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Princess Cruises confirms new Canadian coronavirus case aboard Diamond Princess
YOKOHAMA, Japan - Princess Cruises says a Canadian is among an additional 66 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the Japanese port city of Yokoha...
Feb 10, 2020
Canadians Kim Boutin, Steven Dubois win World Cup gold
DRESDEN, Germany - Canadians Kim Boutin and Steven Dubois both won gold in the 500-metre event on Sunday at the ISU short track World Cup. Boutin, from Sherbrooke, Que., took her r...
Feb 10, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: No-fault auto insurance plan a political winner for NDP
KAMLOOPS - NO-FAULT AUTO INSURANCE looks like it's going to be a winner for John Horgan and David Eby.After discounting the idea of no-fault insurance early on, the NDP government plans to introduce w...
Feb 10, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Canadian pitcher Soroka hoping to carry 2019 success into new season
Canadian pitcher Mike Soroka found success quickly in his first full season in the major leagues last year. But for the 22-year-old Calgary native, there was nothing sudden - or surprising - about how...
Feb 10, 2020
Conservative leadership contenders make pitches on policy, unity at N.S. event
OTTAWA - Call it the Iowa of the federal Conservative leadership race. Just as that state is the first stop on the road to the U.S. presidency, Nova Scotia was the setting on Saturday for the debut gr...
Feb 10, 2020
A new shipboard Cdn coronavirus case and pipeline protests; In The News for Feb. 10
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 10. What we are watching in Canada ... Pr...
Feb 10, 2020
Backlog of applications for veterans' benefits grows by the thousands
OTTAWA - More Canadian veterans than ever are waiting to find out whether they qualify for disability benefits, despite repeated government promises and efforts to get the situation under control. New...
Feb 10, 2020
Merkel's designated successor to quit after vote fiasco
BERLIN - Angela Merkel's designated successor will quit her role as head of the Germany's strongest party and won't stand for the chancellorship following a debacle in a regional election. Annegret Kr...
Feb 10, 2020
Plea change expected in Louisiana black church burnings
LAFAYETTE, La. - The suspect in a series of fires set at African American churches in Louisiana last spring is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing Monday in federal court, where he faces hate crime...
Feb 09, 2020
U.S. defeats Canada in CONCACAF Women's Olympic Championship final
CARSON, Calif. - The U.S. continued its mastery over Canada on Sunday, winning the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship 3-0 on second-half goals by Lynn Williams, Lindsey Horan and Megan R...
Feb 09, 2020
