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People downwind of 1st atomic blast renew push for US payout
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The president of the Navajo Nation, New Mexico residents who live downwind from the site of the world's first atomic blast and others renewed their push Wednesday for recognition a...
Mar 24, 2021

Games postponed after member of P.E.I. junior hockey team tests positive for COVID-19
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - The Maritime Junior Hockey League has announced a confirmed case of COVID-19 involving a member of the Summerside Western Capitals and postponed six of their games. In a post on i...
Mar 24, 2021

Bono, Cruz to star in animated series on vaccine importance
LOS ANGELES - Bono, Penlope Cruz and David Oyelowo will lend their voices in an animated series to raise awareness about the importance of global vaccine access. The ONE Campaign announced Wednesday t...
Mar 24, 2021

Military 'playbook' lacks plan for dealing with cases against defence chiefs
OTTAWA - An early version of a new "playbook" to help Canada's top military commander deal with allegations of misconduct involving senior officers appears to provide little in the way of new directio...
Mar 24, 2021

Over 5 people die per day due to illicit overdoses in February
VICTORIA - Yet another tragic month when it comes to illicit overdose deaths in this province. The BC Coroners Service says there were 155 illicit drug toxicity deaths in February, the 11th consecutiv...
Mar 24, 2021

Canadian men face stiff challenge in Honduras at CONCACAF Olympic qualifier
A win or draw against Honduras on Thursday and Canada is through to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. And if Haiti and El Salvador (both 0-1-1) tie in the earlier m...
Mar 24, 2021

Crown says it was reasonable for border screening to precede Meng's arrest
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says it was entirely reasonable for border officers to question Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest in 2018. Diba Majzub told the B.C. Su...
Mar 24, 2021

Crown says it was reasonable for border screening to precede Meng's arrest
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says it was entirely reasonable for border officers to question Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest in 2018. Diba Majzub told the B.C. Su...
Mar 24, 2021

Israel appears mired in deadlock as votes are tallied
JERUSALEM - Israel on Wednesday appeared to be barrelling toward another political stalemate after what was shaping up to be its fourth inconclusive election in the past two years. But there were smal...
Mar 24, 2021

States sue to undo Biden pause on US oil & gas lease sales
NEW ORLEANS - Thirteen states sued the Biden administration Wednesday to end a suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water and to reschedule cancelled sales of leases in the Gulf of...
Mar 24, 2021