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Canada's Howden, Thompson earn world championship silver in mixed team ski cross
BAKURIANI, Georgia - Canadians Reece Howden and Marielle Thompson secured silver in the first-ever mixed team ski cross world championship on Sunday. It was the third world medal for Thompson and firs...
Feb 26, 2023

Canada's Mikael Kingsbury defends dual moguls world title
BAKURIANI, Georgia - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury successfully defended his men's dual moguls world title on Sunday. The Deux-Montagnes, Que., outduelled Sweden's Walter Wallberg in the final to strike g...
Feb 26, 2023

Sign me up: Tigers bring back post-game autograph sessions
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Fans of the Medicine Hat Tigers will once again be able to meet the players and get jerseys, pucks and other items signed by the local hockey stars.The team is bringing back its pos...
Feb 26, 2023

Canadiens send Dadonov to Stars in exchange for winger Gurianov
The Montreal Canadiens have acquired forward Denis Gurianov from the Dallas Stars in exchange for forward Evgenii Dadonov, the team announced Sunday. The Canadiens will retain 50 per cent of Dadonov's...
Feb 26, 2023

American Lilia Vu storms to maiden LPGA title in Thailand
PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) - American Lilia Vu rode a hot putter to claim her maiden LPGA crown with a one-shot victory over home favorite Natthakritta Vongtaveelap at the LPGA Thailand on Sunday. Trailin...
Feb 26, 2023

Inuit 15 times more likely to be jailed in Quebec than the provincial average
MONTREAL - Osman Ilgun was arrested in September 2021 and soon transferred to a detention centre 1,500 kilometres away from his home in the Inuit community of Quaqtaq in Quebec's Nunavik region. At th...
Feb 26, 2023

Black activist who became PM of Dominica was target of RCMP dirty tricks: documents
OTTAWA - It has long been known that the RCMP Security Service took a keen interest in Roosevelt "Rosie" Douglas, a Black rights activist who attended school in Canada and would go on to be prime mini...
Feb 26, 2023

Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy; many dead, 58 survivors
ROME (AP) - The Italian coast guard and firefighters have recovered more than 30 bodies after a wooden migrant boat broke apart in rough seas Sunday near the southern coast of Italy's mainland, author...
Feb 26, 2023

MacKinnon, Georgiev help Avalanche beat Flames 4-1
DENVER (AP) - Nathan MacKinnon had a goal to extend his points streak to seven games, Alexandar Georgiev stopped 28 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Saturday night for t...
Feb 25, 2023

B.C. premier says some deficits require spending as NDP prepares to table budget
VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrat government has been tackling some of the province's fundamental deficits in recent months by spending billions in surplus dollars, says Premier David Eby. Bu...
Feb 25, 2023