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USports: Taraschuk perfect as Bisons blank Golden Gaels 4-0 in women's quarters
LONDON, Ont. - Lauren Taraschuk stopped all 17 shots she faced as the Manitoba Bisons shut out the Queen’s Golden Gaels 4-0 on Friday in a quarterfinal of the Canadian university women’s h...
Mar 17, 2018
USports: Kieser leads Golden Bears past Axemen 8-6 in men's hockey quarterfinal
FREDERICTON - Riley Kieser had two goals and two assists as the Alberta Golden Bears held on for an 8-6 win over the Acadia Axemen on Friday in a quarterfinal of the Canadian university hockey menR...
Mar 17, 2018
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games NHL Ottawa 3 Dallas 2 (OT) San Jose 7 Calgary 4 Nashville 4 Colorado 2 Washington 6 N.Y. Islanders 3 Anaheim 4 Detroit 2 Minnesota 4 Vegas 2 — AHL Toronto 3, Belleville 1 La...
Mar 16, 2018
White House pushes back against reports of tumult, purges
WASHINGTON - The White House is pushing back against talk of a staffing purge, insisting that reports of tumult and imminent departures are overblown. Chief of staff John Kelly, himself the subject of...
Mar 16, 2018
Evander Kane has four-goal night to lead Sharks to 7-4 win over Flames
CALGARY - It took Evander Kane until his 565th game to record his first career NHL hat trick. He then added another goal for good measure to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 7-4 win over the Calgary Flam...
Mar 16, 2018
Rebels skid to loss against Ice to close out home schedule
The Red Deer Rebels were behind from the get-go Friday night, resulting in a not so pretty 6-2 loss at the hands of the Kootenay Ice. In the first period, Kootenay took advantage of a slow start by Re...
Mar 16, 2018
Canadian speedskaters qualify at world short-track championships
MONTREAL - Canadian Olympic speedskaters Kim Boutin, Samuel Girard and Charles Hamelin all had a perfect day in qualifying at the world short track championships on Friday. Boutin, Girard and Hamelin ...
Mar 16, 2018
Canadian curling team edges South Korea 5-3 for emotional Paralympic bronze
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - A Canadian curling team that had laughed and smiled its way through a roller-coaster Pyeongchang Paralympics was a puddle of tears after capturing bronze. Moments after...
Mar 16, 2018
Xi Jinping reappointed China's president with no term limits
BEIJING - China’s rubber-stamp legislature on Saturday unanimously approved the reappointment of Xi Jinping as president with no limit on the number of terms he can serve. The National People...
Mar 16, 2018
Canada sending peacekeepers to Mali; aviation task force there up to 12 months
OTTAWA - Canada will be dispatching an aviation task force to the troubled West African nation of Mali as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, a senior government official said Friday. The g...
Mar 16, 2018