Familiar names advance to playoffs at Canadian Olympic mixed doubles curling trials

If you’re feeling like the Olympic mixed doubles curling trials are earlier than usual, that’s because they are. In a move to better prepare Canadians curlers for the Olympics, Curling Canada has overhauled its schedule, moving the mixed doubles trials a year earlier — the thinking being that a full year of training and building chemistry…

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Superdome security a focus after deadly attack in New Orleans leads to Sugar Bowl postponement

Superdome in New Orleans was on lockdown for security sweeps on Wednesday after a truck plowed into a crowd of New Year’s revellers about 1.5 kilometres away earlier in the morning, killing at least 10 people. The College Football Playoff quarter-final Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame, which will be played at the 70,000-seat Superdome, was postponed a day after the…

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Fire destroys parts of historic boardwalk in Vancouver Island’s Telegraph Cove, fire department says

Parts of the historic boardwalk in Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island were destroyed by a large fire, the Port McNeill Fire Rescue said Tuesday morning. The fire department issued a public safety announcement asking people who were going to the area to watch the fire to stay away as it was hindering the efforts of crews to…

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