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Oilers score 3 in second-period, rally to beat Sabres 4-3
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock says he wasn't thanking his lucky stars when the Buffalo Sabres muffed two chances to score into an open net in the final eight minutes of Edmonton's 4-3 win...
Mar 06, 2019
Zuckerberg promises a privacy-friendly Facebook, sort of
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook, which grew into a colossus by vacuuming up your information in every possible way and using it to target ads back at you, now says its future lies in privacy-oriented messagi...
Mar 06, 2019
China sets robust growth target to shore up cooling economy
BEIJING - China announced a robust annual economic growth target and a 7.5 per cent rise in military spending Tuesday as it convened an annual legislative session overshadowed by a tariff war with Was...
Mar 06, 2019
Bend, Oregon now has last Blockbuster store in world
BEND, Ore. - The Blockbuster store in Bend, Oregon became the last one in the US last year. And now it's the only one in the world. The Bulletin reports that a Blockbuster store in Perth, Australia is...
Mar 06, 2019
Canadian rising star Bianca Andreescu advances to second round at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada's Bianca Andreescu advanced to the second round of the Indian Wells Masters series tennis tournament with a 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3 win over Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu on Wed...
Mar 06, 2019
Noem offers bills aimed at possible Keystone XL protests
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Monday that she's proposing a new framework for oil pipeline construction before building starts on the Keystone XL pipeline, introducing legislation ...
Mar 06, 2019
Century-old Blackfoot headdress found in thrift store returned to First Nation
CALGARY - A more than century-old Blackfoot headdress that was dropped in a thrift store bin has been returned to a First Nation east of Calgary. An Alberta government spokeswoman&...
Mar 06, 2019
Study shows unusually high proportion of high-value diamonds: Star Diamond
As mining giant Rio Tinto gears up for large bulk sampling of diamonds at the proposed Fort la Corne mining site east of Prince Albert, the owners of the kimberlite deposits are releasing information ...
Mar 06, 2019 A huge trench cutter rig operated by Rio Tinto will excavate a massive hole starting in the spring as the mining company aims to determine the amount and value of diamonds buried in the kimberlites at Fort à la Corne east of Prince Albert.(submitted photo/Star Diamond Corp.) : Glenn Hicks
Churchill students snowshoe to remote cabin for land-based education
Students at Churchill Community High School in La Ronge are being educated on subjects they can't learn in any classroom. Earlier this week, Grade 7 students were the first group from the school to jo...
Mar 06, 2019 Students have been visiting Churchill Community High School's cabin this week. (Facebook/Churchill Community High School)
Alouettes veteran lineman Brodeur-Jourdain enjoying solid CFL career
The Mr. Irrelevant of the 2008 CFL draft has quietly fashioned himself a solid career. Offensive lineman Luc Brodeur-Jourdain was the last player taken in that draft, going 48th overall to the Mo...
Mar 06, 2019