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Betty White, furry friends star in 50-year-old 'Pet Set'
LOS ANGELES - On a TV show Betty White hosted 50 years ago, the perpetual charmer flirts with James Brolin, teases Della Reese and trades quips with Carol Burnett. But White appears most delighted in ...
Feb 24, 2021
Montreal Canadiens fire head coach Claude Julien, associate coach Kirk Muller
MONTREAL - The struggling Montreal Canadiens have fired head coach Claude Julien and associate coach Kirk Muller. Assistant coach Dominique Ducharme has been appointed interim head coach. Alex Burrows...
Feb 24, 2021
Legault government taps Environment Minister Benoit Charette to oversee racism fight
Quebec Premier Francois Legault plans to name a minister to spearhead the fight against racism. Environment Minister Benoit Charette is set to add the role to his current tasks today. The announcement...
Feb 24, 2021
Raptors VanVleet keeping all-star snub in perspective amid global pandemic
With the world still reeling in a global pandemic, Fred VanVleet is keeping the NBA all-star game in perspective. VanVleet and the Toronto Raptors had hoped he would earn his first all-star selection,...
Feb 24, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak spreads at Vancouver hospital, affecting 16 patients, 13 staff
VANCOUVER - Two more units have been added to a COVID-19 outbreak declared at Vancouver General Hospital. A statement from Vancouver Coastal Health says outbreaks are underway on inpatient units T-14-...
Feb 24, 2021
Thai court ousts 3 Cabinet members found guilty of sedition
BANGKOK - Three Cabinet ministers in Thailand were forced to leave their posts Wednesday after a court found them guilty of sedition for taking part in sometimes-violent protests in 2013-2014 against ...
Feb 24, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Action, not just words, needed on social housing and crime
KAMLOOPS - KUDOS TO SEVERAL CITY COUNCILLORS who are determined to wrestle the issue of social housing and associated street crime to the ground.Coun. Bill Sarai presented a lengthy notice of motion a...
Feb 24, 2021
Ghana is first nation in world to receive COVAX vaccines
ACCRA, Ghana - Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative with a delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vacci...
Feb 24, 2021
Biden pledges to help two Michaels and a blackface 'error': In The News for Feb. 24
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 Feb. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Feb 24, 2021
Woods faces hard recovery from serious injuries in car crash
LOS ANGELES - In a career filled with remarkable comebacks, Tiger Woods faces his toughest recovery of all. Woods was driving through a sweeping, downhill stretch of road through coastal suburbs of Lo...
Feb 23, 2021
