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VanVleet scores 29 points and Raptors beat Nets 119-118 for 14th straight win
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet scored 29 points and the Toronto Raptors stretched their franchise-record winning streak to 14 games with a 119-118 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday. P...
Feb 08, 2020
Draisaitl scores twice as Oilers come from behind to beat Predators 3-2
EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl had a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers came away with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Alex Chiasson also scored for the Oilers (2...
Feb 08, 2020
Petry scored in overtime to lead Canadiens to 3-2 win over Ducks
MONTREAL - There were big shoes to fill on the Canadiens blue line with the absence of injured captain Shea Weber. Jeff Petry answered the call. Petry rounded off a solid defensive game by scoring the...
Feb 08, 2020
Kovalchuk scores OT winner as Canadiens rally from behind to beat Maple Leafs 2-1
MONTREAL - Ilya Kovalchuk scored in overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Marco Scandella scored late in the third peri...
Feb 08, 2020
Thai gunman who killed 21 in rampage shot dead in mall
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand - Thai officials say a soldier who went on a shooting rampage and killed at least 21 people and injured 42 others has been shot dead inside a mall in northeastern Thailand....
Feb 08, 2020
'We are feeling strong': B.C. pipeline opponents brace for more possible arrests
SMITHERS, B.C. - Opponents of a natural gas pipeline said they were bracing for further police action Thursday following the arrest of six people near a work site in northern British Columbi...
Feb 08, 2020
China's Communist Party faces recriminations over virus
BEIJING - China's ruling Communist Party faced public anger and recrimination Friday over the death of a doctor who was threatened by the authorities after trying to sound the alarm about the new coro...
Feb 08, 2020
NewsAlert: China reports virus death toll rises to 811, surpassing SARS
BEIJING - Mainland China has reported the virus death toll has risen to 811, surpassing SARS fatalities in the 2002-2003 outbreak. China's National Health Commission on Sunday says the total cases of ...
Feb 08, 2020
No injunction for B.C. taxi industry against Uber, Lyft pending judicial review
VANCOUVER - The taxi industry is promising to continue its fight against Uber and Lyft after a judge rejected a bid to grant an injunction against the companies pending a legal challeng...
Feb 08, 2020
Amid irregularities, AP unable to declare winner in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Associated Press said Thursday that it is unable to declare a winner of Iowa's Democratic caucuses. Following the Iowa Democratic Party's release of new results late Thursday ni...
Feb 08, 2020