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Good dogs! 20 years of covering Westminster Kennel Club show
NEW YORK - To every sport, there's a season, a spot on the calendar that fans mark for the big event. World Series, October. College hoops, March. Indy 500, Memorial Day. For dog owners, it's right ar...
Feb 14, 2021

Good dogs! 20 years of covering Westminster Kennel Club show
NEW YORK - To every sport, there's a season, a spot on the calendar that fans mark for the big event. World Series, October. College hoops, March. Indy 500, Memorial Day. For dog owners, it's right ar...
Feb 14, 2021

Double gold: Humphries finishes off historic bobsled sweep
Kaillie Humphries wasn't sure if she would get a chance to race this season. She ended up on top of the world - twice. Humphries ended her international season Sunday by winning the inaugural women's ...
Feb 14, 2021

Kriechmayr matches legends with double speed gold at worlds
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy - Vincent Kriechmayr matched two legends of Alpine skiing at the world championships Sunday by adding downhill gold to the super-G title he won three days ago. The Austrian be...
Feb 14, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday Feb. 13, 2021. There are 823,353 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 823,353 confirmed cases (36,656 active, 76...
Feb 14, 2021

OGOW means 'to know': Canadian man helping Somalis understand COVID-19
EDMONTON - Before Canadian Khalid Hashi and his team began their work in Somalia, the country of about 15 million people who mostly speak Somali and Arabic only had information about COVID-19 in one l...
Feb 14, 2021

Egypt: Archaeologists unearth ancient beer factory in Abydos
CAIRO - American and Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed what could be the oldest known beer factory at one of the most prominent archaeological sites of ancient Egypt, a top antiquities official s...
Feb 14, 2021

Commons must decide whether to accept, reject Senate amendments to MAID bill
OTTAWA - A power struggle between the elected House of Commons and the appointed Senate could erupt this week over the emotional issue of medical assistance in dying. Senators have already approved fi...
Feb 14, 2021

Russia moves to extinguish pro-Navalny 'flashlight' protests
MOSCOW - When the team of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged people to come out to their residential courtyards and shine their cellphone flashlights in a display of unity, many...
Feb 14, 2021

Burmese in Japan march in protest of military coup
TOKYO - Thousands of people from Myanmar living in Japan marched in downtown Tokyo on Sunday to protest the military coup back home, some holding photos of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and signs dep...
Feb 14, 2021