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Raonic edges Cilic in straight sets to reach 5th QF in six years at Aussie Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Milos Raonic is into the Australian Open men's singles quarterfinals for the fifth time in the last six years. The 29-year-old Canadian backed up a straight-sets upset of No. 6 ...
Jan 26, 2020
One body found as police search for missing French snowmobilers for third day
ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - Rescue divers with Quebec's provincial police have pulled the body of one of the five missing French snowmobilers out of the waters of a river in the province's Lac-Sa...
Jan 26, 2020
Canucks, Oilers, Flames primed for mad dash in congested Pacific Division
Matthew Tkachuk doesn't need to be reminded of the Pacific Division's razor-thin margins. And if he did, the Calgary Flames winger wouldn't have to go far. "There's standings posted in ...
Jan 26, 2020
Canada's Drury wins silver and Thompson takes bronze at ski-cross World Cup
IDRE FJALL, Sweden - Toronto's Kevin Drury won silver in the men's big final at a ski-cross World Cup event on Sunday, with Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., finishing third on the women's side. Ge...
Jan 26, 2020
Canada's Justin Kripps wins bronze in four-man bobsled World Cup
KONIGSSEE, Germany - Justin Kripps piloted his four-man Canadian bobsled crew to their first-ever podium in Konigssee, Germany, winning the bronze on Sunday. Kripps, from Summerland, B.C., captured hi...
Jan 26, 2020
Pentagon: 34 troops suffered brain injuries in Iran strike
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon disclosed on Friday that 34 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran's missile strike this month on an Iraqi air base, and although half have returned t...
Jan 26, 2020
How letters to his daughter helped Poilievre back out of Tory leadership race
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre had spent weeks pushing past a fear about what a run for the Conservative leadership would mean for his family. He'd promised his wife and 18-m...
Jan 26, 2020
Memo to Trudeau prods Liberals to look at reviving vice-regal appointments board
OTTAWA - Senior officials advising Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have pressed him gently to rethink how the Liberals have chosen the Queen's representatives in Canada as he gets ready to make ano...
Jan 26, 2020
Coronavirus patient showed mild symptoms on flight
OTTAWA - The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre., Canada's Chief Public He...
Jan 26, 2020
Canadian women fall in rugby sevens final while Canadian men finish fifth
HAMILTON, New Zealand - The Canadian women finished runner-up at the HSBC New Zealand Sevens on Sunday while the Canadian men finished fifth. Canada lost 24-7 to host New Zealand in the women's final....
Jan 26, 2020
