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Leafs centre Matthews named North Division's top player for February
NEW YORK - Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been named the North Division's player of the month for February. Matthews led the NHL with 12 goals and placed second with 21 points in 11 ga...
Mar 02, 2021
Even more chaotic than usual, Globes still had their moments
In the opening moments of a Golden Globes night even more chaotic and confounding than usual, co-host Tina Fey raised a theoretical question: "Could this whole night have been an email?" Only the next...
Mar 02, 2021
33 years later, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall return to Zamunda
NEW YORK - When Eddie Murphy made the original "Coming to America," he was, almost indisputably, the funniest man in America. Murphy was at the very height of his fame, coming off "Beverly Hills Cop I...
Mar 02, 2021
B.C. coroner says increased drug toxicity responsible for another OD death record
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says deadlier street drugs are behind another grim milestone in the province's overdose crisis as a record was set for the number of deaths in January. The ...
Mar 02, 2021
Federal NDP unveils election-style promises to support small businesses in pandemic
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is promising that a federal NDP government would provide more support for small businesses struggling during the pandemic, including paying a bonus to companies that hire new em...
Mar 02, 2021
Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan undergoes successful quad surgery
Sky Blue FC says Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan has undergone successful surgery on her right quad.The NWSL club said there is no timetable for Sheridan's return.The 25-year-old from Whitby, Ont....
Mar 02, 2021
'Door is open:' Ottawa ready to help pork producers affected by Olymel shutdown
The federal government says the door is open to help producers affected by the closure of a central Alberta pork plant where an outbreak of COVID-19 has infected hundreds of workers and resulted in th...
Mar 02, 2021
Hospital: SUV carrying 27 crashes with semitruck, killing 15
EL CENTRO, Calif. - An SUV believed to be carrying 27 people crashed into a semitruck Tuesday on a Southern California highway, killing 15 people and leaving others injured, hospital officials said. J...
Mar 02, 2021
Families nervous ahead of verdict in Toronto van attack trial
TORONTO - Some of the Toronto van attack victims and their families are nervously waiting to learn the fate of the man whose deadly rampage three years ago changed their lives forever.On Wednesday mor...
Mar 02, 2021
AHS issues warning following several cases of children swallowing button batteries
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is sending out a warning to parents about button batteries.AHS says there have been several recent cases of young children swallowing the small cell batteries across Albe...
Mar 02, 2021