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Opposition candidate wins in Venezuela's cradle of Chavismo
BARINAS, Venezuela (AP) - Voters in the home state of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chvez on Sunday picked an opposition candidate for governor in a closely watched special election called after the...
Jan 09, 2022

VanVleet, Siakam lead the way as Raptors down Pelicans for their sixth straight win
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet scored 32 points and Pascal Siakam added 29 to lead the Toronto Raptors to a season-high sixth straight win, holding off the New Orleans Pelicans for a 105-101 victory Sunday. ...
Jan 09, 2022

Walker makes game-winning draw to win Alberta playdown and book Scotties ticket
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Laura Walker made a game-winning draw Sunday afternoon to win the Alberta women's curling playdowns and secure a berth in the upcoming national championship. She threw her fina...
Jan 09, 2022

19 dead, including 9 children, in NYC apartment fire
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's deadliest fire in more than three decades, killing 19 people including nine children Sunday at a Bronx apartment building, was caused by a faulty space heater, official...
Jan 09, 2022

AP source: White pulled out due to lingering COVID symptoms
Shaun White's withdrawal from a key Olympic qualifying event came after he experienced lingering COVID-19 symptoms, including fatigue and shortness of breath, The Associated Press has learned. A perso...
Jan 09, 2022

Longtime Canadian women's baseball team member Amanda Asay dies at 33
NELSON, B.C. - Baseball Canada says Amanda Asay, the longest-serving member of the Canadian women's baseball team program, has died after a skiing accident in Nelson, B.C. The native of Prince George,...
Jan 09, 2022

Host Cameroon wins as African Cup opens under virus shadow
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) - Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar scored two penalties in quick succession as the host country came from behind to beat Burkina Faso 2-1 in the African Cup of Nations' openin...
Jan 09, 2022

COVID-19 cases fill hospital beds in parts of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick
VANCOUVER - Hospitals in several parts of Canada are straining under the weight of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with Quebec hospitalizations reaching an all-time high on Sunday and Ontario's admis...
Jan 09, 2022

New COVID-19 cases back over 1,000-mark, five more hospitalizations, no new deaths
After a one-day absence, recorded COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan are back over the 1,000-case mark. In Sunday's provincial update, there are 1,099 new COVID-19 cases in the province; 30 in the North E...
Jan 09, 2022

Saskatchewan cold snap to end Monday
For more than two weeks, most days have been extremely cold in Saskatchewan.But relief is finally coming.Environment Canada is forecasting a stretch of relatively warm weather to start the week. It's ...
Jan 09, 2022