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Canada's Nurse wants to give young girls opportunity to play at highest level
When Kia and Tamika Nurse were growing up, U.S. college basketball coaches rarely ventured north of the border to scout - and even less so to scout girls. Travelling teams for top female players were ...
Dec 7, 2018
Weekend Scoreboard: Dec 6-9, 2018
REBELS (17-9-2-0) Dec. 7 - vs. Regina (8-21-0-0) >> 4-3 SO win (STORY) Dec. 8 - vs. Swift Current (5-22-1-1) >> 6-2 win (STORY) === ALLAN CUP WEST (SENIOR AAA) Dec. 8 - Lacombe Generals (3...
Dec 7, 2018
In darkness and chaos, deputy killed by friendly fire
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - As terrified people scrambled out of broken windows, screaming and bleeding and fleeing a mass shooting inside a California bar, Sgt. Ron Helus and a highway patrolman decided ...
Dec 7, 2018
Heavy rain, flooding, tornadoes forecast for Houston region
Houston authorities have activated their emergency operations centre and the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch as a storm system could bring up to 10 inches (25 centimetres) of r...
Dec 7, 2018
Leafs players William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen involved in minor car accident
Toronto Maple Leafs players William Nylander and Kasperi Kapanen were involved in a minor car accident Friday afternoon. A team official confirmed in an email to The Canadian Press the collision occur...
Dec 7, 2018
Fewer than half of ballots returned so far in B.C.'s electoral reform referendum
VANCOUVER - An advocate for maintaining British Columbia’s electoral system as it is questions whether residents really care about reform, given voter turnout figures released on the final day o...
Dec 7, 2018
Russian chemistry teacher accused of setting up a drug lab
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Prosecutors in St. Petersburg have charged two Russian high school teachers of producing and selling drugs, a case that Russian media have compared to the “Breaking Bad&...
Dec 7, 2018
'Mylan's been hit': Teammate recalls shooting of Calgary Stampeder Mylan Hicks
CALGARY - A former teammate of a Canadian Football League player who was shot to death identified the accused as the man who pulled a gun outside a nightclub two years ago. Nelson Lugela, 21, is on tr...
Dec 7, 2018
Chinese executive facing US extradition appears in court
VANCOUVER - A Canadian prosecutor urged a Vancouver court to deny bail to a Chinese executive at the heart of a case that is shaking up U.S.-China relations and worrying global financial markets. Meng...
Dec 7, 2018
Correction: Music Teacher-Sex Charge story
CLAYTON, N.C. - In a story Dec. 6 about a music teacher accused of forcing a woman into sexual servitude, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a North Carolina music teacher was a Grammy awa...
Dec 7, 2018