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Families of N.S. mass shooting victims left with vivid memories, searing grief
HALIFAX - Tom Bagley's birthday was just two days away on April 19, 2020, when his daughter Charlene called his cottage in West Wentworth, N.S., and small talk ensued about the possibility of a social...
Apr 15, 2021
A look at the lives lost in the April 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting
HALIFAX - The victims in one of Canada's worst mass killings included an RCMP officer, a teacher, health-care workers, retirees, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their...
Apr 15, 2021
US jobless claims plunge to 576,000, lowest since pandemic
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits tumbled last week to 576,000, a post-COVID low and a hopeful sign that layoffs are easing as the economy recovers from the pande...
Apr 15, 2021
Humanitarian crisis feared in St. Vincent amid eruptions
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Ongoing volcanic eruptions have displaced about 20% of people in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as a U.N. official on Wednesday warned of a growing humanitarian cr...
Apr 15, 2021
Capsized ship off Louisiana: 12 missing, 1 dead, 6 rescued
PORT FOURCHON, La. - Coast Guard boats and aircraft have covered an area larger than the state of Rhode Island to search for 12 people still missing Wednesday off the Louisiana coast after their offsh...
Apr 15, 2021
WHO: Europe has surpassed 1 million COVID-19 deaths
GENEVA - A top official from the World Health Organization says Europe has surpassed 1 million deaths from COVID-19 and the situation remains "serious," with about 1.6 million new cases reported each ...
Apr 15, 2021
Blinken in Afghanistan to sell Biden troop withdrawal
KABUL - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to sell Afghan leaders and a wary public on President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw all American ...
Apr 15, 2021
Toronto COVID field hospital and MP in his birthday suit: In The News for April 15
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 15 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Apr 15, 2021
Mi'kmaq fisher argues feds becoming more aggressive in seizures of Indigenous gear
HALIFAX - A Mi'kmaq man who has been battling for Indigenous fishing rights says the recent seizure of his crab traps suggests Ottawa is becoming more aggressive on the water. Robert Syliboy said in a...
Apr 15, 2021
B.C. families push for changes as special committee examines provincial Police Act
VANCOUVER - The death of his daughter after she was hit with rubber bullets brought Ron Rauch to the conclusion that looking for answers from British Columbia's police watchdog is a "waste of time." L...
Apr 15, 2021
