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Jones, Jacobs rebound from lopsided losses at Players' Championship
TORONTO - Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs bounced back from lopsided tournament-opening losses with victories in Wednesday's early draw at the Grand Slam of Curling's Players' Championship. Winnipeg's ...
Apr 10, 2024
B.C. makes it easier to salvage timber damaged by wildfires
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says it's making it easier for forestry companies to salvage timber damaged by wildfires. Sustainable Forestry Innovation Minister Andrew Mercier says in a statement tha...
Apr 10, 2024
Police question man, considered person of interest, in woman's death near Montreal
CANDIAC, Que. - Quebec provincial police say they are becoming increasingly convinced that a woman in her late 20s found dead in an apartment southwest of Montreal was a homicide victim. Spokesman Lou...
Apr 10, 2024
Drought, heat raise risk of repeat of last summer's record-breaking wildfires
OTTAWA - Persistent drought and months of above-average temperatures have raised the risk of a repeat of last year's record-breaking wildfires. Federal officials say conditions are already ripe for an...
Apr 10, 2024
Soon to be a 2-time Olympic host city, Salt Lake City’s zest for the Games is now an outlier
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Reminders of the 2002 Winter Olympics are nestled in every nook and cranny of Utah's capital city, from a towering Olympic cauldron that overlooks the Salt Lake Valley to an Olym...
Apr 10, 2024
Arkansas hires John Calipari to coach the Razorbacks, a day after stepping down from Kentucky
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas hired John Calipari as men's basketball coach on Wednesday, a day after the Hall of Fame coach stepped down from the Kentucky program he led to the 2012 NCAA champio...
Apr 10, 2024
Arkansas hires John Calipari to coach the Razorbacks, a day after stepping down from Kentucky
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas hired John Calipari as men's basketball coach on Wednesday, a day after the Hall of Fame coach stepped down from the Kentucky program he led to the 2012 NCAA champio...
Apr 10, 2024
Lane Hutson focused on NCAA Men's Frozen Four, but NHL looms for Canadiens prospect
Lane Hutson has never had any issue staying in the moment. And the defenceman's razor-sharp focus is currently on helping Boston University secure its sixth U.S. college hockey title at the NCAA Men's...
Apr 10, 2024
3 sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Israeli airstrike, relatives, Hamas media say
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Relatives and official Hamas media said Wednesday that three sons of the Islamic militant group's supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in th...
Apr 10, 2024
Canada's Nick Taylor gets a Masters Mulligan after COVID-19 tainted first experience
Nick Taylor is happy to be getting a Mulligan on his first Masters appearance. The Abbotsford, B.C., native made his one and only appearance at Augusta National Golf Club in 2020. Because of the COVID...
Apr 10, 2024