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Playoffs a certainty, Flames set sights on improving post-season position
CALGARY - Their first practice after securing an NHL playoff berth was remarkably ordinary for the Calgary Flames. The first Western Conference and Canadian team this season to lock down a p...
Mar 18, 2019

Melting to begin for Mel Hegland Uniplex ice surfaces
It's the final day for ice at the Mel Hegland Uniplex, but those with a strong desire to skate, can still do so for five more weeks at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre (JRMCC). In the comin...
Mar 18, 2019 The ice will begin melting tomorrow at the Mel Hegland Uniplex. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Canadian Elena Gaskell captures Crystal Globe after bronze at home
QUEBEC - Canadian Elena Gaskell earned the Crystal Globe for the 2018-19 freestyle skiing big air campaign after capturing a bronze medal in the season-ending World Cup on Saturday. The...
Mar 18, 2019

Reliance on equalization not a factor in Quebec's low productivity rate: author
MONTREAL - Despite low unemployment and a strong economy, Quebec continues to have problems generating wealth and its citizens have less money to save and spend compared with Canadians in every o...
Mar 18, 2019

Budget 2019: Five things to watch for in the Liberals' final fiscal blueprint
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau will release the Trudeau government's final budget of its mandate Tuesday, just seven months before the next federal election. Here are some thing...
Mar 18, 2019

Poll: Losing Amazon second HQ deal was bad for New York
ALBANY, N.Y. - Most voters in New York think it was bad for the state when Amazon dropped plans to put a second headquarters in Queens and many think U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bears blame for...
Mar 18, 2019

The Latest: Ex-Peru president brushes off detention queries
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The Latest on the public drunkenness arrest of Peru's former president (all times local): 2:20 p.m. Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo brushed off questions about his ar...
Mar 18, 2019

B.C. argues it cannot stop Trans Mountain, but it can protect environment
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the British Columbia government says the province knows it cannot stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but it can enact environmental laws to mitigate the harm it may c...
Mar 18, 2019

Korea scores trio in ninth end to edge Canada 7-6 at world women's curling event
SILKEBORG, Denmark - Korea's Minji Kim scored three in the ninth end to edge Canada's Chelsea Carey 7-6 on Saturday at the world women's curling championship. It was the first game of the tournam...
Mar 18, 2019

New concussion guidelines launched for Canada's Olympians, Paralympians
CALGARY - Danielle Lappage clonked heads with another wrestler during a training camp at Brock University last summer. Typical of a driven athlete, the 28-year-old Olympian from Olds, Alta., trie...
Mar 18, 2019