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Americans beats Finns in world junior tune-up; Canada to play Russia in exhibition
EDMONTON - Cole Caufield scored two goals in a 35-second span, and the United States held on to beat Finland 3-2 in a world junior hockey championship tune-up game on Tuesday at Rogers Place.Arthur Ka...
Dec 22, 2020
Durant returns with 22 and a 125-99 Nets rout of Warriors
NEW YORK - Kevin Durant looked good as new against his old team, Kyrie Irving was even better and the Brooklyn Nets emphatically kicked off the Steve Nash era with a 125-99 victory over the Golden Sta...
Dec 22, 2020
A look at pardons, clemency in waning weeks of Trump tenure
WASHINGTON - In the waning weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a slew of pardons and commutations, including former members of Congress convicted of corruption charges, two people ...
Dec 22, 2020
Welcome back, NBA: Here's 10 things to know about the season
And ... it's back. The NBA's new season starts Tuesday with a pair of games; Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets welcoming Durant's former team in Golden State, while the defending champion Los Angeles...
Dec 22, 2020
Trump suggests he might not sign COVID relief bill
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is blasting the bipartisan $900 billion pandemic relief package that Congress just passed and is suggesting that he may not sign it. Trump complained in a video tha...
Dec 22, 2020
B.C. reviewing Chilliwack school board's commitment to safety, inclusion
VANCOUVER - Two special advisers have been appointed by the British Columbia government to evaluate the Chilliwack Board of Education's commitment to safety and inclusion in schools. Education Ministe...
Dec 22, 2020
Ottawa says border controls are sufficient despite complaints from Ontario
MONTREAL - The federal government defended its approach to securing Canada's border against COVID-19 on Tuesday as Ontario Premier Doug Ford once again called for more testing at points of entry. Cana...
Dec 22, 2020
In South Africa, child homicides show violence 'entrenched'
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - At night, Amanda Zitho worries her little boy is shivering and cold in his coffin and yearns to take him a blanket. She knows Wandi's dead and gone and it's senseless, but th...
Dec 22, 2020
Top Stories of 2020: What the COVID happened this year?
NANAIMO - COVID-19 changed society in ways no one could have expected in 2020. In the span of two weeks, the pandemic which had severely affected countries like China, Spain and Italy, arrived on Cana...
Dec 22, 2020
Performing in the pandemic, by zoom, drive-in and doorstep
NEW YORK - A good way to hear what we've missed this year is to listen to Sam Cooke's landmark live album, "Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963." On a warm January night in downtown Miami, Cooke was ...
Dec 22, 2020