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Disney Plus hits nearly 29M subscribers in 3 months
NEW YORK - Disney said its Disney Plus streaming service reached nearly 29 million paid subscribers in less than three months, an impressive start for what the company has positioned as its future as ...
Feb 04, 2020

Macy's to close 125 stores, shed 2,000 corporate jobs
NEW YORK - Macy's said Tuesday it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling department store tries to reinvent itself in the age of online shoppi...
Feb 04, 2020

Canadian Liam Millar starts for young Liverpool side in FA Cup replay
Canadian international Liam Millar started for Liverpool on Tuesday as the Premier League leaders, fielding its youngest-ever team, reached the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time under ...
Feb 04, 2020

Tisdale and Melfort set to host first Q-Spiels for U18 Women and Men
A couple of local curling clubs are gearing up for some Under-18 Q-Spiels taking place Feb. 7 to 9.The Q-Spiels are the first chance for U18 teams to try and qualify for the provincial championships t...
Feb 04, 2020 (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Prosecutors seek to drop rape case against California doctor
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Prosecutors on Tuesday said they will seek to drop a high-profile rape case against a California surgeon who appeared in a reality TV dating show. "There's insufficient evidence to...
Feb 04, 2020

Williams' shootout goal lifts Hurricanes past Canucks, 4-3
RALEIGH, N.C. - For the second time in four games since returning from an extended off-season, Justin Williams scored the winning goal in a shootout on Sunday as he lifted the Carolina Hurricanes to a...
Feb 04, 2020

In The Rings: Steski meeting with Curling Canada described as positive step
Elite-level curlers appear to have more of a collective voice with word that Peter Steski is serving as a point person to address player concerns and issues with competition organi...
Feb 04, 2020

MPs warned to watch their words after MP asked if she'd ever considered sex work
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are being told to think twice about how they're framing the ideas they advance in the House of Commons after a Tory MP asked a New Democrat whether she'd ever considered...
Feb 04, 2020

New presumptive case of the novel coronavirus in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - There has been a new presumptive confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in British Columbia. B.C. health officials said Tuesday the latest case is a woman in her 50s who li...
Feb 04, 2020

Davis pours in a career-high 31 points in Raptors' 11th consecutive win
TORONTO - Terence Davis took a pass from Fred VanVleet with four-and-a-half minutes to play Sunday night, and drilled a three-pointer to propel him over the 30-point mark. Exactly how VanVle...
Feb 04, 2020