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'Detroit Rams?' Odd Super Bowl shirts sold for Stafford fans
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) - A sports apparel company is capitalizing on Detroit Lions fans' loyalty to Matthew Stafford, the Super Bowl-bound Los Angeles Rams quarterback who for 12 years prior made an appe...
Feb 12, 2022
Woodcroft wins first game as Oilers coach as Edmonton beat N.Y. 3-1
EDMONTON - It didn't take long for Jay Woodcroft to get his first NHL win as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers. Connor McDavid had a pair of assists as the Oilers defeated the New York Islanders 3-1 o...
Feb 12, 2022
Robertson scores in OT to lift Stars to 4-3 win over Jets
DALLAS (AP) - Jason Robertson scored at 3:10 of overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night. Jacob Peterson, Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn also scored for the Star...
Feb 12, 2022
Slowed to a crawl: Canada's latest snowboard medal comes down to post-crash scramble
BEIJING - Meryeta O'Dine didn't expect her second Olympic medal would come down to a crawling contest. O'Dine was third in the mixed team snowboard cross big final at the Beijing Olympics Saturday whe...
Feb 12, 2022
Russian skater's doping case to be heard Sunday at Olympics
BEIJING (AP) - Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will find out Monday if she can skate in the Winter Olympics women's competition, which starts a day later. The Court of Arbitration for Sport annou...
Feb 12, 2022
Russian skater's doping case to be heard Sunday at Olympics
BEIJING (AP) - Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will find out Monday if she can skate in the Winter Olympics women's competition, which starts a day later. The Court of Arbitration for Sport annou...
Feb 12, 2022
Prolific offender jailed for extensive drug-related break-ins
NANAIMO - An all too familiar story of drug addiction inflicting widespread damage was revealed during a sentencing hearing in Nanaimo.Thousands of dollars worth of goods were stolen during eight comm...
Feb 12, 2022
Flower supply chain issues prompt some B.C. buyers to look local
VANCOUVER - It was stubbornness that led a family farm on Vancouver Island to keep growing roses when competitors left the industry or shifted production to marijuana years ago. Now, Kristen Bulk says...
Feb 12, 2022
Protesters stand their ground despite prospect of harsh penalties
OTTAWA - New warnings to stand down or face the imminent possibility of harsh consequences have been issued but protesters plugging roads around Parliament Hill as well as Canada's busiest border cros...
Feb 12, 2022
Flower supply chain issues prompt some B.C. buyers to look local
VANCOUVER - It was stubbornness that led a family farm on Vancouver Island to keep growing roses when competitors left the industry or shifted production to marijuana years ago. Now, Kristen Bulk says...
Feb 12, 2022