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Veteran Olympic speedskater Ivanie Blondin dons the short blades again
CALGARY - Hardwired to flee her comfort zone, speedskater Ivanie Blondin has found a new way to push her envelope. After 13 years on the national long-track team, the 33-year-old from Ottawa will race...
Sep 28, 2023
B.C. Lions take on Saskatchewan Roughriders, look to clinch home playoff game
SURREY, B.C. - The last time the B.C. Lions took on the Saskatchewan Roughriders, they were denied a comeback win. The Riders took a 31-13 lead into the fourth quarter back on Aug. 20. The Lions score...
Sep 28, 2023
Video appears to show Pvt. Travis King's return to U.S. landing in San Antonio, Texas
The American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas two months ago has arrived back in the U.S. in San Antonio, Texas early Thursday, local affili...
Sep 28, 2023
Indigenous groups stand firm with child welfare law before Supreme Court
EDMONTON - Some Indigenous nations say they are prepared to continue enforcing their jurisdiction over child welfare if Canada's top court sides with Quebec in a landmark constitutional case. Bill C-9...
Sep 28, 2023
Reconciliation and reckoning as Nisga'a totem pole returns from Scotland museum
VICTORIA - A homecoming celebration for a memorial totem pole after an absence of almost 100 years will resonate far beyond the tiny Indigenous village in northwest British Columbia where it is being ...
Sep 28, 2023
Hurricane Juan: the most powerful and deadly storm to hit Atlantic Canada in 50 years
HALIFAX - Chris Fogarty remembers the moment 20 years ago when he transmitted a weather bulletin warning that hurricane Juan would make landfall near Halifax, churning out gusts at 140 kilometres per ...
Sep 28, 2023
Separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will dismantle itself by January 2024
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh announced Thursday that it will dismantle itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by Jan. 1, 2024. The move comes...
Sep 28, 2023
Brian White's 13th goal of the season helps Vancouver Whitecaps tie 2-2
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) - Brian White scored his 13th goal of the season in the 78th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps tied the Colorado Rapids 2-2 on Wednesday night. Vancouver (11-10-9) played it...
Sep 27, 2023
McDavid scores OT winner, Oilers edge Canucks 2-1 in pre-season game
EDMONTON - Connor McDavid scored the overtime winner for the Edmonton Oilers in a 2-1 pre-season win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. Defenceman Evan Bouchard sent the puck up ice to ...
Sep 27, 2023
Mangiapane scores shootout winner for Flames in 3-2 pre-season win over Jets
WINNIPEG - Andrew Mangiapane scored the shootout's lone goal in the Calgary Flames 3-2 pre-season win over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday. Connor Zary and Dustin Hunt scored in regulation time for Cal...
Sep 27, 2023