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Japan finds 41 more cases on ship as virus alarm doctor dies
BEIJING - Japan on Friday reported 41 new cases of a virus on a cruise ship that's been quarantined in Yokohama harbour while the death toll in mainland China rose to 636, including a doctor who got i...
Feb 06, 2020

Trump uses State of Union to campaign; Pelosi rips up speech
WASHINGTON - Standing before a Congress and a nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address to extol a "Great American Comeback" on his watch, just ...
Feb 06, 2020

AP Source: Bryant memorial set for Feb. 24 at Staples Center
LOS ANGELES - A public memorial service for Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash is planned for Feb. 24 at Staples Center, a person with knowledge of the details tol...
Feb 06, 2020

Associated Press unable to declare winner of Iowa caucuses
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Associated Press said Thursday that it is unable to declare a winner of Iowa's Democratic caucuses. With 97% of precincts reporting from Monday's caucuses, former South Bend, In...
Feb 06, 2020

Sask. Health: 13 people tested, but no confirmed cases of coronavirus
There still aren't any confirmed cases of coronavirus in Saskatchewan, but 13 people have been tested because they reported symptoms after travelling to China.At the weekly provincial influenza update...
Feb 06, 2020 Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)

Chinese envoy lauds virus co-operation with Canada, amid chill in relationship
OTTAWA - China's envoy to Ottawa offered glowing praise Thursday for Canada's help in combating the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and suggested that might useful in repairing the diplomatic rift b...
Feb 06, 2020

Under quarantine: what life will be like at CFB Trenton for evacuees from Wuhan
OTTAWA - The evacuees from Wuhan expected to arrive in Canada Friday face two weeks of isolation, as they are confined to their assigned motel rooms on a Canadian Forces base in southern Ont...
Feb 06, 2020

Mayors pitch transit to win dollars in Liberals' green-themed budget
OTTAWA - The mayors of Canada's biggest cities are pressing the federal government for immediate money to address climate change, as well as a promise of predictable transit funding down the tracks. F...
Feb 06, 2020

'Life-changing experience': Former jurors hopeful new bill will provide support
OTTAWA - It's been 25 years but Tina Daenzer is still haunted by notorious serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo. She was one of the jurors at a trial in 1995 that convicted Bernardo of offences...
Feb 06, 2020

Two more presumptive cases of the coronavirus in British Columbia
VICTORIA - Two more presumptive cases of the novel coronavirus have been diagnosed in British Columbia, where a total of four people have now been sickened with the illness. D...
Feb 06, 2020