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Northern Ontario, Alberta stay unbeaten at Canadian men's curling championship
BRANDON, Man. - Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs and Alberta’s Kevin Koe stayed unbeaten at the Canadian men’s curling championship Thursday. Both teams won their first games of the ch...
Mar 06, 2019
Last Quebec schooner of its kind threatened after grounding in Cuba
MONTREAL - Cuban authorities have backed off a threat to seize the last surviving St. Lawrence River schooner, which ran aground on a beach in the Caribbean country on Jan. 27. But the danger remains ...
Mar 06, 2019
Virginia city council video replaced with anti-abortion film
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Civic-minded Virginia residents logging on to a city website expected to find video of the most recent Charlottesville City Council meeting, but were instead greeted with an ant...
Mar 06, 2019
Head of Quebec provincial police suspended as criminal allegation probed
QUEBEC - Martin Prud’homme, the chief of Quebec’s provincial police, has been temporarily suspended pending an investigation into an allegation he committed criminal offences. Public Secur...
Mar 06, 2019
Rebuilt Humboldt Broncos make SJHL playoffs after devastating bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The rebuilt Humboldt Broncos hockey team is heading to the playoffs. The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team was devastated after its bus and a transport truck collided at a rural...
Mar 06, 2019
Dubas calls Marchand's tweet on Marner's next contract 'a master troll job'
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas had to hand it to Brad Marchand - that was a great tweet. A star winger and resident pot-stirrer for the Boston Bruins, Marchand mused on soci...
Mar 06, 2019
Lacombe traffic stop turns up firearms, meth
Two men are in custody following a routine traffic stop that led to the discovery of methamphetamine and illegal firearms. Lacombe police conducted a routine traffic stop on February 25. It was soon d...
Mar 06, 2019
Recycled tires will be used in the upcoming Rocky spray park
Recycled tires will be used for the upcoming Rocky Mountain House Spray Park and amenities. Officials say this project insures hundreds of scrap tires will be diverted from landfills and will be made ...
Mar 06, 2019
Dissent among Dems postpones action on anti-Semitism measure
WASHINGTON - House Democrats on Wednesday postponed indefinitely a vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism after a contentious meeting in which some new members confronted leaders over their pus...
Mar 06, 2019
Maple Leafs sign defenceman Andreas Borgman to contract extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Andreas Borgman to a one-year, two-way contract extension. The contract, which kicks in next season, has an NHL salary of US$700,000. The 23-ye...
Mar 06, 2019