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Terraces of France's cafes, restaurants, to open next month
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that the outdoor terraces of France's cafes and restaurants will be allowed to reopen on May 19 along with museums, cinemas, theatres and concert halls ...
Apr 29, 2021
Top ally announces closing Navalny's offices amid crackdown
MOSCOW - A top ally of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that the network of the politician's offices in Russia is being closed as authorities seek to have it and Naval...
Apr 29, 2021
Jason Matthews, author of 'Red Sparrow' thrillers, dies
NEW YORK - Jason Matthews, an award-winning spy novelist who drew upon his long career in espionage and his admiration for John le Carre among others in crafting his popular "Red Sparrow" thrillers, h...
Apr 29, 2021
US agency to look at bringing back bison on Montana refuge
BILLINGS, Mont. - U.S. officials said they will consider in coming years whether to reintroduce wild bison to a million-acre (400,000-hectare) federal wildlife refuge in central Montana, a move that w...
Apr 29, 2021
Statues to hatchet-wielding colonist reconsidered
BOSTON - The fierce monuments honour an English colonist who, legend has it, slaughtered her Native American captors after the gruesome killing of her baby. But the statues to Hannah Duston - one in M...
Apr 29, 2021
'This is a great fit for our local community': New distillery hoping to revitalize piece of Kamloops history
KAMLOOPS - Steve Earl and John Hromyk think they have the next big idea for Kamloops. Iron Horse Distillery, as it's being called right now, would be built next to the old CN station downtown. There w...
Apr 29, 2021
Sheriff: Deputies who didn't fire at Black man back on duty
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - A North Carolina sheriff said Thursday that he has put four deputies involved in the case of a Black man who was fatally shot last week back on active duty after a review of bod...
Apr 29, 2021
B.C. working to house people camping in Vancouver park as deadline to leave looms
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's housing minister says campers in Vancouver's Strathcona Park can either choose to accept the housing they are offered or leave the park by tomorrow's deadline. David Eby...
Apr 29, 2021
B.C. working to house people camping in Vancouver park as deadline to leave looms
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's housing minister says campers in Vancouver's Strathcona Park can either choose to accept the housing they are offered or leave the park by tomorrow's deadline. David Eby...
Apr 29, 2021
Monument unveiled at N.S. base to recall lives lost in naval helicopter crash
EASTERN PASSAGE, N.S. - A stone monument was unveiled today on the first anniversary of a naval helicopter crash that claimed the lives of six Canadian Forces personnel when the aircraft plunged into ...
Apr 29, 2021
