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BEIJING - Six-hundredths of a second. The difference between gold and silver for Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin came down to the final straightaway sprint after 16 laps in the women's mass start ...

BEIJING - Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin won an Olympic silver medal in the women's mass start Saturday in Beijing. The 31-year-old from Ottawa also won gold in the team pursuit with Isabelle Wei...

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong reported 15 coronavirus deaths and more than 6,000 confirmed cases for a second day in a surge the Chinese territory's leader says its overwhelming hospitals. Also Saturday,...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan woman soon will celebrate a milestone birthday. How old? Look at her decorative upper arm. Gloria Weberg has "NY NY 1922" tattooed on her left arm, the year and pla...

Montrealer Claudia Hbert says she started to feel extreme fatigue and to get fevers three weeks after returning from Senegal in March 2020, with only a few months left to a complete her Universit de M...

VANCOUVER - Checking illicit drugs for deadly toxins is the best option to prevent fatal overdoses without a safer supply, but that service should be expanded to rural and remote communities in Britis...

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister says she plans to travel to Asia and elsewhere for some first-hand research before she releases the government's much-anticipated new policy on China. Foreig...

OTTAWA - Pat King, one of the leading figures behind an antigovernment protest on Parliament Hill is set to appear in court today to face charges related to his role in the demonstration. Ottawa polic...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A separatist leader in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilization amid growing invasion fears. Denis Pushilin, the head of the pro-Russian separatist government in the D...

CLEVELAND (AP) - The No. 1 overall pick came out on top again. Detroit rookie Cade Cunningham, being counted on to bring the Pistons back to relevancy, was named MVP of the NBA's All-Star Rising Stars...