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Canada's Carolyn Maxwell finishes 11th at luge World Cup in Germany
KOENIGSSEE, Germany - Canadian teenager Carolyn Maxwell finished 11th at the luge World Cup on a demanding track in Konigssee, Germany on Saturday. The 18-year-old rookie on the World Cup circuit cloc...
Jan 05, 2019
Canada's Emily Nishikawa finishes 25th at Tour de Ski event in Italy
VAL DI FIEMME, Italy - Canada’s Emily Nishikawa picked up five more spots in the overall Tour de Ski standings following a 25th place finish on Saturday in the women’s 10-kilometre mass st...
Jan 05, 2019
American Shiffrin gets personal best 7th straight slalom win
ZAGREB, Croatia - In the rhythmic style of a dancer, Mikaela Shiffrin approached yet another record on Saturday. The American skier dominated the first women’s World Cup slalom of 2019 to match ...
Jan 05, 2019
Jets' Paul Maurice named Central Division head coach for NHL All-Star Game
Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice will be behind the bench for the Central Division at the NHL’s upcoming all-star game. Maurice is the third member of the Jets going to the all-star weekend...
Jan 05, 2019
Pettersson likely to miss 1-2 weeks with slight sprain of knee ligament
TORONTO - Vancouver Canucks star rookie Elias Pettersson is expected to be out of the lineup for about a week or two after suffering a right knee injury in a game at Montreal last Thursday. Speaking a...
Jan 05, 2019
Quebec woman and travel companion feared missing in Burkina Faso, family says
MONTREAL - A Quebec woman who was travelling in Burkina Faso with a friend hasn’t been heard from in three weeks and is feared missing, her family said Saturday. Sherbrooke native Edith Blais an...
Jan 05, 2019
Golden Globes another sign of value of Asian inclusion
The Golden Globe Awards is set to feel like a major evolution from its 2015 broadcast, when comedian Margaret Cho’s appearance as a North Korean film journalist who spoke in heavily accented Eng...
Jan 05, 2019
U.S. Coast Guard says 11 of 23 crew members moved off burning ship
HALIFAX - The U.S. Coast Guard says 11 “non-essential” crew have been moved off of a large Halifax-bound container ship that’s been burning far off the Nova Scotia coast. Chief Petty...
Jan 05, 2019
Red Deer's Ignition Theatre gets gruesome
The first prouction from Ignition Theatre in 2019 will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pulitzer prize finalist Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries, which premiered in 2009. Described a...
Jan 05, 2019
Madrid's Gareth Bale has minor muscle injury in left leg
MADRID - Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale has injured a muscle in his left leg, but coach Santiago Solari says it is “nothing to worry about.” Bale hurt his lower left leg late in the first...
Jan 05, 2019