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Canada's Vasek Pospisil loses to Gael Monfils in Open Sud de France final
MONTPELLIER, France - Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil lost to top-seeded Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Open Sud de France on Sunday. Pospisil had hoped to win his first ATP Tour trophy in his s...
Feb 9, 2020
Feds to fund urgent research into new coronavirus, including social impacts
OTTAWA - As governments and health agencies around the world race to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the federal funding agency for health research is set to back work ...
Feb 9, 2020
Parents in Montreal start petition to add windows to 'bunker-like' school
MONTREAL - Five days a week, students at a high school in one of Montreal's poorest districts spend all day learning math and science in classrooms without windows. In the win...
Feb 9, 2020
DeBues-Stafford breaks her own women's indoor mile record at Millrose Games
NEW YORK - Gabriela DeBues-Stafford continued her attack on the Canadian record books on Saturday. The 24-year-old from Toronto sliced more than five seconds off her own Canadian indoor mile record to...
Feb 9, 2020
'Oil is going to move:' Calls for pipelines after fiery train derailment
GUERNSEY, Sask. - The reeve of a Saskatchewan municipality where a second fiery train derailment has occurred in less than two months says it's time for the federal government to look more seriou...
Feb 9, 2020
Prairie Women on Snowmobiles’ 20th trek raises nearly $100,000
After six days of sledding, Prairie Women on Snowmobiles raised $98,273.10 for breast cancer research and equipment.For 20 years, the non-profit organization's annual event takes 10 female snowmobile ...
Feb 9, 2020 Over $60,000 went to the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan following Prairie Women on Snowmobiles' 20th trek.(Facebook/Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan)
'My freedom and my life were stolen from me,' says Diab, suing over extradition
Ottawa sociology professor Hassan Diab says his long fight against accusations of terrorism wiped out his savings and caused chronic stress, depression and severe insomnia, prompting hi...
Feb 9, 2020
Liberals face heat as cost of Trans Mountain expansion hits $12.6 billion
OTTAWA - Expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline will now cost at least $12.6 billion - up from a three-year-old estimate of $7.4 billion on a project Finance Minister Bill Morn...
Feb 9, 2020
Mendoza has new roles with ESPN, resigns as Mets adviser
LOS ANGELES - Jessica Mendoza will no longer be on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" or work for the New York Mets front office after signing a contract extension with the network. ESPN announced Friday ...
Feb 9, 2020
Iran's space program fails to put satellite into orbit
TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian rocket failed to put a satellite into orbit on Sunday, state television reported, the latest setback for a program the U.S. claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile ...
Feb 9, 2020