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Texas man who used an iron long for decades after contracting polio as a child dies at 78
DALLAS (AP) - A Texas man who spent most of his 78 years using an iron lung chamber and built a large following on social media, recounting his life from contracting polio in the 1940s to earning a la...
Mar 13, 2024
50 years later, Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing num...
Mar 13, 2024
Walker says winning another Brier is "surreal" and sharing the record for career wins is "very cool"
Beaverlodge's Geoff Walker says it is surreal to be a Brier champion for the sixth time in his curling career.Walker and his teammates on the Brad Gushue team won the Brier Sunday, beating Saskatchewa...
Mar 13, 2024
Manitoba RCMP investigating report of hazing involving a rural hockey team
WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP are investigating after receiving a report of hazing involving a rural hockey team earlier this year. Police say Pembina Valley RCMP received a report stemming for an alleged ...
Mar 13, 2024
End of Quebec electric vehicle rebate will slow shift to cleaner cars: auto dealers
MONTREAL - The head of Quebec's automobile dealers association says the government's decision to end a rebate for the purchase of electric vehicles will slow the province's shift to cleaner cars. Ian ...
Mar 13, 2024
Former UFC champion Mark Coleman in the hospital after saving his parents from a house fire in Ohio
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - UFC Hall of Famer and former champion Mark Coleman was airlifted to a hospital and was "battling for his life" after saving his parents from a house fire in Ohio this week, his dau...
Mar 13, 2024
Scheffler is chasing history in The Players Championship. No one has ever repeated as champion
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods never did it. Neither did Jack Nicklaus, even before The Players Championship found its home in a former swamp now known as the TPC Sawgrass. This is the 50t...
Mar 13, 2024
Quebec coroner hears from cops involved in failed arrest that led to officer's death
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner's inquiry into the deaths of a provincial police sergeant and the man who killed her is hearing today from police officers who took part in the fatal operation. William Ber...
Mar 13, 2024
Canada pledges help for Palestinian sex-crime victims, angering Israeli envoy
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly has announced funding for Palestinian women who have survived sexual violence, drawing an immediate rebuke from a senior Israeli official. Joly pledged $1...
Mar 13, 2024
Canadian QB Nathan Rourke officially returns to the New England Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Canadian Nathan Rourke is officially back with the New England Patriots. The NFL club formally announced Rourke had signed a one-year deal Tuesday. Reports earlier this month had t...
Mar 13, 2024