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Whitecaps want improved, no-nonsense defence in game against Colorado
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have scored an average of 2.2 goals over their last four games, enough to win most Major League Soccer matches. Problem is, over the same span the Whitecaps have al...
May 31, 2018
Trudeau describes cancelling U.S. visit over demands for NAFTA sunset clause
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says he abandoned a proposed meeting with Donald Trump in Washington this week after the White House insisted that the prime minister first agree to a five-year “sunset c...
May 31, 2018
Hazardous golf: Utah couple flees lumbering moose
PARK CITY, Utah - A Utah couple ran into a different sort of hazard during a round of golf on Memorial Day near Salt Lake City. A young moose bigger than their golf cart chased them off the links at t...
May 31, 2018
Vegas Golden Knights fans revelling in their team's unexpected success
LAS VEGAS - Miguel Narvaez stands in the searing heat outside the home of the Vegas Golden Knights a couple of hours before Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final, sporting a custom-made jacket with the sign...
May 31, 2018
Versatile centre Lars Eller stepping up for Capitals in Stanley Cup final
LAS VEGAS - Lars Eller says the more he plays, the better he plays. The versatile Capitals centre showed that in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final, and could get even more opportunities in big moments w...
May 31, 2018
RCMP searching for truck involved in QEII hit and run Thursday morning
The RCMP and Alberta Sheriffs are investigating a serious hit and run on the QEII Wednesday morning near Leduc. They say the suspect vehicle has been identified as a red or maroon-coloured Ram 2500 or...
May 31, 2018
Florida Republican leader posts support for Roseanne's tweet
LEESBURG, Fla. - A Republican leader in Florida has said he doesn’t understand the anger generated by Roseanne Barr’s tweet comparing a former adviser to President Barack Obama to an ape. ...
May 31, 2018
No Viking presence in southern Newfoundland after all, American researcher finds
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It looks like the Vikings may not have spent time in an area on Newfoundland’s south coast, as had been posited by one American researcher. An archaeological report pres...
May 31, 2018
How various Ontarians are faring in the province's housing market
Housing affordability is a major issue for many Ontarians getting set to cast their ballots in the provincial election. The governing Liberals brought in measures last year that, along with higher int...
May 31, 2018
Laptops stolen from rural Alberta school
A kindergarten to grade nine school in a rural Alberta community is without nearly a dozen laptops after a break and enter to the building over the weekend. Drayton Valley RCMP were called to the Toma...
May 31, 2018