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Ontario Hockey League cancels 2020-21 season as COVID-19 cases surge in province
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League has cancelled its 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision on Tuesday means the OHL will be the only one of Canada's three major junior hockey ...
Apr 20, 2021

Oscar predictions: Can anything beat 'Nomadland'?
Ahead of Sunday's 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging on in the midst of the pandemic. BEST PICTURE Th...
Apr 20, 2021

Rapper Black Rob, known for hit ‘Whoa!,' dead at 52
NEW YORK - Rapper Black Rob, known for his hit "Whoa!" and key contributions to Diddy's dominant Bad Boy Records in the 1990s and early 2000s, has died. He was 52. Black Rob died Saturday in Atlanta, ...
Apr 20, 2021

Amy Coney Barrett has book deal with conservative imprint
NEW YORK - Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has a book deal with a Penguin Random House imprint, The Associated Press has learned. Adrian Zackheim, who heads the conservative Sentinel imprint, ...
Apr 20, 2021

Military: Chadian president killed after 30 years in power
N'DJAMENA, Chad - Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, was killed Tuesday on the battlefield in a fight against rebels, the military an...
Apr 20, 2021

Latino groups want DOJ probe of shooting by Chicago police
CHICAGO - Latino lawyers and community leaders on Tuesday will ask the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Chicago police officer. The group also will cal...
Apr 20, 2021

US Ambassador in Moscow heads home for consultations
MOSCOW - The U.S. ambassador in Moscow said Tuesday he will head home for consultations - a move that comes after the Kremlin prodded him to take a break after Washington and Moscow traded sanctions. ...
Apr 20, 2021

Oxford-AstraZeneca shots and deliberations in Chauvin trial: In The News for April 20
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 20, 2021 ...What we are watching in Cana...
Apr 20, 2021

Ontario, Alberta follow Manitoba, B.C. in giving AstraZeneca vaccine to 40 and up
Younger Canadians in several provinces are now able to get the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Starting today, those aged 40 and over in Ontario and Alberta can get the shot. Previously, the mini...
Apr 20, 2021

Conservatives, Bloc Quebecois to propose budget rewrites as debate starts
OTTAWA - Opposition parties will get a chance today to propose a rewrite to the federal government's massive pandemic budget. Debate on Monday's budget begins today in the House of Commons. As the off...
Apr 20, 2021