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Canadian March Madness returns to Calgary for first time in 46 years
The U Sports Final 8 National Men’s Basketball Tournament is back in Calgary for the first time in over four decades. Eight of the best teams will convene in Calgary with the hopes of being crowned national champions and taking home the W.P. McGee Trophy. Source link
IPC says lone Iranian athlete will not compete at Paralympics due to unsafe travel conditions
The International Paralympic Committee said Friday that Iranian athlete Aboulfazl Khatibi will not compete at the Milan Cortina Paralympic Games because he can’t safely travel to Italy amid the intensifying Middle East conflict. Source link
Ottawa Rapid have new majority owners
Ottawa’s professional women’s soccer team announced a new majority ownership group on Friday that’s led by a former investment banker and minor league baseball owner. Source link
Defencemen Stanley, Schenn traded from Winnipeg Jets to Buffalo Sabres
Defencemen Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn are Winnipeg Jets no more. Source link
Aicher finishes 2nd in downhill to cut Vonn and Shiffrin leads in World Cup standings
With neither injured Lindsey Vonn nor Mikaela Shiffrin starting a World Cup downhill on Friday in Val di Fassa, Italy, Emma Aicher seized her chance to cut the American superstars’ leads in the season-long standings. Source link
St. Boniface Hospital doctors worry long wait times being normalized as ER might have set record
Emergency physicians at St. Boniface Hospital said it’s demoralizing to see long wait times at Manitoba’s second-largest hospital, and elsewhere in the health-care system, having become increasingly normalized over the years. Source link
The secret to guessing more accurately with maths
What do a 20th-century physicist, an 18th-century statistician and an ancient Greek philosopher have in common? They all knew how to extrapolate with incredible accuracy. Columnist Jacob Aron explains how to combine their methods to improve your ability to guess Source link
'A terrible experience': Patients spent days on overflow stretchers in Corner Brook hospital
After spending six days on a hospital stretcher, Jaymee Miller said she hopes she never has to be admitted to the Western Memorial Regional Hospital in Corner Brook ever again. Source link
With a crucial oil artery blocked near Iran, can Canada fill the gap in global supply?
As the war in Iran disrupts oil and gas exports from the Gulf region, the Canadian energy sector could see a jump in demand — and federal officials are positioning Canada as a beacon of stability during an unpredictable moment. Source link
Canada-U.S. trade talks are restarting. Here's what's at stake
For the first time since U.S. President Donald Trump called off negotiations last October — ostensibly over a TV ad — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s point man on trade, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, will meet face to face with his White House counterpart. Source link