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Getting a handle on curling stones not easy at Tournament of Hearts

Getting a handle on curling stones not easy at Tournament of Hearts

CALGARY — The honour system is in play at the Canadian women's curling championship when it comes to hog-line violations. A curler delivering a stone must release it before it reaches the hog line.
Jones, Sturmay race to fourth straight wins at Canadian women's curling championship

Jones, Sturmay race to fourth straight wins at Canadian women's curling championship

CALGARY — Colleen Jones has a front-row seat on teams trying to break her curling records. The six-time Canadian champion skip has returned to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts as Nova Scotia's coach 11 years after she last played in it.
Kadri helps ignite Flames rally to ground Jets 6-3

Kadri helps ignite Flames rally to ground Jets 6-3

CALGARY — Down 3-1 early against one of the top teams backstopped by an elite goaltender, the slumping Calgary Flames could have easily folded. Instead, they fought back.
Nazem Kadri's 3-point game leads Flames over Jets 6-3

Nazem Kadri's 3-point game leads Flames over Jets 6-3

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Nazem Kadri had two goals and an assist as the Calgary Flames rallied from a two-goal deficit to post a 6-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday.
Banff, a busy tourist town, signs housing deal with Ottawa; one of six in Alberta

Banff, a busy tourist town, signs housing deal with Ottawa; one of six in Alberta

BANFF, Alta. — A busy Alberta tourist town in Banff National Park has signed an agreement with the federal government to support its plan to deal with the ongoing affordable housing crisis.
Ackerman, Sturmay rolling at Tournament of Hearts

Ackerman, Sturmay rolling at Tournament of Hearts

CALGARY — Thirty-four years have passed since the last time an all-rookie team won the Canadian women's curling championship. So 22-year-old Skylar Ackerman and her unbeaten team of Saskatchewan first-timers might be due.
Stolz repeats world speedskating hat trick, Canada's Bloemen, Fish reach podium

Stolz repeats world speedskating hat trick, Canada's Bloemen, Fish reach podium

CALGARY — Ted-Jan Bloemen and Graeme Fish have both navigated comebacks in the sufferfest that is speedskating's 10,000 metres.
Flames legend Lanny McDonald posts he's out of hospital after cardiac event

Flames legend Lanny McDonald posts he's out of hospital after cardiac event

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have forwarded a message from Hockey Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald that he's out of hospital following a cardiac event earlier this month.
'Makes me feel sick': Sex offender's return to Calgary alarming for some

'Makes me feel sick': Sex offender's return to Calgary alarming for some

CALGARY — A former member of a youth performance group run by the Calgary Stampedesays he expects he'll feel on guard now that day parole has been granted to the man who sexually abused teens over three decades.
Alberta First Nations seek answers on carbon capture and storage plans

Alberta First Nations seek answers on carbon capture and storage plans

Seven Alberta First Nations have banded together to seek answers as industry and government move on billion-dollar plans to inject and store millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases underneath or adjacent to their traditional lands.
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