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Against backdrop of labour dispute, Janine Beckie set to earn 100th cap for Canada
Janine Beckie can earn her 100th cap Sunday when Canada takes on Brazil in Nashville at the SheBelieves Cup. She would probably likely to mark the milestone under different circumstances, however. The...
Feb 18, 2023
Surrey budget proposes 9.5% property tax increase for policing transition costs
SURREY, B.C. - The City of Surrey has released its draft five-year budget, allocating more than half of the property tax increases for 2023 to cover the costs associated with the police transition. It...
Feb 18, 2023
Rahm limits mistakes to take Riviera lead as Tigers posts 67
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jon Rahm kept mistakes off his card Saturday at Riviera, the difference in allowing him to post a 6-under 65 and start to pull away from the field at the Genesis Invitational. Tiger...
Feb 18, 2023
Chinese consulate-general says report could damage China's relationship with Canada
VANCOUVER - The Chinese consulate-general in Vancouver has called a newspaper report that cited Canadian intelligence documents and described alleged efforts to oust candidates seen as unfriendly to B...
Feb 18, 2023
Chinese consulate-general says report could damage China's relationship with Canada
VANCOUVER - The Chinese consulate-general in Vancouver has called a newspaper report that cited Canadian intelligence documents and described alleged efforts to oust candidates seen as unfriendly to B...
Feb 18, 2023
Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville beats Manitoba's Jennifer Jones 11-8 in Hearts
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville defeated Manitoba's Jennifer Jones 11-8 at the Canadian women's curling championship Saturday. McCarville was a finalist in last year's Scotties T...
Feb 18, 2023
Leafs 'energized' by O'Reilly deal as Dubas takes big swing ahead of trade deadline
TORONTO - Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas is in near-constant communication with his head coach. When the messages started to dry up Friday afternoon and into the early evening, Sheldon Keefe h...
Feb 18, 2023
Carter Center: Former President Jimmy Carter in hospice care
ATLANTA (AP) - The Carter Center said Saturday that former President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care. The charity created by the 98-year-old former president said on Twitter that after a se...
Feb 18, 2023
Top US, China diplomats meet amid tensions over balloon
MUNICH (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saturday with China's top diplomat in the first high-level contact between the two countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese spy ba...
Feb 18, 2023
Struggling Vancouver Canucks hit by more injuries with Ekman-Larsson, Lazar out
VANCOUVER - Another spate of injuries is plaguing the Vancouver Canucks. Head coach Rick Tocchet said Saturday defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson will be out for "some weeks" after suffering an ankle spr...
Feb 18, 2023
