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US trade deficit jumps 4.8% to $71.1 billion in February
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. trade deficit grew to $71.1 billion in February, as a decline in exports more than offset a slight dip in imports. The February gap between what America buys from abroad ...
Apr 07, 2021

Russia: Navalny supporters denied prison visit and detained
MOSCOW - Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were detained Tuesday outside a penal colony east of Moscow where the Kremlin critic is currently serving time. Navalny has been on hung...
Apr 07, 2021

Netanyahu asked to form new government, but faces long odds
JERUSALEM - Israel's president on Tuesday handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task of trying to form a new government, giving the embattled Israeli leader a chance to extend his len...
Apr 07, 2021

ROTHENBURGER: Kudos to those who are giving us a real shot in the arm
KAMLOOPS - I GOT THE JAB yesterday. Right in the arm.It was very likely the smartest 45 minutes I've spent in more than a year. Kudos to the healthcare workers, volunteers, those on the phone lines an...
Apr 07, 2021

COVID hits the young; U.S. weighs Beijing Olympics boycott: In The News for April 7
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 7 ...What we are watching in Canada ...P...
Apr 07, 2021

Ahead of budget, agency funds skills-training program to buffer against future shocks
OTTAWA - When COVID-19 forced the closure of department stores, Mary Junne Boyco and her co-workers lost their jobs, ending more than a decade of working in the service sector. The 35-year-old lost sl...
Apr 07, 2021

Manitoba budget expected to include cash for pandemic fight, tax cuts, more red ink
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is expected to cut some taxes and offer new money to fight COVID-19 in today's provincial budget.Finance Minister Scott Fielding says there will be supports for peop...
Apr 07, 2021

Online platform helps keep Quebec's sugar shack tradition alive during pandemic
MONTREAL - Stephanie Laurin slept next to a colossal, simmering pot every night over the last week, supervising the production cycle of pea soup at Chalet des Erables sugar shack, north of Montreal. L...
Apr 07, 2021

With new supply, Ontario should change its vaccination plan, experts say
Ontario has done a decent job administering COVID-19 vaccines thus far given its limited supply of doses, but as variants continue to send more younger people to hospital, the province needs to switch...
Apr 07, 2021

Iran state TV acknowledges ship attacked in Red Sea
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An Iranian cargo ship believed to be a base for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and anchored for years in the Red Sea off Yemen has been attacked, Iranian state tele...
Apr 06, 2021

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