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TORONTO - Tim Hortons says it is getting rid of Roll Up The Rim cups due to the novel coronavirus and is moving much of the annual contest to its app. The coffee-and-doughnut chain is removing al...

OTTAWA - The Saskatchewan Huskies are the Canadian university women's basketball champions. The No. 1 Huskies defeated the No. 2 Brock University Badgers 82-64 to claim their second ever U S...

WASHINGTON - The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of fear on Wall Street may be the bond market, where the moves over th...

NEW YORK - Oil prices are plunging amid worries that an OPEC dispute will lead an economy weakened by COVID-19 to be awash in an oversupply of crude. Brent crude, the international standard, lost $8.7...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has activated a pandemic co-ordination plan to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened 21 people in the province and is prepared to escalate the plan if needed....

AUSTIN, Texas - The organizers of South By Southwest - which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and some of Hollywood and music's biggest stars - announced Friday they had cancelled the annual ar...

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel coronavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Toronto right-hander Matt Shoemaker had another impressive spring training start as the Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-0 in Grapefruit League exhibition baseball action Sun...

MANCHESTER, England - The euphoric roars as fans leaped from their Old Trafford seats took Ole Gunnar Solskjr back to the Alex Ferguson era. Back to when Manchester United's supremacy over its neighbo...

KINGSTON, Ont. - After close losses in the last two Tim Hortons Brier finals, Brendan Bottcher's Alberta team is well aware of the importance of having the hammer in the championship game. They moved ...