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Five Canadians in the running for NCAA basketball championships this weekend
At least one Canadian will win a U.S. college basketball title on Sunday. Andrew Nembhard could have a chance to give Canada a rare double on Monday. A Canadian is on each of the teams in the women's ...
Apr 02, 2021
'It's a part of who we are:' Inuit work to revitalize endangered dialect
A group of Inuit women gather around a table over cups of coffee and speak to each other in a language that is expected to vanish over the next two generations. The women live in Cambridge Bay in west...
Apr 02, 2021
Iran, world powers ready to welcome back US to nuclear deal
BRUSSELS - Iran and the major powers in the agreement to keep Tehran from developing nuclear weapons said Friday they were ready to welcome the return of the United States to the deal. The chair of th...
Apr 02, 2021
Christians mark Good Friday amid lingering virus woes
JERUSALEM - Christians in the Holy Land are marking Good Friday this year amid signs the coronavirus crisis is winding down, with religious sites open to limited numbers of faithful but none of the ma...
Apr 02, 2021
Five Canadians in the running for NCAA basketball championships this weekend
At least one Canadian will win a U.S. college basketball title on Sunday. Andrew Nembhard could have a chance to give Canada a rare double on Monday. A Canadian is on each of the teams in the women's ...
Apr 02, 2021
High vaccination rates decreasing COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities
OTTAWA - The number of active COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities has declined by 80 per cent since mid-January thanks to the high uptake of vaccines, says the top doctor at Indigenous Service...
Apr 02, 2021
Italy may be in Easter lockdown, but the party's on at sea
Italy may be in a strict coronavirus lockdown this Easter with travel restricted between regions and new quarantines imposed. But a few miles offshore, guests aboard the MSC Grandiosa cruise ship are ...
Apr 01, 2021
Canadian Bianca Andreescu wins marathon over Bakkari to advance to Miami Open final
MIAMI - Canada's Bianca Andreescu is heading to the final of the Miami Open after yet another three-set victory. The eighth-seeded Andreescu fought back from a break down twice in the third set to bea...
Apr 01, 2021
Fire kills 3 in market near Rohingya camp in Bangladesh
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - A fire on Friday destroyed more than 20 shops in a makeshift market near a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, killing at least three people, police and witnesses s...
Apr 01, 2021
Train crashes in Taiwan, causing injuries, possibly deaths
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A train partially derailed along Taiwan's east coast Friday, injuring an unknown number of passengers and causing potential fatalities. The crash occurred near the Toroko Gorge scenic...
Apr 01, 2021
