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Visiting Avalanche score a weird one to beat the Senators 5-4
OTTAWA - Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists and Lars Eller scored a bizarre winner as the Colorado Avalanche won their fourth straight game with a 5-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursd...
Mar 16, 2023
Pascal Siakam's double-double lifts Raptors over visiting Thunder 128-111
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam's double-double powered the Raptors past the Oklahoma City Thunder 128-111 on Thursday as Toronto earned back-to-back wins. Siakam led the Raptors (34-36) with 25 points, 14 re...
Mar 16, 2023
California to transform prison with death row legacy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to transform a state lockup that is home to the nation's largest number of death row inmates into a facility where prisoners can receive ed...
Mar 16, 2023
Northlands College offering many new courses through Capable North in coming months
Northlands College is pleased to announce the launch of Capable North as part of its 2023 Year of Transformation.According to a media release issued Wednesday, Capable North creates a critical space t...
Mar 16, 2023
Princeton stuns Arizona 59-55 in March Madness
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Tosan Evbuomwan and Princeton used a late-game run to earn the school's first NCAA Tournament win in 25 years, topping No. 2 seed Arizona 59-55 on Thursday. The 15th-seeded T...
Mar 16, 2023
Guards union says second pigeon with a backpack found in B.C. prison
VANCOUVER - A pigeon wearing a tiny empty backpack has been captured inside a federal prison in British Columbia, in what a union official says was likely another plan by inmates to smuggle drugs. The...
Mar 16, 2023
Vancouver councillor supports foreign interference probe at municipal level
Vancouver Coun. Lenny Zhou says he is in full support of a foreign interference probe for elections at all levels of Canada's governments after he was named in a newspaper report on the issue. Zhou sa...
Mar 16, 2023
Government finds discrimination at Canadian Human Rights Commission, union says
OTTAWA - A union representing public service lawyers says the government has found there was discrimination and systemic racism in an institution specifically designed to root it out. The Association ...
Mar 16, 2023
Quebec government to spend millions to move residents affected by smelter pollution
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. - The Quebec government will provide $88.3 million to support the city of Rouyn-Noranda in the creation of a new neighbourhood and the relocation of nearly 200 families living in a...
Mar 16, 2023
No. 1 seed Kansas cruises past Howard with Self still absent
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Jalen Wilson had 20 points and seven rebounds for No. 1 seed and defending national champion Kansas, which allowed absent and recovering coach Bill Self to rest during an easy ...
Mar 16, 2023