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The Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon is used to answering the call for people in need in Saskatchewan. That need has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to club president Rob Huck. "We saw th...

TORONTO - Two-time Stanley Cup champion Kris Versteeg has retired after 11 NHL seasons. The 33-year-old forward from Lethbridge, Alta., amassed 149 goals and 209 assists in 643 regular-season games, a...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - As sponsor after sponsor dropped Kyle Larson after he used a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual race, his NASCAR team owner was backed into a corner. Chip Ganassi could let M...

NEW YORK - The NHL has extended its self-quarantine recommendation for an additional 15 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league announced Tuesday that the recommendation, which applies to player...

WASHINGTON - In the time of the novel coronavirus, Canada and the United States seem to be playing to type: The friendly apologizers of the Great White North coming together against a common enemy, Am...

Domestic violence shelters across Saskatchewan are taking steps to help people who are not safe to stay isolated at home with their abusers. Jo-Anne Dusel is the executive director of the Provincial A...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its lat...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - A Florida kindergarten teacher took his virtual classroom to new levels on Monday when rock icon Jon Bon Jovi popped in on a writing lesson about life in the coronavirus qua...

TOKYO - There is no "Plan B" for the Olympics if they need to be postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo organizers said Tuesday. Masa Takaya, the spokesman for the Tokyo Olympics, ...

PARIS - After weeks of holding out hope that the Tour de France would be able to go ahead as planned, the world's most famous cycling race was finally added to the list of sporting events postponed by...