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China virus cases increase as more preventive measures taken
BEIJING - The rate of increase in new cases of the virus in China rose again after a brief respite, as the death toll rose to 722 on the mainland and countries around the world enforced stricter measu...
Feb 09, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Canada's Nick Taylor wins Pebble Beach Pro-Am by four strokes
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Canada's Nick Taylor has won the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He held off Kevin Streelman and golfing great Phil Mickleson to win by four strokes. Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., led the...
Feb 09, 2020

Trudeau to visit Canadian troops in Kuwait amid regional tensions
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to visit Canadian troops in Kuwait on Monday about a month after they were relocated there from Iraq. Canada has two ongoing operations in...
Feb 09, 2020

From Pitt to '1917,' what to anticipate at Sunday's Oscars
LOS ANGELES - The Oscars are here, already. After the shortest awards season in decades, the 92nd annual Academy Awards will get underway Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The red ca...
Feb 09, 2020

Renowned Italian soprano Mirella Freni dies at age 84
Mirella Freni, an Italian soprano whose uncommon elegance and intensity combined with a sumptuous voice and intelligence to enthrall audiences for a half-century, has died at age 84. Freni died Sunday...
Feb 09, 2020

Toronto FC signs veteran Argentina winger Pablo Piatti as third designated player
Toronto FC has signed Argentine winger Pablo Piatti as its new designated player. The 30-year-old Piatti leaves Barcelona-based Espanyol for Major League Soccer on a free transfer. Having passed a med...
Feb 09, 2020

Super Bowl win still sinking in with Montreal's Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
MONTREAL - The enormity of winning the Super Bowl only sunk in for Laurent Duvernay-Tardif when he saw his mother crying on the field. The Chiefs guard became the first Quebec-born player and ninth Ca...
Feb 09, 2020

Tories decry judicial appointment amid renewed scrutiny of MacKay's record
OTTAWA - Conservatives are accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of stacking Canada's courts with Liberal partisans, pointing to a recently appointed judge who has donated almost $26,000 to...
Feb 09, 2020

Probe: Bryant helicopter was 100 feet from clear skies
LOS ANGELES - A witness to the deadly crash of a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others said it sounded normal just before slamming into a hillside and wreckage examined by experts at the sc...
Feb 09, 2020

Gabriela DeBues-Stafford criticizes Athletics Canada's handling of former coach
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford is just one track and field athlete angry with Athletics Canada's handling of allegations surrounding former national coach Dave Scott-Thomas. DeBues-Stafford spoke out a...
Feb 09, 2020