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Bars reopening in New Orleans. Will tourists come?
NEW ORLEANS - Bar owners in New Orleans prepared for a soft opening, and an uncertain one, as they began letting customers in Saturday for the first time in months. Capacity is limited to 25 per cent,...
Jun 15, 2020

American sentenced to 16 years in Russia on spying charges
MOSCOW - A Russian court on Monday sentenced an American businessman to 16 years in prison on spying charges, a sentence that he and his brother rejected as being political. The Moscow City Court read...
Jun 15, 2020

Body meant to root out systemic housing inequities delayed by pandemic
OTTAWA - A key body the Liberals vowed to create to help resolve systemic inequities in Canada's housing system remains unstaffed, with delays in appointments chalked up to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...
Jun 15, 2020

Filipina journalist critical of Duterte convicted of libel
MANILA, Philippines - An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asia...
Jun 14, 2020

Homicide team probes suspicious fire where three bodies found in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. - Homicide investigators say three bodies have been found in the wreckage of a burned out home in Langley, B.C. Fire crews were called to the scene late Saturday afternoon and found the ...
Jun 14, 2020

Homicide team probes suspicious fire where three bodies found in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. - Homicide investigators say three bodies have been found in the wreckage of a burned out home in Langley, B.C. Fire crews were called to the scene late Saturday afternoon and found the ...
Jun 14, 2020

Trans Mountain said pipeline will restart after spill in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Trans Mountain estimates as much as 1,195 barrels of light crude spilled from its pipeline pumping station in Abbotsford, B.C. While an investigation is ongoing, the Crown-owne...
Jun 14, 2020

Trans Mountain said pipeline will restart after spill in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Trans Mountain estimates as much as 1,195 barrels of light crude spilled from its pipeline pumping station in Abbotsford, B.C. While an investigation is ongoing, the Crown-owne...
Jun 14, 2020

NHLers ponder playing in arenas without fans: 'We gotta do what we gotta do'
Like many sports fans hungry for something, anything, to watch during a spring of self-isolation and physical distancing, Darnell Nurse tuned into "The Last Dance" with keen intere...
Jun 14, 2020

Court tells hospice society that refuses to allow assisted death to stop meeting
DELTA, B.C. - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has cancelled a pivotal meeting on Monday for a hospice society in Delta, B.C., that won't allow medical assistance in dying. One of thre...
Jun 14, 2020