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VanVleet, Siakam lead the way as Raptors down Pelicans for their sixth straight win
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet scored 32 points and Pascal Siakam added 29 to lead the Toronto Raptors to a season-high sixth straight win, holding off the New Orleans Pelicans for a 105-101 victory Sunday. ...
Jan 09, 2022
Walker makes game-winning draw to win Alberta playdown and book Scotties ticket
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Laura Walker made a game-winning draw Sunday afternoon to win the Alberta women's curling playdowns and secure a berth in the upcoming national championship. She threw her fina...
Jan 09, 2022
Highway 1 closed as crews clear vehicles, debris from fatal multi-vehicle collision
SICAMOUS, B.C. - One person is dead after a multi-vehicle pile up on the Trans Canada highway near Sicamous, B.C. RCMP say in a news release the collision involving several commercial tractor-trailer ...
Jan 09, 2022
19 dead, including 9 children, in NYC apartment fire
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's deadliest fire in more than three decades, killing 19 people including nine children Sunday at a Bronx apartment building, was caused by a faulty space heater, official...
Jan 09, 2022
AP source: White pulled out due to lingering COVID symptoms
Shaun White's withdrawal from a key Olympic qualifying event came after he experienced lingering COVID-19 symptoms, including fatigue and shortness of breath, The Associated Press has learned. A perso...
Jan 09, 2022
Longtime Canadian women's baseball team member Amanda Asay dies at 33
NELSON, B.C. - Baseball Canada says Amanda Asay, the longest-serving member of the Canadian women's baseball team program, has died after a skiing accident in Nelson, B.C. The native of Prince George,...
Jan 09, 2022
Host Cameroon wins as African Cup opens under virus shadow
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) - Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar scored two penalties in quick succession as the host country came from behind to beat Burkina Faso 2-1 in the African Cup of Nations' openin...
Jan 09, 2022
COVID-19 cases fill hospital beds in parts of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick
VANCOUVER - Hospitals in several parts of Canada are straining under the weight of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with Quebec hospitalizations reaching an all-time high on Sunday and Ontario's admis...
Jan 09, 2022
COVID-19 cases fill hospital beds in parts of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick
VANCOUVER - Hospitals in several parts of Canada are straining under the weight of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with Quebec hospitalizations reaching an all-time high on Sunday and Ontario's admis...
Jan 09, 2022
Team Cotter falls in provincial semifinal
The Tim Hortons Brier will also see a new B.C. representative on the men's side.Jim Cotter and his Okanagan team fell 7-5 to Team Richard in the semifinal of the 2022 B.C. Curling Championship from th...
Jan 09, 2022
