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CP NewsAlert: Canada's Nick Taylor wins Pebble Beach Pro-Am by four strokes
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Canada's Nick Taylor has won the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He held off Kevin Streelman and golfing great Phil Mickleson to win by four strokes. Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., led the...
Feb 9, 2020
"There's blood on the ground": Wet'suwet'en bring awareness efforts to PG
PRINCE GEORGE - Arrests are mounting at protest camps near construction zones of the Coastal GasLink pipeline through Wet'suwet'en territory. RCMP officers arrested 11 people Saturday who allegedly ba...
Feb 9, 2020
Trudeau to visit Canadian troops in Kuwait amid regional tensions
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to visit Canadian troops in Kuwait on Monday about a month after they were relocated there from Iraq. Canada has two ongoing operations in...
Feb 9, 2020
From Pitt to '1917,' what to anticipate at Sunday's Oscars
LOS ANGELES - The Oscars are here, already. After the shortest awards season in decades, the 92nd annual Academy Awards will get underway Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The red ca...
Feb 9, 2020
Renowned Italian soprano Mirella Freni dies at age 84
Mirella Freni, an Italian soprano whose uncommon elegance and intensity combined with a sumptuous voice and intelligence to enthrall audiences for a half-century, has died at age 84. Freni died Sunday...
Feb 9, 2020
Toronto FC signs veteran Argentina winger Pablo Piatti as third designated player
Toronto FC has signed Argentine winger Pablo Piatti as its new designated player. The 30-year-old Piatti leaves Barcelona-based Espanyol for Major League Soccer on a free transfer. Having passed a med...
Feb 9, 2020
Super Bowl win still sinking in with Montreal's Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
MONTREAL - The enormity of winning the Super Bowl only sunk in for Laurent Duvernay-Tardif when he saw his mother crying on the field. The Chiefs guard became the first Quebec-born player and ninth Ca...
Feb 9, 2020
Tories decry judicial appointment amid renewed scrutiny of MacKay's record
OTTAWA - Conservatives are accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of stacking Canada's courts with Liberal partisans, pointing to a recently appointed judge who has donated almost $26,000 to...
Feb 9, 2020
33rd Annual Iceman competition enjoys smooth finish
PRINCE GEORGE - Yet another year is in the books for the Prince George Iceman, having completed its 33rd running on Sunday (Feb. 9).488 total competitors braved the elements, putting forth their best ...
Feb 9, 2020
Probe: Bryant helicopter was 100 feet from clear skies
LOS ANGELES - A witness to the deadly crash of a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others said it sounded normal just before slamming into a hillside and wreckage examined by experts at the sc...
Feb 9, 2020