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From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports
There were so many this year. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance. It beg...
Dec 29, 2020
Swiss skier Gisin ends Shiffrin-Vlhova winning slalom streak
SEMMERING, Austria - Michelle Gisin earned her maiden World Cup win on Tuesday, becoming the first Swiss skier to win a women's slalom in nearly 19 years. Gisin trailed first-run leader Mikaela Shiffr...
Dec 29, 2020
Two killed in worksite incident at Suncor mine north of Fort McMurray
This story has been updated from its original version.FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Suncor Energy Inc. says it is standing down mine operations at an oilsands site in northern Alberta following the deaths of...
Dec 29, 2020
Blackhawks C Toews sidelined indefinitely by illness
Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will miss the start of training camp because of an illness, and there is no timetable for his return. The 32-year-old Toews said Tuesday he has been experienc...
Dec 29, 2020
Federal judge in Iowa ridicules Trump's pardons
IOWA CITY, Iowa - A federal judge in Iowa who has warned against political corruption is ridiculing President Trump's pardons, including those issued to convicted Republican campaign operatives and fo...
Dec 29, 2020
Inmate who survived execution attempt dies; COVID suspected
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio death row inmate who survived an attempt to execute him by lethal injection in 2009 died Monday of possible complications of COVID-19, the state prisons system said. At the ti...
Dec 29, 2020
Statue of slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston
A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet - optics that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice - has been removed from its perch in downtow...
Dec 29, 2020
Dec. 19 flights to and from Grande Prairie flagged for potential COVID-19 exposure
Two flights tied to the Grande Prairie Airport earlier this month have been flagged by Health Canada as having potential COVID-19 exposures.Those seated in rows 13-19 on WestJet flight WS3189 from Cal...
Dec 29, 2020
Forward Devin Shore, defenceman Ryan Stanton sign pro tryout contracts with Oilers
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Devin Shore and defenceman Ryan Stanton to professional tryout agreements. The 26-year-old Shore had five goals and seven assists in 45 games last se...
Dec 29, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak announced in acute care unit at High Prairie Health Complex
Alberta Health Services says a COVID-19 outbreak has been declared in the acute care unit at the High Prairie Health Complex.AHS issued the notice on Twitter Tuesday morning, saying the outbreak was d...
Dec 29, 2020