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Jakob Chychrun scores in final minute to lift Coyotes over Canadiens
MONTREAL - Jakob Chychrun scored a power-play goal in the game's final minute to give the Arizona Coyotes a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night. Derek Stepan ...
Feb 10, 2020
Thailand mourns victims of country's deadliest mass shooting
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand - As mourning began for the victims of Thailand's worst mass shooting, the country counted its losses: a mother shot dead at the wheel of her car as her son sat beside her,...
Feb 10, 2020
Anna Sui rolls out B-movie gothic glam at NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK - Anna Sui doesn't love scary movies, but she adores illusion, especially glamorous illusion. That's one reason she turned to 1970s Italian horror, of the B movie variety, as inspiration for ...
Feb 10, 2020
B.C. mayor says forestry strike left some on brink of bankruptcy as deal reached
VICTORIA - A tentative agreement in a forest industry strike that kept 3,000 workers off the job since last July is being greeted with cautious optimism by a Vancouver Island mayor who says the d...
Feb 10, 2020
City Councilor Clyde Blackburn returns to Council in remission
Grande Prairie City Councilor Clyde Blackburn has returned from his leave of absence. Councilor Blackburn had been on a leave of absence to receive treatment for leukemia, which is now in remission. H...
Feb 10, 2020
Mainland China virus cases rise again after earlier decline
BEIJING - Mainland China has reported another rise in cases of the new virus after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow by 97 to 908, with at least two more outside the co...
Feb 10, 2020
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr speaks in at child soldiers panel
HALIFAX - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr has made a rare public speaking appearance in Halifax. Khadr was part of a panel discussion Monday night on child soldiers hosted by the Romeo Dalla...
Feb 10, 2020
Impact, midfielder Ignacio Piatti agree to terminate contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact and midfielder Ignacio Piatti have agreed to terminate his Major League Soccer contract, allowing the Argentine to sign with his former club. The Impact announced the mo...
Feb 10, 2020
Argonauts release Gaydosh
A Peace River product is looking for a new CFL home.Defensive lineman Linden Gaydosh was one of a dozen players let go by the Toronto Argonauts Monday.Gaydosh has spent the last three seasons with the...
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China's daily death toll from virus tops 100 for first time
BEIJING - China's daily death toll from new virus has topped 100 for first time, with more than 1,000 total deaths recorded, the health ministry announced Tuesday, as the spread of the contagion shows...
Feb 10, 2020