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Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Alberta premier
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel coronavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2...
Mar 08, 2020

Shoemaker impressive in second spring start as Blue Jays beat Phillies 9-0
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Toronto right-hander Matt Shoemaker had another impressive spring training start as the Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-0 in Grapefruit League exhibition baseball action Sun...
Mar 08, 2020

Old Trafford euphoric again as United completes derby double
MANCHESTER, England - The euphoric roars as fans leaped from their Old Trafford seats took Ole Gunnar Solskjr back to the Alex Ferguson era. Back to when Manchester United's supremacy over its neighbo...
Mar 08, 2020

Alberta and Saskatchewan to meet in 1-2 Page Playoff game at Brier
KINGSTON, Ont. - After close losses in the last two Tim Hortons Brier finals, Brendan Bottcher's Alberta team is well aware of the importance of having the hammer in the championship game. They moved ...
Mar 08, 2020

Canada defeats Spain 21-0 to advance to semifinals at HSBC Canada Sevens Rugby
VANCOUVER - Scrum-half Lucas Hammond scored a try and made a big defensive play as Canada defeated Spain 21-0 Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the HSBC Canada Sevens Rugby tournament. It was a t...
Mar 08, 2020

Ravens reach U sports men's basketball semifinal for 18th straight season
OTTAWA - Calgary Dinos head coach Dan Vanhooren knew exactly what his team needed to do to beat the Carleton Ravens in the U Sports men's basketball championship quarterfinal. The only problem is that...
Mar 08, 2020

Ohio State settling some suits over doc abuse; cost unclear
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State reached an unspecified settlement with nearly half of the roughly 350 men who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a team doctor who was jokingly known among some a...
Mar 08, 2020

Navy's aging warships getting harder to repair: Defence report
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy's maintenance facilities are having an increasingly tougher time fixing Canada's warships because of staff shortages, lack of spare parts and the age of the fleet, acc...
Mar 08, 2020

Peter MacKay says he regrets how 'stinking albatross' comment was viewed
REGINA - Federal Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay says he regrets how some people interpreted his comment that current leader Andrew Scheer's socially conservative values were a "stinkin...
Mar 08, 2020

Oil price dives as OPEC, Russia fail to agree on output cut
VIENNA - OPEC and key ally Russia failed to agree Friday on a cut to oil production that would have contained the plunge in the price of crude caused by the new coronavirus outbreak's massive disrupti...
Mar 08, 2020