RED DEER, Alta. - Kelly Scott hasn't had time to lift her head up to see where her team stands at the Canadian women's curling championship. She says that may be a good thing.

RED DEER, Alta. - The defending Canadian women's curling champions squandered an opportunity to take sole possession of first place in the standings Tuesday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

RED DEER, Alta. - Some teams at the Canadian women's curling championship were playing short-staffed, not shaking hands and liberally applying hand sanitizer Tuesday because of a stomach bug running through the tournament.

Stanton Territorial Hospital has cancelled these surgeries for almost a year while it turns one of its operating rooms into what it calls a "super-clean OR."

Amber Holland isn't fazed by the pressure of having to deliver on the final shot.The skip of Team Canada at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts handles the pressure by focusing on the shot instead of its outcome."I don't think about it being the last rock," Holland said after Monday's early draw at the Canadian women's curling …

The Northwest Territories Power Corp. plans to bill the Department of National Defence and Joint Task Force North for repairs to a hydro transmission line brought down by a military helicopter.

Five northern leaders from across Canada's Arctic say a federal subsidy program intended to bring affordable supplies of fresh, healthy food to the North still isn't working.

RED DEER, Alta. - B.C.'s Kelly Scott is alone in first place at the Canadian women's curling championship after a 7-5 win over defending champion Amber Holland.

Politicians from across the North have banded together to slam the federal government's new Nutrition North Canada program, saying it is leading to rising food prices in many remote communities.

RED DEER, Alta. - Defending champion Amber Holland and B.C.'s Kelly Scott were living up to their billing as favourites early at the Canadian women's curling championship.

For a person from the educated middle class who is going to pieces spiritually from lack of employment, the hardest thing is maintaining appearances. Practically every cent and reserve of dignity is diverted into the illusion of gentility. Your clothes, technology, home, and public habits cannot be shabby. If a professional …

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to eat certain beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.

RED DEER, Alta. - Tracy Horgan's team stands out in a field loaded with veterans at the Canadian women's curling championship.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to consume food from certain packages of Country Morning Beef Burgers and No Name Club Pack Beef Steakettes because of fears they may be contaminated with E. coli.

NWT Power Corporation crews are cleaning up the site where a military helicopter severed power lines to Yellowknife and surrounding communities on Monday.

One of the best seconds in women's curling is getting her game back.

The Town of Hay River will rename its airport to commemorate the life of well-known bush pilot Merlyn Carter.

Longtime Saskatchewan skip Pat Simmons is headed to the Saskatoon Brier - this time as a third for Alberta's Kevin Koe.