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Kawhi Leonard scores 38 points, as Raptors edge Trail Blazers 119-117
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors had practised the play a day earlier. Game on the line. Kyle Lowry sets a screen. Kawhi Leonard drives for the winning basket. They executed it to perfecti...
Mar 03, 2019
Armia scores 3 goals, Canadiens beat Rangers 4-2
NEW YORK - After scoring his first career hat trick, Joel Armia was more concerned with the Montreal Canadiens getting another win. Armia had three goals and the Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 4-...
Mar 03, 2019
Blake Griffin scores 27, Pistons top Raptors 112-107 in OT
DETROIT - Blake Griffin scored 14 of his 27 points in the first quarter and the Detroit Pistons finished with plays at both ends of the court to beat the Toronto Raptors 112-107 in overtime on Sunday ...
Mar 03, 2019
Balcers, Nilsson lead Senators past Panthers 3-2
SUNRISE, Fla. - Rudolfs Balcers scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and Ottawa Senators beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 Sunday, snapping a seven-game losing streak. Brian Gibbons and Zack S...
Mar 03, 2019
Man arrested in California blast that killed ex
LOS ANGELES - A California man was arrested Sunday in connection with an explosion that killed his ex-girlfriend at her day spa last year, the FBI said. Stephen Beal was arrested without incident in c...
Mar 03, 2019
Jeff Shattler scores hat trick, four assists to lead Rush past Roughnecks
SASKATOON - Jeff Shattler had a hat trick and four assists to lead the Saskatchewan Rush over the Calgary Roughnecks 15-9 on Saturday in National Lacrosse League action.Mark Matthews, Ryan Keenan, Rob...
Mar 03, 2019 The Saskatchewan Rush defeat the Calgary Roughnecks 15-9 on March 2, 2019. (Saskatchewan Rush/Twitter) : Tyler Marr
Meadow Lake Telemiralce raises over $32K
People in the northwest stepped up to ring those phones for the province's favourite annual telethon.Telemiracle 43 in Meadow Lake wrapped up Sunday at the Civic Centre after raising $32,451 over the ...
Mar 03, 2019 The Meadow Lake Telemiracle raised over $32,000. (supplied photo/Matt Ryan) : Tyler Marr
Fleury gets second straight shutout, Vegas beats Canucks 3-0
LAS VEGAS - Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 19 shots to earn his second straight shutout and lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. Fleury moved within one vict...
Mar 03, 2019
Defending Iditarod champ remains self-proclaimed 'goofball'
WILLOW, Alaska - Joar Leifseth Ulsom may not be flashy or brash, but he has sled cred. The quiet, unassuming 32-year-old defending champion of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race leads the field of 52 mu...
Mar 03, 2019
Nathan Cullen joins long list of NDP MPs who won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - Nathan Cullen, one of the NDP's best known and most effective MPs, is calling it quits. The northern British Columbia MP announced Friday that he won't seek re-election this fall. That m...
Mar 03, 2019