Whistler, British Columbia - World champion Helena Jonsson won the women's 7.5-kilometre biathlon World Cup sprint event Friday in Whistler, British Columbia.

Competing at the venue of next year's Winter Olympics, Jonsson had a perfect record in the shooting range, finishing without a miss and winning in a time of 19 minutes, 43.6 seconds.

Whistler, Canada - World Champion Helena Jonsson on Friday won the women's 7.5 kilometre biathlon World Cup sprint event in the Canadian venue of Whistler.

Competing at the venue of next year's winter Olympics Jonsson had a perfect record in the shooting range, finishing without a miss and winning in a time of 19 minutes 43.6 seconds.

Whistler, Canada - World Champion Helena Jonsson on Friday won the women's 7.5 kilometre biathlon World Cup sprint event in the Canadian venue of Whistler.

Competing at the venue of next year's winter Olympics Jonsson had a perfect record in the shooting range, finishing without a miss and winning in a time of 19 minutes 43.6 seconds.

Germany's six-time world champion Magdalena Neuner, who missed the target once, was second 0.7 seconds behind, while Russian Olga Zaitseva, who won two gold medals at the recent world championships, finished third 1.6 seconds behind.

Ontario (Canada), Mar. 13 : At least 17 people, including 16 offshore oil rig workers, are feared dead after their helicopter fell in to the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday.

According to a Globe and Mail report, the helicopter had flown out of St. John''s, and was hit by mechanical problems half-an-hour later above the choppy seas of the North Atlantic. One person was rescued and one fatality confirmed.

Washington  - One man was rescued and 16 people were missing after a helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean Thursday while taking workers to an oil platform off Canada's east coast, Canadian news reports said.

Searchers recovered the body of the 18th person who was on board the helicopter, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation news service reported.

On Wednesday, Statistics Canada reported that Contractors' selling prices for new homes decreased by 0.6 per cent between December and January.

The largest decreases were noticed in the cities of Western Canada. The rate of decrease in January was somewhat faster than the 0.1 per cent drop registered in the preceding month. At that time the prices dropped 2.8 per cent in Edmonton, 2.1 per cent in Calgary, 1.1 per cent in Victoria and 0.7 per cent in Vancouver.