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Canada's Bloemen, Blondin, Fish reach speedskating podium in Calgary World Cup
CALGARY - Striving for the perfect speedskating stride motivates Ted-Jan Bloemen after achieving the pinnacle of his sport. Winner of Olympic gold in the 10,000 metres and silver in the 5,000 at ...
Feb 09, 2020

Kobe Bryant helicopter had nearly cleared blinding clouds
LOS ANGELES - The pilot of the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant and eight others was almost out of blinding clouds when he suddenly plunged and crashed into a Southern California hillsid...
Feb 09, 2020

Ticats re-sign CFL's most outstanding special-teams player of the year Williams
Defensive back/kick returner Frankie Williams re-signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday. The CFL's most outstanding special-teams player in 2019, Williams started at defensive back in 16 of his...
Feb 09, 2020

Teck Frontier mine not a 'political gift' from Ottawa: Alberta minister
CALGARY - Alberta's environment minister says Ottawa shouldn't think it can use federal aid as a bargaining tool to determine the fate of a proposed Frontier oilsands mine. The federal cabinet ha...
Feb 09, 2020

NY to sue US over its ouster from trusted traveller programs
ALABNY, N.Y. - New York state will file a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security's decision to block New Yorkers from participating in "trusted traveller programs" in retribution for ...
Feb 09, 2020

Man who ran down 2 students faces manslaughter charges
MOORE, Okla. - A man was charged with manslaughter Friday in the deaths of two suburban Oklahoma City high school cross-country athletes whom he hit with his truck as they ran on a sidewalk just a day...
Feb 09, 2020

'Birds of Prey' flies low on Oscars weekend with tepid debut
LOS ANGELES - "Birds of Prey," the DC Comics' Harley Quinn spinoff, made a tepid debut in theatres over the weekend, opening in No. 1 but below expectations with $33.3 million domestically, according ...
Feb 09, 2020

'100 per cent racial': Indigenous hockey player's dad rejects report on verbal abuse
WAYCOBAH, N.S. - An investigation into allegations an Indigenous hockey player faced racist taunts during a recent game in Cape Breton concluded the verbal abuse did...
Feb 09, 2020

'100 per cent racial': Indigenous hockey player's dad rejects report on verbal abuse
WAYCOBAH, N.S. - An investigation into allegations an Indigenous hockey player faced racist taunts during a recent game in Cape Breton concluded the verbal abuse did...
Feb 09, 2020

Canada's Vasek Pospisil loses to Gael Monfils in Open Sud de France final
MONTPELLIER, France - Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil lost to top-seeded Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Open Sud de France on Sunday. Pospisil had hoped to win his first ATP Tour trophy in his s...
Feb 09, 2020