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Hockey Day in Canada showcases key games for country's NHL teams
VANCOUVER - An annual celebration of everything hockey will have extra implications for many Canadian NHL teams this year. Six of the country's seven squads are still in the hunt for playoff spot...
Feb 10, 2019
'The Lego Movie 2' opens No. 1 but everything is not awesome
NEW YORK - "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" was easily the top ticket-seller in theatres over the weekend, but the film's $35 million opening failed to stack up to its expected haul, according to s...
Feb 10, 2019
Suspect charged in fatal shooting of Milwaukee officer
MILWAUKEE - Prosecutors on Sunday charged a 26-year-old man in the killing of a Milwaukee police officer. Jordan P. Fricke, of Milwaukee, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and other c...
Feb 10, 2019
Trudeau Liberals face pushback on Indigenous child welfare legislation
OTTAWA - The federal government is working "day and night" to ensure concerns over proposed welfare legislation to benefit Indigenous children are taken seriously to enable the&nbs...
Feb 10, 2019
Bissonnette judge's 'unusual' sentencing decision likely to be appealed: experts
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge's "unusual" decision to modify the Criminal Code as he sentenced six-time murderer Alexandre Bissonnette to a life sentence with no possibility of parole ...
Feb 10, 2019
Biathlon World Cup sprint races cancelled due to frigid temperatures
CANMORE, Alta. - Arctic temperatures in Alberta have forced organizers to cancel competition at the biathlon World Cup. The sprint races had initially been postponed to Sunday, but the Internatio...
Feb 10, 2019
Canada's Boutin wins 1,000-metre gold medal at short-track World Cup
TORINO, Italy - Canada's Kim Boutin won her first individual gold medal of the season Sunday, finishing atop the podium in the women's 1,000-metre race at the ISU short-track World...
Feb 10, 2019
Teenager Andreescu lifts Canada to 3-0 win over Netherlands at Fed Cup
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands - Bianca Andreescu didn't think she played her best tennis on Sunday. It was still enough to get the job done. Andreescu lifted Canada into the Fed Cup playoffs with...
Feb 10, 2019
Tabloid CEO's lawyer denies Enquirer tried to extort Bezos
WASHINGTON - The National Enquirer committed neither extortion nor blackmail by threatening to publish intimate photos of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, an attorney for the head of the tabloid's parent compan...
Feb 10, 2019
Saskatchewan, Ottawa carbon tax case 'monumental' for Constitution: expert
REGINA - Legal experts, government officials and industry leaders will all watch this week as Saskatchewan and Ottawa head to court over the constitutionality of a federally imposed car...
Feb 10, 2019