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Defending champion Brad Gushue and Northwest Territories’ Jamie Koe joined Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen and Manitoba’s Reid Carruthers in the playoffs at the Canadian men’s curling championship Thursday in Regina. CBC | Sports News
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Nearly 300 students kidnapped from school in northwest Nigeria, authorities say
Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria’s northwest region Thursday and abducted at least 287 students, the head teacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. CBC | World News
Read More »Northwest Territories’ Jamie Koe upends defending champ Gushue at Brier
Northwest Territories’ Jamie Koe upset defending champion Brad Gushue 7-5 at the Canadian men’s curling championship. Koe, who has skipped a territories team to the playoffs once in 16 previous Brier appearances, improved to 3-1 and dropped Gushue to 2-2 in Pool B. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Northwest Territories overcomes 7-0 deficit in historic comeback for 1st Scotties win
Northwest Territories (1-3) came back from 7-0 down through three ends to beat Ontario’s Danielle Inglis (2-3) by a score of 10-9 and earn its first victory at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary on Tuesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »6.2 magnitude earthquake kills dozens in northwest China, state media reports
More than 200 people were injured, Xinhua said, 96 in Gansu and 124 in Qinghai. The quake struck in Gansu’s Jishishan county, about five kilometres from the provincial boundary with Qinghai. CBC | World News
Read More »Northwest Territories’ Jamie Koe wins opener at Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
Jamie Koe, who has represented the Northwest Territories on the big stage numerous times, opened the 2023 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship on Sunday morning at Swift Current Curling Club with an 8-7 victory over Peter Van Strien’s team from Iqaluit, Nunavut. CBC | Sports News
Read More »California wildfires jump major freeway, head for communities northwest of L.A.
Authorities close a major freeway as flames from the largest and most destructive Southern California wildfire jump lanes and churn toward coastal and mountain communities northwest of Los Angeles amid unpredictable winds. CBC | World News
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