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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11 a.m. Quebec is reporting 853 new cases of COVID-19 and 17 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including two that...

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland - The women's world curling championship has been cancelled for a second straight year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Curling Federation says it had to cancel the Ma...

As concerns about internationally imported COVID-19 variants hit closer to home, public health authorities are asking - and increasingly, ordering - people to find alternative accommodations so they c...

VALHALLA, N.Y. - Rapper Casanova, who is jailed in New York in a gang-related federal racketeering case, is facing disciplinary charges over a dance challenge video posted on social media. The 34-year...

NEW YORK - Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who stirred America at the inauguration of President Joe Biden last month, again commanded the spotlight on one of the country's biggest stages, the Supe...

MELBOURNE, Australia - When faced with adversity in her first competitive match in 15 months, Bianca Andreescu recalled how she persevered in some of her big victories in her breakout 2019 season. It ...

NEW YORK - His name is The Weeknd but his Super Bowl performance felt like a dreary Monday morning. The pop star headlined the Super Bowl halftime show, running through his many hits like an Olympic r...

LONDON - Like a spy in the night, writer Mick Herron's success has been stealthy. It took a while for the world to catch up with him. A decade after he introduced a crew of flawed secret agents caught...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Football Team says it has a shortlist of seven candidates for its new name. Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements are listed as possibilities on a...

AIRDRIE, Alta. - Ryan Straschnitzki says there is nothing like the feel of being back on the ice. The former Humboldt Bronco junior hockey player, paralyzed from the chest down when a semi-trailer ble...