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TORONTO - An Ontario court has extended an order suspending legal proceedings against three major tobacco companies as they try to negotiate a settlement with their creditors.  Ontario Super...

BOSTON - Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, the...

A longtime fixture in Saskatoon's restaurant scene is no more after Jerry's Food Emporium announced the closure of both locations on Wednesday. The restaurant, known for its fish and chips, burgers, g...

TOKYO - Japan's health ministry confirmed Thursday that two elderly passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship have died from the new virus, becoming the first fatalities from the virus-str...

Burger King is breaking the mould in its new advertising campaign. The burger chain is portraying its Whopper covered in mould in print and TV ads running in Europe and the U.S. The message: Burger Ki...

BURBANK, Calif. - Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again. Eight years after her death, a holographic Houston will embark on a European tour that starts in England on Feb. 25 and...

Saskatoon police have laid several weapons charges against a 29-year-old man. Officers responded to a business on the 100 block of 3rd Avenue South around 1:10 p.m. Tuesday for a report of an unwanted...

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hundreds of passengers began leaving the Diamond Princess cruise ship Wednesday after the end of a much-criticized, two-week quarantine that failed to stop the spread of a new virus ...

NEW YORK - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change. Bezos, the world's richest person, said in an Instagram post that h...

BEIJING - China's annual auto show, one of the industry's biggest international events, is being postponed in response to the continuing spread of a new virus. The organizers of Auto China 2020 said i...