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B.C. tells inquiry money laundering has warped economy, fuelled opioid crisis
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's government says money laundering has distorted the economy, fuelled the opioid crisis and overheated the real estate market as a provincial inquiry into the cr...
Feb 24, 2020
Kobe Bryant's widow sues helicopter operator for deaths
LOS ANGELES - The widow of Kobe Bryant has sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed her husband and her 13-year-old daughter last month. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vane...
Feb 24, 2020
Kobe Bryant's widow sues helicopter operator for deaths
LOS ANGELES - The widow of Kobe Bryant has sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed her husband and her 13-year-old daughter last month. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vane...
Feb 24, 2020
Virus outbreak chills markets, outlook for global economy
FRANKFURT - The widening coronavirus outbreak threatens to seriously disrupt the global economy just as it was steadying itself against headwinds from the U.S.-China trade dispute. Stocks fell sharply...
Feb 24, 2020
Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs meet with Mohawks in Kahnawake, Que.
KAHNAWAKE, Que. - Traditional chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation maintained Saturday that they want to see RCMP gone from their territory and a halt to construction of a natural-gas pipeline on t...
Feb 24, 2020
Francouz, Zibanejad, Mangiapane named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Colorado Avalanche goaltender Pavel Francouz, New York Rangers centre Mika Zibanejad and Calgary Flames left-wing Andrew Mangiapane are the NHL's three stars of the week. Francouz went 3-0-...
Feb 24, 2020
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime reaches Open 13 men's tennis final
MARSEILLE, France - Another week, another ATP Tour final for Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. The 19-year-old from Montreal defeated French veteran Gilles Simon 7-5, 7-6(2) on Saturday to rea...
Feb 24, 2020
The Latest: Prosecutor calls Weinstein 'vicious' predator
NEW YORK - The Latest on a verdict in the rape and sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein (all times local): 12:35 p.m. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance praised the women who came forward and "c...
Feb 24, 2020
Canadians de Bruin, Bujnowski claim world championship bobsled bronze medal
ALTENBERG, Germany - Another world championship bronze medal for Canadians Christine de Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski. The Canadian bobsled women came from behind on the final two runs to finish third a...
Feb 24, 2020
Feds to introduce bill dropping some restrictions on assisted dying
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government promises to introduce legislation today aimed at making it easier for intolerably ill Canadians to get medical help to end their lives. The bill will scrap a ...
Feb 24, 2020