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Europe's economy shrinks in first quarter as US rolls ahead
FRANKFURT - Europe's economy shrank 0.6% in the first three months of the year as slow vaccine rollouts and extended lockdowns delayed a hoped-for recovery and underlined how the region is lagging oth...
Apr 30, 2021
B.C.'s travel ban and Elliot Page's Oprah interview: In The News for April 30
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 30 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Apr 30, 2021
Senate to vote today on Port of Montreal back-to-work legislation
OTTAWA - A strike at one of Canada's busiest ports could be coming to an end as the Senate prepares to deal with back-to-work legislation today that would force 1,150 dockworkers back on the job at th...
Apr 30, 2021
Death due to COVID-19 parties could lead to manslaughter charges: experts
People who break health rules by holding parties that lead to death from COVID-19 should heed the warning from a British Columbia judge about facing a manslaughter charge, legal experts say. Prof. Lis...
Apr 30, 2021
Minister to release enforcement details of COVID-19 travel ban in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia's solicitor general is expected to announce more details about enforcement of a travel ban aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19. Mike Farnworth, who is also the public ...
Apr 30, 2021
Former B.C. minister Kash Heed next up to testify at money laundering public inquiry
VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia cabinet minister and police chief will be the latest high-profile politician to testify today at the public inquiry into money laundering. Kash Heed, who was B.C....
Apr 30, 2021
Crime victims need help through gruelling, traumatic parole process: advocates
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Last Friday, a Parole Board of Canada decision gave Greg Parsons a momentary reprieve from weeks of night terrors and unearthed trauma. The parole hearing for the man who killed Par...
Apr 30, 2021
Liberal tree-planting pledge still sparse on details after two years: critic
OTTAWA - The Conservatives' environment critic says almost two years after promising to plant two billion trees within a decade, the Liberals have provided little in the way of detail on how that will...
Apr 30, 2021
Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 44, hurts dozens
JERUSALEM - A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials s...
Apr 29, 2021
Lindholm scores twice as Calgary Flames defeat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1
EDMONTON - Elias Lindholm scored twice and Dillon Dube added an insurance goal in the third period as the Calgary Flames defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Thursday night at Rogers Place. The victory...
Apr 29, 2021