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Lindsey Vonn impresses again winning World Cup downhill for 2nd victory of Olympic season
By Canadian Press on January 10th, 2026
ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria (AP) — Lindsey Vonn showed again Saturday she is the standout downhill racer in this Olympic season. Vonn won her second World Cup downhill in four races this season, raising expectations in this remarkable comeback racing at age 41 with her right knee rebuilt using titanium implants. The United States star was 0.37 ... Read More »
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By Lethbridge Herald Obituaries on January 10th, 2026
GREEN, Olive
TSUKISHIMA, Keiko "Kay"
MALMBERG, Kim
WILSON, Shirley
NOWLIN, Everett "Evy"
KRAWCZYK, Irena
FEKETE, Louis "Lou"
BANKONIN, Alexander
RABUSIC, Marie
ZAJAC, Vicky
WEASEL FAT, Bertha
WATERHOUSE, Ruth
ADAMS, Rodney
GIESBRECHT, William "Bill"
NIKKEL, Gail
HATT, Alice
BOYCHUK, Peter
HUBER, Pauline "Paula"
MALDANER, Larry
Sabalenka advances to the Brisbane International final by beating Muchová
By Canadian Press on January 10th, 2026
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the Brisbane International final for the third year in a row with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Karolina Muchová on Saturday. Sabalenka clinched the semifinal at Pat Rafter Arena on her fourth match point to advance to Sunday’s final against Marta Kostyuk, who beat fourth-seeded Jessica ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!England midfielder Georgia Stanway says she will leave Bayern Munich at end of season
By Canadian Press on January 10th, 2026
MUNICH (AP) — England midfielder Georgia Stanway has announced she will leave German club Bayern Munich at the end of the season. The 27-year-old Stanway is in her fourth season with Bayern and has scored 26 goals in 106 games overall so far, winning three straight Frauen-Bundesliga titles. “The decision to leave Munich and my ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lindsey Vonn impresses again leading World Cup downhill and set for 2nd win of Olympic season
By Canadian Press on January 10th, 2026
ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria (AP) — Lindsey Vonn showed again Saturday she is the standout downhill racer in this Olympic season. Vonn led a World Cup downhill by 0.37 seconds and was set for her second win in four downhill races in this remarkable comeback racing at age 41 with her right knee rebuilt using titanium implants. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coco Gauff beats Iga Swiatek in US-Poland semifinal at United Cup
By Canadian Press on January 10th, 2026
SYDNEY (AP) — Coco Gauff beat No. 2-ranked Iga Świątek 6-4, 6-2 to force a mixed-doubles match to decide the United Cup semifinal between the United States and Poland on Saturday. Fourth-ranked Gauff, the French Open champion, evened the matchup at 1-1 at the team event after Hubert Hurkacz beat Taylor Fritz 7-6 (1), 7-6 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Down 50 pounds, Liam Coen’s personal transformation mirrors Jacksonville’s dramatic turnaround
By Canadian Press on January 10th, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Liam Coen remembers sitting in his new Jaguars office last January, crushing energy drinks and stuffing his face with junk food while trying to put together a coaching staff. It was a stressful time for sure. Long days that stretched into late nights, and Coen admittedly started making unhealthy choices. “It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Team Avalanche’ unites cross-country skiing Olympic hopefuls from small countries
By Canadian Press on January 10th, 2026
Indian skier Bhavani Thekkada’s lower leg was a mess at a race weekend in Finland — think blisters and blood. She turned to “Team Avalanche” on WhatsApp in search of ointments. “I couldn’t find anything in the shop, so I just put a message in the group and there was this guy who said, ‘Hey ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s Indiana and Miami in a college-football title matchup that once seemed impossible
By Canadian Press on January 10th, 2026
It looked improbable two months ago. Two years ago — impossible. But against the odds, Miami and Indiana have a date in the College Football Playoff final — a first-of-its-kind matchup on Jan. 19 in the second national title game of the expanded-playoff era. The Hoosiers (15-0), the top-seeded favorite in the 12-team tournament, stomped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCAF wants more than 1,200 security personnel to protect F-35s, other planes
By Canadian Press on January 10th, 2026
OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Air Force wants to hire more than a thousand new security personnel over the next five years at bases across the country — just as it brings its new F-35 stealth fighter jets into service. Internal documents from spring 2025, obtained by The Canadian Press through the Access-to-Information law, show ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fifty years after the Games, Quebecers still spending on Montreal’s Olympic Stadium
By Canadian Press on January 10th, 2026
MONTREAL — Montreal’s Olympic Stadium started 2026 the same way it began the 1976 Games: under construction and without a roof. In 2024, Quebec’s tourism minister announced the province would spend $870 million to replace the stadium’s roof, which was torn in more than 20,000 places and threatened to force the venue’s closure. The Quebec ... Read More »
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