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California to allow indoor gatherings as virus cases plummet
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California on Friday cleared the way for people to attend indoor concerts, theatre performances and NBA games for the first time in more than a year as the rate of people testing ...
Apr 02, 2021
Protests across Quebec after eight women killed in eight weeks
MONTREAL - Protesters marched through Montreal's Plateau borough Friday afternoon to denounce what many described as a "pandemic" of violence against women, after a slate of recent killings. Eight wom...
Apr 02, 2021
Metro Vancouver home sales hit all-time record in March: real estate board
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales and new listings set all-time records across the region last month. The board reports that residential home sales totaled 5,708 i...
Apr 02, 2021
Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan on the mend after surgery, has eye on Olympics
Handed the start against the top-ranked U.S. at the SheBelieves Cup, Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan no doubt hoped her 10th cap would be a night to remember. It was, but sadly for the wrong reaso...
Apr 02, 2021
Canada's Bottcher gets rock intel from rival for world curling championship
CALGARY - A Canadian rival's assist fills a gap for Brendan Bottcher at the men's world curling championship. The world championship stones in Calgary are not the rocks Bottcher and teammates threw to...
Apr 02, 2021
April, the giraffe that became an online star, dies
HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. - April, the giraffe that became a sensation when a rural New York zoo livestreamed her 2017 pregnancy and delivery, was euthanized Friday because of advancing arthritis, the zoo sa...
Apr 02, 2021
US Capitol on lockdown after report of gunfire nearby
WASHINGTON - Police locked down the U.S. Capitol on Friday afternoon after a report of gunshots in the area. U.S. Capitol Police say all Capitol buildings were being locked down "due to an external se...
Apr 02, 2021
COVID outbreak hits Nationals; 3-game series vs. Mets off
WASHINGTON - The entire season-opening three-game series between the Washington Nationals and New York Mets was called off on Friday because of a COVID-19 outbreak on the 2019 World Series champions, ...
Apr 02, 2021
MLB moving All-Star Game in response to voting restrictions
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball announced Friday it was moving this summer's All-Star Game from Atlanta's Truist Park, a response to Georgia enacting a new law last month restricting voting rights. M...
Apr 02, 2021
B.C. applying for stay in court ruling on auto injury claims: Eby
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Attorney General says the province is applying for a partial stay in a B.C. Supreme Court ruling about jurisdiction over motor vehicle injury disputes, pending its appeal...
Apr 02, 2021
