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Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant captures silver at world championships
ASPEN, Colo. - Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant captured a silver medal in the men's slopestyle event at the world championships on Friday. Norway's Marcus Kleveland won gold with 90.66 points, ...
Mar 12, 2021

Canadian Cyle Larin adds to goal total with Besiktas in Turkey's Super Lig
ISTANBUL - Canadian Cyle Larin added to his goal total in Turkey on Friday, scoring in Besiktas' 3-2 win over Istanbul Basaksehir in Super Lig play.The 25-year-old from Brampton, Ont., opened the scor...
Mar 12, 2021

Hasidic Jews in court to challenge Quebec's COVID-19 curfew in COVID red zones
MONTREAL - The Quebec Council of Hasidic Jews is heading to court to challenge the province's COVID-19 curfew, which it says will impede religious rights after daylight time comes into effect Sunday. ...
Mar 12, 2021

Melfort Salvation Army Church to return to in-person worship
Worship services at the Melfort Salvation Army Church will return to in-person services this Sunday.As of March 19, the government says worship services will allow up to 30 per cent of capacity or 150...
Mar 12, 2021

No biological explanation to tie AstraZeneca vaccine to blood clots: Sharma
OTTAWA - Health Canada's chief medical adviser says there is no scientific explanation to suggest a link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots.Dr. Supriya Sharma says Health ...
Mar 12, 2021

Legal action against MN-S voting rules announced
The president of the Mtis National Council is seeking to reverse a new rule he says is unconstitutional and will limit the amount of people eligible to vote in the upcoming Mtis Nation Saskatchewan (M...
Mar 12, 2021

Probe faults mayor, officials for keeping Prude death secret
NEW YORK - An investigation into the official response to Daniel Prude's police suffocation death last year in Rochester, New York, is faulting the city's mayor and former police chief for keeping cri...
Mar 12, 2021

Vlhova wins slalom in Åre to reclaim overall lead
RE, Sweden - Petra Vlhova is back on course to become the first Slovakian to win skiing's overall World Cup title. Vlhova defended her first-run advantage in a slalom to claim her 20th career victory ...
Mar 12, 2021

Gunmen abduct 30 students from school in northwest Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria - Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped at least 30 students just weeks after a similar attack in the region, authorities said Friday. The latest abduction...
Mar 12, 2021

Canada one step closer to being negligible-risk country for mad cow disease
OTTAWA - The federal minister of agriculture says Canada is an important step closer to being recognized as a negligible-risk country for mad cow disease. Marie-Claude Bibeau says in a news release th...
Mar 12, 2021