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Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate's early-morning passage ended shutdown threat
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of...
Mar 23, 2024
Members of the public brave snowfall, frigid temperatures to honour Brian Mulroney
MONTREAL - A handful of mourners gathered outside the security barrier surrounding Old Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica this morning, braving snow and frigid temperatures to pay respects to Brian Mulron...
Mar 23, 2024
Witness heard sputtering from Ontario family's plane before Nashville crash: report
A preliminary report from U.S. authorities probing a plane crash in Tennessee that killed a family of five from Ontario said one witness heard "sputtering" and "popping" sounds from the aircraft's eng...
Mar 23, 2024
Canadian Thompson captures World Cup women's skicross race, overall crown
IDRE FJLL, Sweden - Another year, another women's skicross World Cup title for Canadian Marielle Thompson. Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., earned her sixth victory of the World Cup season Saturday. She d...
Mar 23, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Mayor would run again tomorrow despite ‘tight cuffs’
I'LL BET YOU THOUGHT last Sunday was a celebration of the Irish missionary St. Patrick, a time to wear something green and drink green-coloured beer.Well, that, too, but more importantly it was the an...
Mar 23, 2024
A Russian Soyuz rocket with 3 astronauts blasts off to the International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station blasted off Saturday, two days after its launch was aborted at the last minute. The spacecraft carryin...
Mar 23, 2024
State funeral today for former prime minister Brian Mulroney in Montreal
MONTREAL - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney will be honoured today at a state funeral in Montreal in the presence of a diverse cross-section of Canadian society, from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Mar 23, 2024
Russian detains 11 people after concert hall attack claimed by Islamic State
MOSCOW (AP) - Eleven people have been detained after an attack at a Moscow concert hall that killed 60, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service told President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, accordi...
Mar 23, 2024
Borrow a bee colony? West Vancouver library loans out pollinators
VANCOUVER - Patrons at the West Vancouver Memorial Library are abuzz over a loan program of mason bees that come with their own "bungalow." The bee program is a bid to educate people about the need fo...
Mar 23, 2024
Brian Mulroney's state funeral: A closer look at the former prime minister's legacy
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney died on Feb. 29, in Palm Beach, Fla., at the age of 84. He was first elected in 1984 following the largest majority mandate in Canada's history, and was r...
Mar 23, 2024
