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Sheffield United beats Bournemouth, Man City game called off
SHEFFIELD, England - Sheffield United beat Bournemouth 2-1 in Sunday's only English Premier League game after Manchester City's match with West Ham was called off due to a storm. John Lundstram scored...
Feb 09, 2020
Provincial tensions with federal government easing, Kenney, Moe suggest
WASHINGTON - Post-election tensions between the West and the federal Liberal government are showing signs of easing, two of Canada's premiers suggested Friday as provincial leaders fanned out acr...
Feb 09, 2020
Horgan says NDP to highlight 'what we've done, where we're going' this month
VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrat government will be pointing out its achievements on affordability and economic fronts while introducing a political agenda for the next year as the...
Feb 09, 2020
Commuter rail trips cancelled as protest blocks tracks near Belleville, Ont.
A blockade on a rail line in eastern Ontario has halted service along one of Via Rail's busiest routes and led to numerous cancellations. Spokesman Karl-Philip Marchand Giguere did not provide reasons...
Feb 09, 2020
Multiple road collisions, schools shuttered, flights cancelled as heavy snow lashes Quebec
MONTREAL - Drivers were urged to stay off the roads and children got an unexpected day off from school Friday as heavy snow battered a large swath of southern Quebec. More than 700 road inci...
Feb 09, 2020
Second plane for Canadians in Wuhan on its way to Asia: foreign minister
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Canada's foreign minister says a second plane has left for Asia to bring a second load of Canadians out of the Chinese city locked down over a viral outbreak. Foreign Affairs M...
Feb 09, 2020
On 10-year anniversary of Vancouver Olympics, public figures reflect on mixed legacy
VANCOUVER - When Gregor Robertson took office as mayor of Vancouver, he said he didn't anticipate the "financial meltdown" of a planned housing development as the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralym...
Feb 09, 2020
Iran doesn't have expertise to analyze PS752 recorders: Champagne
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Iran doesn't have experts who can analyze the data recorders from a civilian airliner it shot down last month and it's time to...
Feb 09, 2020
Trudeau says he pressed Egypt's president on detained Canadians
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he raised the cases of Canadian citizens detained in Egypt with that country's president at a summit of African leaders. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi...
Feb 09, 2020
Leafs place defenceman Cody Ceci on injured reserve and recall Timothy Liljegren
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs placed defenceman Cody Ceci on injured reserve and recalled blue-liner Timothy Liljegren from the team's American Hockey League affiliate Friday. Ceci, out ...
Feb 09, 2020