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Canada awaits semifinal opponent in wheelchair curling.

Friday, March 19th, 2010 | 6:16 am

Canwest News Service

VANCOUVER – Canada wrapped up first place in the round robin Wednesday, but still doesn't know its semifinal opponent at the 2010 Paralympic wheelchair curling event.

Sweden and Italy entered Thursday's final round-robin draw tied for the last playoff…

Canada defeats U.S. to clinch spot at U-17 Women's World Cup.

Friday, March 19th, 2010 | 6:16 am

Canwest News Service

ALAJUELA, Costa Rica – Team Canada will make its second straight trip to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup after upsetting the United States 1-0 on penalty kicks in the semifinal stage of the CONCACAF soccer championship.

Alison Clarke,…

Any inflation surprise could boost loonie.

Friday, March 19th, 2010 | 6:16 am

Canwest News Service

TORONTO – Count the loonie among those with inflation anxiety. So much so that any surprise in Friday's consumer price index report could push the Canadian dollar past the parity threshold.

Months before the Bank of Canada says it…

Knee-on-knee hit forces Flames' Glencross to sidelines.

Friday, March 19th, 2010 | 6:16 am

Canwest News Service

CALGARY – Brent Sutter wanted to express how he really felt about the latest injury to hit the Calgary Flames, but he kept biting his tongue.

Feisty winger Curtis Glencross surfaced at Thursday's optional skate at the Pengrowth Saddledome…

Ontario shooting victims related, police say.

Friday, March 19th, 2010 | 6:16 am

Canwest News Service

A 24-year-old man was shot to death and a 19-year-old man injured at a Belleville, Ont., home Thursday morning, police said.

A 21-year-old Belleville man was arrested at the house a short time after police were called at about…

Inflation higher than expected in February

Friday, March 19th, 2010 | 5:46 am

Canwest News Service

OTTAWA — The pace of consumer price increases slowed down in February but not as much as anticipated, Statistics Canada reported Friday, while the rate of core inflation — a key measure watched by the Bank of Canada…

Burning banned in West Kelowna, but what about all that fuel?

Burning banned in West Kelowna, but what about all that fuel?

Friday, March 19th, 2010 | 5:45 am

“If we approved another permit and it got away again, we’re putting people at risk. For everybody’s safety, we decided to shut it down.”

Exclusive: Former Somali fighter warns of growing radicalism in Canada

Friday, March 19th, 2010 | 4:46 am

Canwest News Service

TORONTO — Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed works as a security guard at an apartment complex in Toronto's Little Mogadishu neighborhood. It can be a slow job, sitting at the gatehouse, but nobody could call him inexperienced.

Before he returned to…

Fine Tuning for Friday, March 19.

Friday, March 19th, 2010 | 1:49 am

Canwest News Service

Friday night is family night for the family-friendly specialty channels. Conventional TV may be limp and lame for the most part, but young- oriented networks like YTV and Family Channel view Friday as their big night of the…

Drake still holding out for Sade collaboration.

Friday, March 19th, 2010 | 1:49 am

Canwest News Service

When Sade told the National Post last month she's just not that into working with Drake, it appeared that there was, in fact, one person on the planet who won't collaborate with the ubiquitous Toronto rapper. But that…