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Police: Body in Minnesota appears to be missing 2-year-old
MILWAUKEE - A child’s body found wrapped in a blanket along a Minnesota highway is believed to be that of a missing 2-year-old girl whose mom police have said was fatally shot by her former pimp...
Mar 16, 2019

Canadian Bianca Andreescu is turning heads in tennis world with her stunning run
Bianca Andreescu has captured the imagination of Canadian sports fans with her Cinderella-like journey to the BNP Paribas Open women's singles final Sunday. But the Mississauga, Ont., native didn̵...
Mar 16, 2019

Fire destroys vacant Peace River home
A release from the Town of Peace River says a fire Saturday completely destroyed a trailer. Firefighters were called to the Cheviot Heights Trailer Park just before Noon. The home was vacant at the ti...
Mar 16, 2019
Canadian Maude-Aimee Leblanc falls out of lead at Natural Charity Classic
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Canada’s Maude-Aimee Leblanc has slipped into a tie for seventh heading into the final round of the Symetra Tour’s Natural Charity Classic. The Sherbrooke, Que., golfe...
Mar 16, 2019

Buffalo women reach NCAAs for 2nd straight season
CLEVELAND - Summer Hemphill scored 16 points and grabbed a Mid-American Conference tournament record 21 rebounds to help No. 4 seed Buffalo beat Ohio 77-61 on Saturday for an automatic NCAA Tournament...
Mar 16, 2019

Eight-year-old Edmonton boy found unharmed, Amber Alert cancelled
EDMONTON - The Edmonton boy at the centre of an Amber Alert that spanned two Alberta cities has been found safe, and police are crediting an off-duty officer from Calgary with spotting the child and h...
Mar 16, 2019

Korea scores trio in ninth end to edge Canada 7-6 at world women's curling event
SILKEBORG, Denmark - Korea’s Minji Kim scored three in the ninth end to edge Canada’s Chelsea Carey 7-6 on Saturday at the world women’s curling championship. It was the first game o...
Mar 16, 2019

Wilderness survival book borrowed in 1977 is finally returned to B.C. library
VANCOUVER - A book about surviving in the outdoors has been returned to a B.C. library branch more than four decades after it was checked out. The book, “Wilderness Living: A Complete Handbook a...
Mar 16, 2019

Man who stood up to mosque gunman probably saved lives
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - When the gunman advanced toward the mosque, killing those in his path, Abdul Aziz didn’t hide. Instead, he picked up the first thing he could find, a credit card mach...
Mar 16, 2019

'RUN!': NZ shooting victims recount horror, mourn the lost
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - They had walked that once innocuous stretch of sidewalk side-by-side so many times. Every Friday, Yasir Amin and his dad had ambled along the path toward the mosque where t...
Mar 16, 2019