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Fiona the sheep rescued after two years of isolation at bottom of cliff in Scotland
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Homan, Jones stay unbeaten, roll into Kioti National quarterfinals
Ontario fourth Rachel Homan calls out to the sweepers while playing Team Wild Card 3 at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Homan opened the Grand Slam season on Tuesday with a 4-3 victory over fellow Canadian Clancy Grandy at the HearingLife Tour Challenge.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canada’s Kerri Einarson downs South Korea’s Seungyoun Ha at Grand Slam of Curling’s Kioti National
Canada's Kerri Einarson looks on during the match between Canada and Sweden during the round robin session 1 of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship at Goransson Arena in Sandviken, Sweden, Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP)
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At least three killed in U.K as gale-force winds, floods strike Northern Europe
A woman talks on the phone as she looks out of a window onto the flooded property below, in Brechin, Scotland, Friday Oct. 20, 2023. The gale-force winds are expected to hit hardest the eastern part of Denmark's Jutland peninsula and the Danish islands in the Baltic Sea. But the British Isles, southern Sweden, northern Germany and parts of Norway also on the path of the storm, named Babet by U.K.’s weather forecaster, the Met Office. (Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/PA via AP)
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Hundreds in Scotland told to evacuate as northern Europe braces for gale-force winds and floods
A man drives his scooter through a park in Frankfurt, Germany, on a foggy Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
sports
Former Canadian international Sean White confirmed as men’s rugby sevens coach
This undated photo shows Sean White, who has been named head coach of the Canadian men’s rugby sevens team through the Paris Olympics. White, a former Canadian international, has served as the team’s interim head coach since November 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Rugby Canada **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Ryuzo Yanagimachi, Researcher Who Cloned Mice, Dies at 95
Ryuzo Yanagimachi in 2022. Yanagimachi, whose long career as a pioneer in fertility research culminated in 1997 with the successful cloning of multiple generations of mice — a leap ahead of the announcement of the first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, just months earlier — died on Sept. 27, 2023, in Honolulu. He was 95. (Johann Urschitz/University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine via The New York Times)
sports
Rachel Homan tops Clancy Grandy 4-3 in opening draw of Grand Slam’s Tour Challenge
Ontario fourth Rachel Homan calls out to the sweepers while playing Team Wild Card 3 at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Kamloops, B.C., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Homan opened the Grand Slam season on Tuesday with a 4-3 victory over fellow Canadian Clancy Grandy at the HearingLife Tour Challenge.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
soccer
Spain wins 25th straight qualifier at home to keep Scotland from clinching spot in Euro 2024
Spain's midfielder #09 Gavi vies with Scotland's midfielder #04 Scott McTominay during the EURO 2024 first round group A qualifying football match between Spain and Scotland at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville on October 12, 2023. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP) (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)
lives lived
Marion Moist taught her children to embrace life (and never pay full price for anything)
Marion Moist.
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Britain’s Labour Party hails ‘seismic’ win in Scottish vote
HAMILTON, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 06: Scottish Labour candidate Michael Shanks celebrates winning the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election with 17,845 votes on October 06, 2023 in Hamilton, Scotland. SNP candidate Katy Loudon finished second with 8,399 votes. The by-election in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency was triggered after a successful petition to oust MP Margaret Ferrier in June 2023, following her breach of COVID-19 regulations in September 2020. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
british columbia
Nisga’a Nation in B.C. welcomes ‘dear ancestor’ totem home after century away
A child lays a ceremonial cedar during the House of Ni'isjoohl Memorial Pole homecoming ceremony, in Lax̱g̱altsʼap, British Columbia, Canada September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Quinn Bender NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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Italy beats Ukraine in key Euro 2024 qualifier. Spain wins big and Romania fans’ chants stop game
(FILES) In this handout image released by the Spanish Royal Football Federation (RFEF) on August 25, 2023, RFEF President Luis Rubiales delivers a speech during an extraordinary general assembly of the federation on August 25, 2023 in Las Rozas de Madrid. Luis Rubiales on September 10, 2023 said he will resign as Spanish football federation chief after kiss scandal. (Photo by Eidan RUBIO / RFEF / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / RFEF / EIDAN RUBIO " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by EIDAN RUBIO/RFEF/AFP via Getty Images)
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B.C.’s Mel Pemble clinches women’s C3 omnium title at worlds
Belgium's Lotte Kopecky (2L) rides to win the women's Elite Points race at the UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland on August 8, 2023. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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More than 50 pilot whales die after mass stranding on Scottish beach
An image provided via Cristina McAvoy/British Divers Marine Life Rescue shows several pilot whales stranded on a beach in Scotland, on July 16, 2023. Only one pilot whale survived out of the 55 beached on the Isle of Lewis in northwest Scotland on Sunday, July 16, 2023. It was the largest mass stranding in the region in over a decade. (via Cristina McAvoy/British Divers Marine Life Rescue) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SLUGGED SCOTLAND WHALES BY BECKY FERREIRA FOR JULY 17, 2023. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —
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Scotland marks coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla
Britain's King Charles III is presented with the Crown of Scotland during the National Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication for King Charles III and Queen Camilla, and the presentation of the Honours of Scotland, at St Giles' Cathedral, in Edinburgh, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. (Jane Barlow/Pool photo via AP)
olympics
Jones, Laing open world mixed curling championship with 8-4 win over Scotland
Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing pose with their gold medals and the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship trophy in Sudbury, Ont., in a March 26, 2023, handout photo. Jones and Laing will represent Canada for the first time at the world mixed doubles championship in an arena that elicits mixed emotions for both. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Curling Canada, Duncan Bell, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Top Scottish ultra-marathoner apologizes for using car during race
Make rising to the top the marathon of your career.
