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Raptors beat T'Wolves to win a Canadian-record 15 consecutive games
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors' franchise-best winning streak is now a Canadian record. Pascal Siakam scored 34 points on Monday and the Raptors won their 15th consecutive game, bea...
Feb 10, 2020

VanVleet scores 29 points and Raptors beat Nets 119-118 for 14th straight win
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have learned to expect the unexpected, to win with the healthy bodies they have, and not to lament the players who are missing. And so win No. 14 came courteous of F...
Feb 10, 2020

Kovalchuk scores OT winner as Canadiens rally from behind to beat Maple Leafs 2-1
MONTREAL - The Maple Leafs' offence completely fizzled out in the third period, leaving the door wide open for a Canadiens comeback. Marco Scandella scored late in the third and Ilya Kovalchuk netted ...
Feb 10, 2020

Jakob Chychrun scores in final minute to lift Coyotes over Canadiens
MONTREAL - Jakob Chychrun scored a power-play goal in the game's final minute to give the Arizona Coyotes a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night. Derek Stepan ...
Feb 10, 2020

Thailand mourns victims of country's deadliest mass shooting
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand - As mourning began for the victims of Thailand's worst mass shooting, the country counted its losses: a mother shot dead at the wheel of her car as her son sat beside her,...
Feb 10, 2020

Anna Sui rolls out B-movie gothic glam at NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK - Anna Sui doesn't love scary movies, but she adores illusion, especially glamorous illusion. That's one reason she turned to 1970s Italian horror, of the B movie variety, as inspiration for ...
Feb 10, 2020

B.C. mayor says forestry strike left some on brink of bankruptcy as deal reached
VICTORIA - A tentative agreement in a forest industry strike that kept 3,000 workers off the job since last July is being greeted with cautious optimism by a Vancouver Island mayor who says the d...
Feb 10, 2020

Mainland China virus cases rise again after earlier decline
BEIJING - Mainland China has reported another rise in cases of the new virus after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow by 97 to 908, with at least two more outside the co...
Feb 10, 2020

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr speaks in at child soldiers panel
HALIFAX - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr has made a rare public speaking appearance in Halifax. Khadr was part of a panel discussion Monday night on child soldiers hosted by the Romeo Dalla...
Feb 10, 2020

Impact, midfielder Ignacio Piatti agree to terminate contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact and midfielder Ignacio Piatti have agreed to terminate his Major League Soccer contract, allowing the Argentine to sign with his former club. The Impact announced the mo...
Feb 10, 2020