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Canadians playing for top four teams in NCAA women's basketball championship
One Canadian player will be on each of the four top-seeded teams in the NCAA women's basketball championship tournament. Aaliyah Edwards of Kingston, Ont., plays for Connecticut, Laeticia Amihere of M...
Mar 16, 2021
Canada-U.S. Commons committee exploring latest cross-border pipeline flashpoint
WASHINGTON - The latest pipeline dispute between Canada and the United States is back on the agenda in Ottawa. Enbridge vice-president Vern Yu is scheduled to appear today before a special House of Co...
Mar 16, 2021
2 dead, 2 injured as car drives hits pedestrians in Germany
BERLIN - A car drove into a group of people at a pedestrian crossing in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Tuesday, killing two and leaving another two seriously injured, police said. They describe...
Mar 16, 2021
Canadian men's curling championship final ratings down 33 per cent from 2020
Ratings for the Canadian men's curling final tumbled significantly compared to the championship game in the 2020 season. Brendan Bottcher defeated Wild Card Two's Kevin Koe on Sunday night at Calgary'...
Mar 16, 2021
Former point guard jailed in bribery scheme has book deal
NEW YORK - A former point guard sentenced to prison in 2019 for his role in a college basketball bribery scheme has a book coming out next year. Hanover Square Press announced Tuesday that Merl Code's...
Mar 16, 2021
Canadian Denis Shapovalov crushes Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Canada's Denis Shapovalov beat Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 6-3 in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. The third-seeded Shapovalov, from R...
Mar 16, 2021
Israeli experts announce discovery of more Dead Sea scrolls
JERUSALEM - Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt a...
Mar 16, 2021
Britain's Prince Philip returns home after treatment
LONDON - Britain's Prince Philip returned to Windsor Castle on Tuesday, a month in the hospital during which he was treated for an infection and underwent a heart procedure. Philip, 99, the husband of...
Mar 16, 2021
Half of Canadians want vaccine ASAP and a rare find: In The News for March 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 16 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 16, 2021
Half of Canadians want first COVID-19 vaccine available: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests about half of Canadians are willing to get immunized against COVID-19 with the first vaccine they're offered, while one quarter would be willing to wait to get a shot they...
Mar 16, 2021
