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The economy adds 303,000 jobs in March
PRINCE GEORGE- The Statistics Canada number crunchers says the economy added 303,000 jobs in March as employment increased, with gains in sectors hardest hit by public health restrictions. The March i...
Apr 09, 2021

Canadians react to Prince Philip's death, announced Friday
Prince Philip has died at age 99. Buckingham Palace said the Duke of Edinburgh passed away at home. Here's what Canadian public figures are saying about the Queen's husband: "Prince Philip was a man o...
Apr 09, 2021

Breezy, energetic, approachable: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dead at 99
LONDON - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has died at age 99, Buckingham Palace said Friday. The Queen's husband was admitted to a London hospital on Feb. 17 after feeling unwell. He spent a month in...
Apr 09, 2021

A look at some of the trips Prince Philip made to Canada over the last seven decades.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has died at age 99, Buckingham Palace said Friday. The Queen and Prince Philip have lavished much attention on Canada over their lives, each visiting the country more...
Apr 09, 2021

Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in Belfast
BELFAST, United Kingdom - Gangs of youths threw stones and fireworks at police in Belfast who hit back with water cannons as violence flared again on the streets of Northern Ireland. Unrest has erupte...
Apr 09, 2021

Expert: Lack of oxygen killed George Floyd, not drugs
MINNEAPOLIS - George Floyd died of a lack of oxygen from being pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck, medical experts testified at former Officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial, emphatically re...
Apr 09, 2021

Myanmar junta limits internet, seizes satellite TV dishes
YANGON, Myanmar - An information blackout under Myanmar's military junta worsened Thursday as fiber broadband service, the last legal way for ordinary people to access the internet, became intermitten...
Apr 09, 2021

Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths
Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections. The disease surged even in some c...
Apr 09, 2021

Events in the long life of Britain's Prince Philip
LONDON - 1921: Prince Philip is born on the Greek island of Corfu, the only son of Prince Andrew, younger brother of the king of Greece. His mother is Princess Alice of Battenberg. 1922: The family re...
Apr 09, 2021

Britain mourns Prince Philip; leaders honour service to Queen
LONDON - Britain mourned the death of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, on Friday as the BBC interrupted scheduled programming to broadcast the national anthem, "God Save the Queen." T...
Apr 09, 2021