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'Pretty surreal:' Canada's Keishana Washington looking forward to WNBA opportunity
The moment has sunk in for Keishana Washington. The Pickering, Ont., native arrived in Minneapolis, Minn., on Friday to begin a new chapter in her basketball career. Washington, who recently closed ou...
Apr 29, 2023
Families minister says Tory premiers touting child care should ask Poilievre for plan
OTTAWA - Provincial conservative premiers touting $10-a-day child-care deals with Ottawa is a welcome move, even if some of the leaders now campaigning on the deals were among the last to sign them, f...
Apr 29, 2023
'Phenomenal' logjam in the Canadian Arctic stores millions of tonnes of carbon: study
YELLOWKNIFE - Researchers say they have mapped the world's largest known cumulative logjam in the Canadian Arctic and it holds millions of tonnes of carbon, representing an important but understudied ...
Apr 29, 2023
TikTokers making six-figure incomes via app worried about potential ban
VANCOUVER - Ssonia Ong had no idea that a 25-second video she posted miming to music the story of her college love, her wedding, then her four children would go viral on TikTok. Three years later, wit...
Apr 29, 2023
Defending champ Avs force Game 7 with 4-1 win over Kraken
SEATTLE (AP) - Mikko Rantanen scored his seventh goal of the playoffs, Artturi Lehkonen scored twice, including an empty-net goal in the closing seconds, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kr...
Apr 28, 2023
Canada loses 6-2 to Norway to finish 4th in world mixed doubles curling championship
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Martine Roenning and Mathias Braenden of Norway stole singles in the fourth, fifth and eighth ends to defeat Team Canada in the bronze-medal final at the world mixed do...
Apr 28, 2023
Stars bounce Wild in 6 with 3-1 win behind Hintz, Oettinger
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Roope Hintz got Dallas going early, Jake Oettinger stonewalled his home-state team again and the Stars eliminated the Minnesota Wild with a 4-1 win in Game 6 of their first-roun...
Apr 28, 2023
Former secretary of state Clinton to join Liberal convention in Ottawa next week
OTTAWA - Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the first woman to run as a major party candidate for United States president, will headline the Liberal Party of Canada's national convention on Ma...
Apr 28, 2023
Panthers score 7, force a Game 7 against the Bruins
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Matthew Tkachuk scored twice, Eetu Luostarinen put Florida ahead to stay with 5:38 left in what was a crazed third period, and the Panthers forced a Game 7 in their Eastern Confer...
Apr 28, 2023
Finau leads Mexico Open at halfway point; Rahm 6 shots back
VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) - Tony Finau kick-started what had been a disappointing 2022 with a runner-up finish in the Mexico Open at Vidanta. He moved into position for an even better result on Friday, sh...
Apr 28, 2023