olympics
Canada’s Brad Gushue falls 9-3 in men’s world curling final to Scotland
Canada skip Brad Gushue reacts to his last shot in the third end during action against Scotland in the finals at the Men's World Curling Championship, in Ottawa, Sunday, April 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
soccer
Scotland upsets Spain, Croatia wins, Belgium beats Germany
Soccer Football - UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers - Group A - Scotland v Spain - Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - March 28, 2023 Spain's Rodri in action with Scotland's Scott McTominay REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
world
Humza Yousaf wins race to be Scotland’s next leader, inherits SNP facing growing challenges
Newly elected Scottish National Party leader Humza Yousaf speaks after being announced new SNP leader, at Murrayfield Stadium, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Monday, March 27, 2023. Scotland’s governing Scottish National Party elected Yousaf as its new leader on Monday after a bruising five-week contest that exposed deep fractures within the pro-independence movement. The 37-year-old son of South Asian immigrants is set to become the first person of color to serve as Scotland’s first minister. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
olympics
Canadian men’s and women’s teams relegated at junior curling world championships
Curling rocks are shown Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, during a media demonstration the day before the opening ceremonies of the USA Curling Nationals in Everett, Wash. Curling Canada has cancelled six more events in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ted S. Warren
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Scottish finance minister Kate Forbes to run for leadership
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon waits to hear Kate Forbes MSP Minister for Public Finance deliver the budget statement in Parliament, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
world
Scotland’s health minister Humza Yousaf to run for leadership
Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Humza Yousaf speaks to the media regarding the NHS, in Edinburgh, Britain, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/Pool
opinion
Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation is a moment of truth for Scottish independence
Andrew Hammond
sports
Canada wins way back into women’s world junior curling championship
Quebec and Northwest Territories won their morning draw matches at the Canadian mixed curling championships in Prince Albert, Sask., setting up a clash for top spot in the final championship pool draw on Friday night. Players sweep a rock at the Tim Hortons Brier in Lethbridge, Alta., on March 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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King Charles releases photo for first Christmas card as monarch
The 2022 Christmas card of Britain's King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla, taken during the Braemar Games September 3, 2022, is displayed in front of a Christmas tree in Clarence House in London, Britain released on December 11, 2022. Sam Hussein/Buckingham Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOULD BE SOLELY USED FOR NEWS EDITORIAL PURPOSES ONLY. IT SHALL NOT BE APPROVED FOR SOUVENIRS, OR MEMORABILIA; OR ANYTHING COLOURABLY SIMILAR. NO CHARGE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE SUPPLY, RELEASE OR PUBLICATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. THE PHOTOGRAPH MUST NOT BE DIGITALLY ENHANCED, MANIPULATED OR MODIFIED IN ANY MANNER OR FORM AND MUST INCLUDE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHEN PUBLISHED. THE PHOTOGRAPH SHALL NOT BE USED AFTER JANUARY 31, 2023 WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
british columbia
B.C. Nisga’a totem on display at Scotland museum since 1930 is heading home
A memorial totem pole is shown in this handout image provided by National Museums Scotland. The museum says it will return to the Nisga'a Nation in British Columbia a memorial pole taken nearly a century ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-National Museums Scotland **MANDATORY CREDIT**
opinion
What Canada can teach Britain about dealing with separatists
Konrad Yakabuski
politics
Scottish independence referendum denied on grounds the Scots no more oppressed than Quebeckers
A Scottish independence supporter poses with the flag of Scotland outside the Supreme Court in London on November 23, 2022 after the court blocked a new vote on independence. - The UK Supreme Court rejected a bid by the devolved Scottish government in Edinburgh to hold a new referendum on independence without the consent of London. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.K. Supreme Court rules against Scottish independence vote plan
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a press conference in Edinburgh on November 23, 2022 after the Supreme Court blocked a new vote on independence. - The UK Supreme Court rejected a bid by the devolved Scottish government in Edinburgh to hold a new referendum on independence without the consent of London. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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King Charles praises late Queen’s ‘unsurpassed devotion’ to Britain, leads procession behind coffin in Edinburgh
A child stands near flowers laid in remembrance of the Britain's Queen Elizabeth outside the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain September 12, 2022. Peter Summers/Pool via REUTERS