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OTTAWA - Chris Phillips has several great memories from his 17-year career with the Ottawa Senators. He'll soon get to enjoy another special moment at Canadian Tire Centre. His No....
Feb 18, 2020
NEW YORK - Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl was named NHL first star of the week on Monday. He led all players with 10 points (3-7) over four games last week. Draisaitl had three multi-point...
Feb 18, 2020
KABUL - Ashraf Ghani has won a second term as president of Afghanistan, the country's independent election commission announced Tuesday, more than four months after polls closed. The commission said G...
Feb 18, 2020
Canadians stranded on a quarantined cruise ship were told that a flight set to bring them home is "expected" to depart Tokyo Haneda Airport on Thursday amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Passe...
Feb 18, 2020
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia:   Via Rail is preparing to resume part of its passenger rail service as anti-pipeline pr...
Feb 18, 2020
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returns to a House of Commons eager to debate his government's policies on the economy, energy, climate change and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples after a...
Feb 18, 2020
GREENBELT, Md. - A former Canadian Forces reservist and accused neo-Nazi is scheduled to appear in court today on weapons charges linked to his role in an alleged plot to touch off a race wa...
Feb 18, 2020
NEW YORK - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change. Bezos, the world's richest person, said in an Instagram post that h...
Feb 18, 2020
TOKYO - An extraordinary two-week quarantine of the Diamond Princess cruise ship ends Wednesday, with thousands of passengers and crew set to disembark over the next several days in the port of Yokoha...
Feb 18, 2020
MONTREAL - Via Rail says partial service is set to resume between Quebec City, Montreal and Ottawa beginning Thursday. Almost all other Via Rail services remain cancelled with the exception of Sudbury...
Feb 18, 2020