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Tavares scores in OT, Matthews adds 40th as Leafs survive scare to beat Ducks
TORONTO - It was a script Maple Leafs fans have seen before. Earlier this week, in fact. Up 3-1 in the third period and seemingly in complete control, Toronto allowed&nbs...
Feb 09, 2020

Police investigating after car drives into crowd at Indigenous protest in Regina
Regina police are investigating after a vehicle drove through a group of Wet'suwet'en supporters on Saturday.Videos circulating on social media show a blue car driving through the crowd blocking the A...
Feb 09, 2020 (Global News)

Andrew Copp scores go-ahead goal, Jets come back to beat Blackhawks
WINNIPEG - Andrew Copp scored the go-ahead goal as part of a four-goal third period, and the Winnipeg Jets came from behind to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Sunday. Copp gave Winnipeg a...
Feb 09, 2020

Obama-backed documentary on Ohio factory wins Academy Award
NEW YORK - The Oscar for best feature-length documentary has gone to "American Factory," the first documentary released by Barack and Michelle Obama's production company. The Netflix film is about an ...
Feb 09, 2020

Canadian women qualify for Tokyo Olympics with hard-fought win over Costa Rica
CARSON, Calif. - Canada qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Costa Rica on Friday, thanks to a 72nd-minute goal by teenager Jordyn Huitema in the semifinals of the CON...
Feb 09, 2020

China virus cases increase as more preventive measures taken
BEIJING - The rate of increase in new cases of the virus in China rose again after a brief respite, as the death toll rose to 722 on the mainland and countries around the world enforced stricter measu...
Feb 09, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Canada's Nick Taylor wins Pebble Beach Pro-Am by four strokes
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Canada's Nick Taylor has won the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He held off Kevin Streelman and golfing great Phil Mickleson to win by four strokes. Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., led the...
Feb 09, 2020

Trudeau to visit Canadian troops in Kuwait amid regional tensions
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to visit Canadian troops in Kuwait on Monday about a month after they were relocated there from Iraq. Canada has two ongoing operations in...
Feb 09, 2020

From Pitt to '1917,' what to anticipate at Sunday's Oscars
LOS ANGELES - The Oscars are here, already. After the shortest awards season in decades, the 92nd annual Academy Awards will get underway Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The red ca...
Feb 09, 2020

Renowned Italian soprano Mirella Freni dies at age 84
Mirella Freni, an Italian soprano whose uncommon elegance and intensity combined with a sumptuous voice and intelligence to enthrall audiences for a half-century, has died at age 84. Freni died Sunday...
Feb 09, 2020