selected
Two men found guilty of terrorism charges after being accused of plotting to derail a passenger train are asking Ontario’s highest court to grant them a new trial, arguing the jury that convicte...
Feb 18, 2019