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MONTREAL — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says Montreal-area home sales continued climbing in December, with 54.1 per cent more properties changing hands compared with the same month a year earlier.

Virginia Cavaliers (9-6, 1-2 ACC) at Clemson Tigers (10-5, 3-1 ACC) Clemson, South Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Clemson plays Virginia after Loyal McQueen scored 26 points in Clemson's 65-61 victory against the Stanford Cardinal.

Queens Royals (9-6, 2-0 ASUN) at Lipscomb Bisons (10-5, 2-0 ASUN) Nashville, Tennessee; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Queens plays Lipscomb after Leo Colimerio scored 35 points in Queens' 92-83 win over the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles.

Detroit Mercy Titans (10-3, 4-1 Horizon) at Wright State Raiders (2-14, 0-6 Horizon) Fairborn, Ohio; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Detroit Mercy visits Wright State in Horizon action Wednesday. The Raiders have gone 2-4 at home.

Bellarmine Knights (10-5, 1-1 ASUN) at Queens (NC) Royals (6-7, 0-2 ASUN) Charlotte, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Hayley Harrison and Bellarmine take on Jordyn Weaver and Queens (NC) in ASUN play.

VANCOUVER — Marie-Philip Poulin still gets a little emotional as she stands at centre ice in a packed arena, hearing O Canada.

Football was long Brandon London's first love, but the Super Bowl and Grey Cup champion has found a new passion.

HALIFAX — Following a sharp rise in cases of walking pneumonia among Canadian children, rates of the infection seem to be dropping — but doctors are now warning families about flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Dr.

TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — The director of a Quebec homeless shelter is urging empathy after a 38-year-old unhoused woman was charged for allegedly abandoning her newborn outside in the cold shortly after giving birth on the street on New Year's Day.

MONTREAL — A ship that had been stuck in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal since Christmas Eve was successfully refloated on Tuesday. The Canadian Coast Guard says the MV Maccoa has been escorted by tugboats to a dock at Sorel-Tracy, Que.