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US, others impose restrictions as virus toll spikes further
BEIJING - The death toll in China's virus outbreak rose to 259 on Saturday and Beijing criticized Washington's tightening of travel controls to bar most foreign nationals who visited the country withi...
Jan 31, 2020
Head coach Nick Nurse and Raptors coaching staff to be on bench for all-star game
NEW YORK - Raptors head coach Nick Nurse and his staff will coach Team Giannis at the upcoming NBA all-star game thanks to Toronto's 105-92 win over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. The win in Det...
Jan 31, 2020
Raptors' streak at 10 after 105-92 win over Pistons
DETROIT - Pascal Siakam scored 30 points and Serge Ibaka added 21 to lift the Toronto Raptors to their 10th straight victory, 105-92 over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. Siakam made his first fiv...
Jan 31, 2020
Vanessa Bryant statement: 'We are completely devastated'
Vanessa Bryant made her first public comment Wednesday since the helicopter crash that killed husband Kobe Bryant, one of their daughters and seven other people, taking to Instagram to thank people fo...
Jan 31, 2020
Manitoba First Nation loses court bid for continued flood evacuation benefits
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba First Nation has lost its bid to have Ottawa continue paying evacuation benefits to people forced from their homes by flooding in 2011. Lake St. Martin First Nation was seeking a...
Jan 31, 2020
No one does it better. Christine Sinclair scores twice to set world goals record
EDINBURG, Texas - Christine Sinclair says she lives her life "trying to be the best Canadian that I can, in my own way." On Wednesday, the Canada captain accomplished that and a whole lot ...
Jan 31, 2020
Catholic bishops urge Trudeau to scrap changes to assisted dying legislation
OTTAWA - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to voice "very serious concern" about proposed changes to medical assistance in dying...
Jan 31, 2020
Canada's Taylor Pendrith battles through fever to start Korn Ferry Tour season
Taylor Pendrith's return to the Korn Ferry Tour hasn't exactly gone to plan so far. After earning an exemption on the second-tier circuit thanks to two victories on the Mackenzie Tour last year, the R...
Jan 31, 2020
Facebook reports 4Q profit, user growth despite challenges
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook had a strong fourth quarter, making more money on advertising and adding more users despite challenges around regulation, privacy and efforts to fight election interference. I...
Jan 31, 2020
Blood Tribe Police locate human remains in Levern area
LEVERN, AB - At approximately 3:00 pm on Friday, January 31, Blood Tribe Police found the remains of a body near a home in the Levern area, which is part of the Blood reserve.The identity of the decea...
Jan 31, 2020 Blood Tribe Police locate human remains - Photo credit to Keith Chiefmoon