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Manitoba's Lawes downs provincial rival Cameron 12-3 in Tournament of Hearts
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Manitoba's Kaitlyn Lawes recovered from a tough loss at the Canadian women's curling championship with a 12-3 win over provincial rival Kate Cameron. Lawes had given up steals in s...
Feb 16, 2025
Canada's Lotholz, Sieben claim bobsled bronze in World Cup final
LILLEHAMMER - Canada's Melissa Lotholz and Skylar Sieben claimed bronze in their two-woman bobsled race at the final World Cup event of the season on Sunday. The result came after a last-minute decisi...
Feb 16, 2025
Congo says Rwanda-backed rebels occupy a 2nd major city in its mineral-rich east
BUKAVU, Congo (AP) - Rwanda-backed rebels have "occupied" a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor's offic...
Feb 16, 2025
Galusha hands off Northwest Territories women's curling torch to daughter at Hearts
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Kerry Galusha's last Canadian women's curling championship is about the next generation in Northwest Territories. Her 18 appearances at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts is tied fo...
Feb 16, 2025
Meillard wins slalom gold to cap 'crazy week' for the Swiss ski team at world championships
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) - Loic Meillard won his second world title and became the first Swiss skier in 75 years to take gold in the men's slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships on ...
Feb 16, 2025
'Born and raised in Cedar:' local instrumentalist celebrating first Juno nomination
NANAIMO - Self-admittedly scared to check whether he'd been nominated, Eric Bearclaw was finally alerted to some recent good news by his former landlord.Multiple congratulatory texts and calls from fr...
Feb 16, 2025
Itiqtitsijut: Hockey Night in Canada in Inuktitut to debut on APTN this spring
Hockey was a regular part of life for Robert Kabvitok growing up in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. In his youth, he'd travel by all-terrain snow vehicle to tournaments and watch televised games at home with h...
Feb 16, 2025
Invictus Games to wrap up with closing ceremony in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Invictus Games wrap up in Vancouver today with a closing ceremony that will include Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, singer-songwriter Jelly Roll and duo The War And Treaty. The ceremon...
Feb 16, 2025
Colder Quebec winter gives ice fishing aficionados reason to celebrate
MONTREAL - Olivier Soumis's green canvas tent sits in the middle of the frozen St. Lawrence River, providing a stark pop of colour against the muted tones of the snow and the open water in the distanc...
Feb 16, 2025
Canadian LGBTQ+ advocacy group won't visit UN forum over concerns about U.S. border
OTTAWA - Canada's leading LGBTQ+ advocacy organization is boycotting travel to the U.S. - and won't attend an upcoming United Nations event - in response to concerns about how their members might be t...
Feb 16, 2025