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Greece: New bid to understand prehistoric engineering feat
ATHENS, Greece - New excavations at an unusual prehistoric fortress northwest of Athens could hold the key to understanding one of ancient Greece's most impressive engineering feats, which converted a...
Nov 08, 2019
Olympic champ's heartfelt speech marks end of an era at WADA
KATOWICE, Poland - The only reason Beckie Scott's going-away speech to the World Anti-Doping Agency wasn't her finest moment was because of all that led up to it. Bruised, berated and criticized by so...
Nov 08, 2019
Suspected rebels kill 15 at southern Thailand security posts
YALA, Thailand - Gunmen in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand killed 15 village defence volunteers and wounded five security personnel in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on government fo...
Nov 07, 2019
"Lively meeting" at MLA town hall
Medicine Hat, AB - Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes got an earful from the more than 100 constituents who showed up to his town hall meeting Thursday night as a large group of the city`s provincia...
Nov 07, 2019
Jaden Schwartz finishes off 3-on-0 to lift Blues over Canucks in OT
VANCOUVER - It was something he had never seen before, but Jaden Schwartz made the most of the situation. Schwartz scored on a 3-on-0 breakaway at 3:28 of overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 2...
Nov 07, 2019
Matthew Tkachuk nets OT winner for Flames in 4-3 victory over Coyotes
CALGARY - It wasn't an acrobatic between-the-legs overtime winner, but Matthew Tkachuk's second OT goal in as many weeks lifted the Calgary Flames to a 4-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Tu...
Nov 07, 2019
Hanifin scores, tacks on two assists to lead Flames over Devils 5-2
CALGARY - Noah Hanifin had a goal and two assists on Thursday, and the Calgary Flames scored four times in the second period en route to a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils. It's Hanifi...
Nov 07, 2019
Kane has goal and 2 assists, Blackhawks beat Canucks 5-2
CHICAGO - Patrick Kane had a power-play goal and two assists, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Thursday night. Alex DeBrincat and Andrew Shaw scored in the first period, an...
Nov 07, 2019
Mackenzie Blackwood leads Devils to 2-1 shootout win over Jets
WINNIPEG - The New Jersey Devils are making up for a slow start to the season. Nikita Gusev and Jesper Boqvist scored in the shootout to lift the Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tues...
Nov 07, 2019
Journalist killed in Afghanistan honoured with plaque at her high school
VANCOUVER - A journalist who was killed while covering the war in Afghanistan almost 10 years ago was remembered Thursday with a memorial plaque at the high school she attended in Vancouver....
Nov 07, 2019