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'Pretty chaotic': Tiny B.C. community reconnected after flooding wiped out bridge
NOOAITCH FIRST NATION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The same rainfall that forced the evacuation of 7,000 residents in Merritt, B.C., also stranded a small First Nation village just 20 kilometres away, but an a...
Nov 20, 2021

Canada's band of brothers will be wearing different colours in cup final Sunday
Moments after Canada beat Mexico in snowy Edmonton on Tuesday, Samuel Piette had a chat with Canadian teammate Jonathan Osorio. "I said 'Look, I think we just made history with Canada. We had a great ...
Nov 20, 2021

Canada, U.S. pick up women's hockey Rivalry Series in Kingston
KINGSTON, Ont. - Canada's Rivalry Series with the United States resumes on home ice Sunday in Kingston, Ont. The Canadian women's hockey team won the first two games of nine scheduled against the Amer...
Nov 20, 2021

NHL reschedules Sens' game at New Jersey postponed due to COVID outbreak
NEW YORK - The NHL has rescheduled one of the three Ottawa Senators games that were postponed this week due to a COVID-19 outbreak on the team. The league announced Friday that Ottawa's game at New Je...
Nov 20, 2021

Dunstone reunites with junior teammate after late lineup change ahead of trials
SASKATOON - It was like old times for Colton Lott on Friday even if the surroundings were a tad surreal and completely unexpected. With curling broom in hand and sporting a borrowed uniform, Lott and ...
Nov 20, 2021

Underdog Vancouver Whitecaps know anything can happen in MLS playoffs
VANCOUVER - Defender Jake Nerwinski knows the Vancouver Whitecaps aren't considered the favourites heading into the Major League Soccer playoffs. After all, the 'Caps (12-9-13) are set to make their f...
Nov 20, 2021

Canucks, Canadiens searching for answers in a season that's already slipping away
Jim Benning was peppered with questions. What the Vancouver Canucks general manager didn't have were many concrete answers to explain his team's disastrous opening to the season. "Not the start we env...
Nov 20, 2021

Redblacks shock Alouettes with last-minute touchdown, wrap up season with 19-18 win
MONTREAL - The Ottawa Redblacks knew they had nothing to lose with 2:31 left in their last game of the season. Already eliminated from playoff contention, the Redblacks (3-11) recovered a fumble from ...
Nov 20, 2021

Siakam's 32 help Raptors beat Kings 108-89 to end skid
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Pascal Siakam scored 18 of his season-high 32 points in the first half and the Toronto Raptors continued their recent dominance in Sacramento, thumping the Kings 108-89 on Friday ...
Nov 20, 2021

Vancouver Canucks snap five-game losing streak with 3-2 win over Jets
VANCOUVER - Playing a team almost as bad at killing penalties as they are was the remedy the Vancouver Canucks needed to cure a five-game NHL losing streak Friday night. The Canucks got power-play goa...
Nov 20, 2021