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Amid anguish of pandemic, sports offered memorable moments
Sarah Fuller was a goalie on the Vanderbilt women's soccer team when a chance at history tapped her on the shoulder. The Commodores football team was down a kicker because of COVID-19 issues, so coach...
Dec 25, 2020
British hockey fears virus could put sport on thin ice
Ciaran Long found work delivering books to Northern Ireland's libraries. Luke Ferrara caught on with a team in France before switching to a squad in Poland. Both would prefer to be skating with their ...
Dec 25, 2020
'Shift in perspective:' Indigenous place names moving Canada from colonial past
EDMONTON - To Terri Suntjens, symbolism means everything. That's why she decided to get involved with the City of Edmonton's initiative to rename its wards. Suntjens, who is from the Saddle Lake Cree ...
Dec 25, 2020
A look at the Indigenous names for Edmonton's 12 wards
EDMONTON - The City of Edmonton approved a bylaw earlier this month to change the names of its 12 wards to Indigenous ones. Here are the new names and their meanings: Nakota Isga (Ward 1): (NAH'-koh-t...
Dec 25, 2020
Explosion rocks downtown Nashville
NASHVILLE - An explosion linked to a vehicle rocked downtown Nashville on Christmas morning, sending shattered glass and debris over a wide area and rocking nearby buildings. The Metro Nashville Polic...
Dec 25, 2020
Spirit of Christmas still alive as hundreds of Canadians give the gift of giving
The most wonderful time in a not-so-wonderful year has arrived and Canadians from coast to coast aren't letting the pandemic put a damper on their Christmas spirit. Many have found creative ways to ce...
Dec 25, 2020
Leslie West, guitarist of rock band Mountain, has died at 75
LOS ANGELES - Leslie West, an iconic guitarist-vocalist who was behind several '70s rock anthems including "Mississippi Queen" with the popular band Mountain, has died. He was 75. His spokesman Steve ...
Dec 24, 2020
Christmas Eve concert held in Paris' fire-wrecked Notre Dame
PARIS - Wearing hard hats and protective suits, the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral sang inside the medieval Paris landmark for the first time since last year's devastating fire for a special Christmas ...
Dec 24, 2020
Outdoor Ice Oval overcomes recent weather, opens up in time for Christmas
PRINCE GEORGE - It's time to sharpen up those skates because the Prince George Outdoor Ice Oval is open, just in time for Christmas.The Oval opened up to the public on Wednesday (Dec. 23).With the sit...
Dec 24, 2020
COVID-19 has made its way to second B.C. mink farm, no workers sick
VICTORIA - Minks on a second farm in British Columbia's Fraser Valley have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. The Ministry of Agriculture says three minks that died on the f...
Dec 24, 2020