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Canada opens CONCACAF W Gold Cup play with lopsided 6-0 win over El Salvador
HOUSTON - Adriana Leon had two goals and Cloe Lacasse scored one and set up two more as Canada cruised to a 6-0 over El Salvador at the inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup on Thursday. It was a first-ever m...
Feb 22, 2024

Penguins give fading postseason hopes a needed boost in 4-1 win over reeling Canadiens
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Bryan Rust and Drew O'Conner scored 21 seconds apart in the second period to break open a close game and the Pittsburgh Penguins gave their flagging postseason hopes a boost with a 4...
Feb 22, 2024

Norris, Senators send Stars to fourth straight defeat with 4-1 victory
OTTAWA - Josh Norris led the way with a pair of goals as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Dallas Stars 4-1 Thursday night. Thomas Chabot and Shane Pinto also scored for Ottawa (24-27-3), which has won...
Feb 22, 2024

Barnes's double-double leads Raptors past Nets; Toronto stays alive in play-in chase
TORONTO - Scottie Barnes had a double-double to power the Raptors past the Brooklyn Nets 121-93 on Thursday to snap Toronto's three-game losing skid. Barnes finished with 18 points, 12 rebounds and th...
Feb 22, 2024

Erik van Rooyen opens with a 63 in bid to win again in Mexico
VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) - Erik van Rooyen made two eagles Thursday on his way to an 8-under 63 for a one-shot lead in the Mexico Open at Vidanta, a strong start in his bid to win a second PGA Tour title...
Feb 22, 2024

Canada's Marino ousted from Puerto Vallarta Open after second-round loss
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - Canada's Rebecca Marino dropped a 3-6, 6-4, 2-6 decision to France's Leolia Jeanjean in second-round play at the Puerto Vallarta Open on Thursday. The Vancouver native had 13...
Feb 22, 2024

Alaska man found guilty of first-degree murder in violent killing captured on stolen memory card
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A man who recorded the violent death of an Alaska Native woman on his cellphone was unanimously convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday in her death and that of another A...
Feb 22, 2024

'Kids have an innate curiosity:' Nanaimo Science taking over Country Club Centre
NANAIMO - An ever-expanding showcase of science and the world around us is taking over a local shopping centre.'Science Sunday' runs at Country Club Centre on Sunday, Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., f...
Feb 22, 2024

4 charged in transporting suspected Iranian-made weapons. Two SEALs died in intercepting the ship
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Four foreign nationals were charged Thursday with transporting suspected Iranian-made weapons on a vessel intercepted by U.S. naval forces in the Arabian Sea last month. Two Navy ...
Feb 22, 2024

What's the latest in the investigation of the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade?
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - One of the men charged in a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory celebration shooting that left one person dead and around two dozen others injured had recently come off proba...
Feb 22, 2024