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McLeod's Oil Kings earn spot in 2nd round
Dawson Creek's Wyatt McLeod and the Edmonton Oil Kings needed overtime Sunday night to advance to the 2nd round of the WHL playoffs.They came back from a 3-1 deficit in Game 6 to win 4-3 in overtime a...
Apr 01, 2019 Photo by Andy Devlin/Edmonton Oil Kings
Ukrainian comedian sure of victory in presidential runoff
KIEV, Ukraine - Volodymyr Zelenskiy has no political experience, but that's no problem for the people of Ukraine who have already seen that working for him. In a striking example of fiction morphing i...
Apr 01, 2019
Canadian Denis Shapovalov jumps into top 20 in ATP Tour rankings
Canadian teen Denis Shapovalov has cracked the top 20 of the ATP Tour rankings for the first time. The 19-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., jumped to a career-best 20th from 23rd on Monday after reac...
Apr 01, 2019
Calgary Fire Red claim Provincial crown at Coca-Cola Centre
The 2019 Midget Elite provincials wrapped up Sunday at the Coca-Cola Centre with the medal games.The day kicked off with the bronze medal game which saw the Sherwood Park Fury get by the Calgary Fire ...
Apr 01, 2019 The Calgary Fire Red went a perfect 5-0 at the tournament
Technical outage causing flight delays for airlines
NEW YORK - Major U.S. airlines are experiencing some delays Monday following a technical glitch at a third-part vendor. The issue has been resolved, but may cause some a disruption in travel plans. Th...
Apr 01, 2019
Fort St.John product in to round 2 with Giants
The Vancouver Giants were one of the top teams in the Western Hockey League during the regular season, and despite a bit of a scare in the opening round, they are off to round 2.The Giants completed t...
Apr 01, 2019 Vancouver will play either Victoria or Kamloops in the 2nd round of the playoffs. (photo credit to Chris Relke/Vancouver Giants)
Yaremko & Bjorklund have season end in Everett
The season is over for Spirit River's Nolan Yaremko and Grande Prairie's Paycen Bjorklund.The two peace region products had their season come to an end Saturday night in Everett where their Tri-City A...
Apr 01, 2019 (photo credit to the Tri-City Americans)
Canada marks fifth anniversary of end of Afghanistan mission
OTTAWA - When the Sept. 11 terror attacks hit the World Trade Centre towers in 2001, Anita Cenerini says her son, Thomas Welsh, knew right away he would likely be shipped off to war. He had joined the...
Apr 01, 2019
Canadian basketball icon Nash sticks up for Duke's Barrett with Twitter post
Canadian basketball icon Steve Nash is sticking up for Duke's RJ Barrett. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., drew criticism on social media Sunday night after the freshman forwa...
Apr 01, 2019
Canada's Koe extends win streak to four games at world curling championship
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Experience won the day for Canada on Sunday afternoon at the world men's curling championship. Skip Kevin Koe struggled with draw weight early in a 9-5 win over Italy's Joel R...
Apr 01, 2019