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WOLFVILLE, N.S. - A brawl erupted between two Nova Scotia hockey teams on the ice Saturday night, prompting an investigation from the body that oversees university sports in Atlantic Canada. The fight...

BERLIN - Voters in a municipality in northwestern Germany have delivered a clear message: no street names, thanks. Official results from a referendum held on Sunday showed 60 per cent of voters in Hil...

HAMAR, Norway - Calgary’s Kaylin Irvine finished a career-best fourth place in the women’s 500-metre race on Sunday at a speedskating World Cup, while Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin placed ...

ATLANTA - Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was taken into federal immigration custody early Sunday, authorities said. The artist, whose given name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested in a tar...

Considering the strength of the field, Scott McDonald would have done well just to make the playoffs at the Ontario curling championship. He did much more than that. McDonald took out some of the spor...

The Canadian subsidiary of General Motors has tried to stop an autoworkers’ union from airing a critical TV commercial during the Super Bowl, but the union said it planned to move forward with t...

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they have taken down an attack ad that spoofed the famous “Heritage Minute” format. A party spokesman says the ad “was obviously intended as pa...

TORONTO - The Los Angeles Clippers limped into Toronto less than 24 hours after their biggest regular-season comeback in franchise history. The Raptors were rested and ready. Kawhi Leonard scored 18 p...

A day of empowerment for mothers and daughters was held Saturday at Red Deer College. The 8th annual ‘Power of a Girl’ conference was combined with the ‘Dream It Be It’ event, ...

MONTREAL - Just before 8 a.m. on the morning of Feb. 10, 2009, David Fortin asked his mother, Caroline Lachance, to drive him to school. After she said she couldn’t, the teen didn’t insist...