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VANCOUVER - It was a wild ride with a dangerous swerve toward hitting the ditch, but goaltender Thatcher Demko couldn’t stop grinning the whole game. What looked like an easy 4-1 win for Demko i...

TORONTO - Kevin Pillar had been thinking about stealing home since he saw video of a Pittsburgh Pirates prospect do it in a spring training game last week. So when the speedy Toronto centre-fielder wa...

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Police in southern Ontario are investigating an alleged group sexual assault in Niagara Falls. Niagara Regional Police say it happened in the early hours of Saturday morning in t...

SANTA PAULA, Calif. - Officials say two people have been killed after a homebuilt airplane crashed into a shed outside the Southern California city of Santa Paula. Ventura County fire Capt. Stan Ziegl...

The Town of Blackfalds has opened up discussion on requiring registered vehicles in Alberta to once again have a front and rear license plate. The conversation began during an annual planning meeting ...

GOLD COAST, Australia - More than 6,600 athletes and officials will converge on the Gold Coast for the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games, the multi-sports event for 71 countries and territories o...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kei Kamara scored the go-ahead goal on a diving header in the 78th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps came from behind to beat the Columbus Crew 2-1 on Saturday. Vancouver trailed at ...

DETROIT - Out of the playoffs and sinking fast with one win in 14 games a week ago, the Detroit Red Wings could have embraced tanking to bolster their chances in the NHL draft lottery. Instead, they l...

Roughly 200 sledge hockey players have converged on Red Deer this weekend to take part in the 15th Annual Western Canada Sledge Hockey Tournament, also known as the Matt Cook Memorial Cup. The tournam...

VANCOUVER - Speaking from the site where a notorious school and psychiatric facility used to stand, one of its survivors says he finally feels a festering wound begin to close. Bill McArthur, who was ...