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16-1 shot Fierceness wins Breeders' Cup Juvenile for trainer Todd Pletcher
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Fierceness won the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile by 6 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita on Friday, giving trainer Todd Pletcher the early favourite for next year's Kentucky Derby. ...
Nov 03, 2023
CJHL announces mandatory neck guard policy
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced on Friday that it will require its players to wear mandatory neck guards going forward.The move comes after former NHLer Adam Johnson passed away aft...
Nov 03, 2023
Lonely garage hours pay off for Canada's Laos-Loo at Pan American Games
SANTIAGO, Chile - When Claudia Laos-Loo tells people she competes in kata, she's prepared for "what's that?" and "why do you scream?" The 26-year-old martial artist from Surrey, B.C., earned a Pan Ame...
Nov 03, 2023
Service tag belonging to former P.A. man recovered hundreds of miles away in England
Joe Chad says he is shocked and surprised, in the best way possible, to learn a piece of his father's service uniform, was found and recovered hundreds of miles away. The service tag belonging to Fran...
Nov 03, 2023
Killer on the loose: Maine mass shooter was alive for most of massive search, autopsy suggests
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The Army reservist who fatally shot 18 people at two locations in Lewiston before disappearing into the night was alive and possibly on the run during a good portion of the huge...
Nov 03, 2023
Air Canada admits it violated disability regulations in case of B.C. man
VANCOUVER - Air Canada has acknowledged it violated Canadian disability regulations and apologized to a British Columbia man who uses a wheelchair, after he was forced to drag himself off a flight in ...
Nov 03, 2023
Lac La Ronge's Kitsaki sees revenue growth, increasing number of employees
The 2023 Annual Impact Report from Kitsaki Management Limited Partnership shows consolidated revenues grew from $140 million in 2020 to $180 million in 2023. Kitsaki, which is the economic arm of the ...
Nov 03, 2023
Pushers and flyers: New acrobatic routine gives Canada's artistic swimmers airtime
SANTIAGO, Chile - Raphaelle Plante didn't have previous experience in gymnastics or diving, but the athlete does both when her Canadian teammates catapult her out of the water and into the air. An acr...
Nov 03, 2023
Supporters march in solidarity after arrests of Vancouver safe drug supply advocates
VANCOUVER - Advocates for a safe drug supply gathered in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to denounce the recent arrests of the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front. The Vancouver Police Department...
Nov 03, 2023
Man grabbed officer's gun before deadly shooting in Saskatchewan: police watchdog
ESTEVAN, Sask. - Saskatchewan's police watchdog says a 19-year-old man grabbed an officer's gun while he was getting his arrest photo taken, and an officer was shot and wounded. The Saskatchewan Serio...
Nov 03, 2023