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'Confused' Leafs look to regroup after ugly road trip; Rielly nearing a return
TORONTO - With the Maple Leafs' locker room closed to reporters amid concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus, players were trotted out one by one Monday to a podium in the media lounge down...
Mar 09, 2020

Bottcher beats Dunstone in 1-2 Page playoff at Brier; Gushue advances too
KINGSTON, Ont. - Team Alberta is forcing teams to be aggressive at the Tim Hortons Brier with its remarkably steady play and consistent shotmaking. Skip Brendan Bottcher has anchored the powerhou...
Mar 09, 2020

Virus may have US sports leagues cutting locker-room access
MIAMI - The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are all weighing plans to restrict access to locker rooms as a precaution to protect players from exposure to the coronavirus, as co...
Mar 09, 2020

Zeppelin wins latest battle of the bands in `Stairway' fight
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court on Monday restored a jury verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not steal "Stairway to Heaven." The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco handed the ma...
Mar 09, 2020

Father, stepmother will head straight to trial in death of Quebec 7-year-old
GRANBY, Que. - The father and stepmother of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl will head straight to trial after they waived their right to a preliminary inquiry. The pair briefly retur...
Mar 09, 2020

Canada downs Wales to stay unheated on Day 1 of HSBC Rugby Sevens
VANCOUVER - Canada looked to be in the driver's seat, but took no chances, pounding Wales 29-7 Saturday to finish unbeaten in Saturday's opening day of the HSBC Canada Sevens Rugby tournament. Th...
Mar 09, 2020

Dow drops 1,500 points as oil price plunge shocks markets
NEW YORK - Fear bludgeoned financial markets around the world Monday, and stocks, bond yields and oil plunged on metastasizing worries about the effects of the new coronavirus. The most violent drops ...
Mar 09, 2020

Injured Bianca Andreescu drops out of Indian Wells, won't defend title
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada's Bianca Andreescu will not defend her title at the BNP Paribas Open because of a lingering left knee injury. The reigning U.S. Open champion dropped out of the WTA Tour ...
Mar 09, 2020

Meadow Lake Historical Society mailed potential artifact
The Meadow Lake and District Museum and Historical Society received a map of the region in the mail believed to be over 100 years old.Millie Henderson, historical society member told meadowlakeNOW, a ...
Mar 09, 2020 (Facebook/Meadow Lake and District Historical Society)

Elderly female driver killed in two-vehicle collision near Green Lake
An elderly female driver has died in a two-vehicle collision near Green Lake Sunday.Police reported Monday that Green Lake RCMP received a report on Sunday at about 2:15 p.m. of a two-vehicle collisio...
Mar 09, 2020 RCMP continue to investigate following a fatal two-vehicle collision near Green Lake Sunday. (File photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)