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Canada's Megan Oldham takes World Cup slopestyle bronze
MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, Calif. - Canada’s Megan Oldham earned her second straight podium finish on the FIS Freestyle World Cup circuit on Sunday with a bronze medal in slopestyle. The 17-year-old from...
Mar 10, 2019
Longchamps earns two year-end awards from ACAC
Catherine Longchamps of the Red Deer College Queens hockey team has earned herself two Alberta Colleges Athletic Conferences year-end awards. Longchamps was recognized on Friday as the Top Scholastic ...
Mar 10, 2019
Suspects sought in Winfield bank break-in
RCMP are investigating a break-in at a bank in Winfield. They say the incident occurred at about 3:30 a.m. on March 8 at the Alberta Treasury Branch (ATB). Suspects gained access to the bank using a s...
Mar 10, 2019
Canadians Bianca Andreescu, Denis Shapovalov advance at BNP Paribas Open
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada’s Bianca Andreescu didn’t waste any time on Sunday at the BNP Paribas Open. Andreescu only needed 56 minutes to win her matchup against Stefanie Voegele of Sw...
Mar 10, 2019
Quake hits Alberta, but in different geologic region than one linked to fracking
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. - A second earthquake in less than a week shook central Alberta on Sunday, although a seismologist notes it occurred in a different geologic region than a quake last week t...
Mar 10, 2019
Carleton hammers Calgary to win 14th national basketball title since 2003
HALIFAX - The Carleton Ravens are back on their familiar perch as Canadian university men’s basketball champions, after blowing out the previously undefeated Calgary Dinos 83-49 in Sunday’...
Mar 10, 2019
Vancouver Canucks sign 19-year-old defenceman Quinn Hughes
VANCOUVER - Many of Quinn Hughes’ new teammates on the Vancouver Canucks know all about the giant life transition the young defenceman is about to make. The 19-year-old signed a three-year entry...
Mar 10, 2019
A look at the Canadian victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash
Details are emerging about the 18 Canadian victims of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in Addis Ababa that left 157 people dead. Here is what we know so far: Pius Adesanmi: Adesanmi was a Nigerian-bo...
Mar 10, 2019
Raptors tie team record with 21 3s, top Heat 125-104
MIAMI - Kyle Lowry was all alone for what seemed like forever. He was in the corner in front of the Miami bench early in the fourth quarter, no Heat defenders within 10 feet of him, and made as open a...
Mar 10, 2019
Another race and another Penske victory with IndyCar win
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Team Penske’s hot start to the motorsports season continued Sunday with a Josef Newgarden victory in the IndyCar season opener - the fourth win for a Penske car in seven d...
Mar 10, 2019