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Police expected to update investigation into stabbings at library in North Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Police are expected to release more details today in their investigation of a stabbing rampage that left a young woman dead and injured six others in and around a library on Saturday in No...
Mar 29, 2021
Ship 'partially refloated,' but still stuck in Suez Canal
SUEZ, Egypt - Engineers on Monday "partially refloated" the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without providing further details about wh...
Mar 29, 2021
Canadians answer what they think post-COVID-19 life will look like in new survey
REGINA - New research suggests that while Canadians feel COVID-19 will have negative consequences on mental health and the economy, they feel it will be good for online shopping and public mask-wearin...
Mar 29, 2021
Canada's border communities find togetherness in facing pandemic challenges
The mayor of a small Alberta border town says semi-trailers rolling through the community serve as a constant reminder of the pandemic's effect on the lives of community members. "It's almost like som...
Mar 29, 2021
Dedicated rural transit money to hep fund 'innovative' services, McKenna says
OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says new dedicated transit funding for rural communities could be used for on-demand services, not just traditional systems. The Liberals are setting...
Mar 29, 2021
Observers question new Alberta environment, social, governance job posting
EDMONTON - The posting for a new high-level Alberta government job supposed to help the province align with environmental concerns from financial markets seems more about talk than action, observers s...
Mar 29, 2021
Call me by my name: Rome school backs transgender students
ROME - The Ripetta school of art in Rome recently joined a handful of high schools in Italy that give transgender students the right to be known by a name other than the one they were given at birth. ...
Mar 28, 2021
AP Exclusive: WHO report says animals likely source of COVID
BEIJING - A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is "extremel...
Mar 28, 2021
Canada's men's soccer team won't play in Tokyo Olympics after 2-0 loss to Mexico
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Canada has fallen short in its bid for its first Olympic men's soccer berth in 37 years.Uriel Antuna and Johan Vasquez scored to lift mighty Mexico to a 2-0 victory over Canada i...
Mar 28, 2021
McCollum, Lillard lead Blazers past Raptors 122-117
TAMPA, Fla. - CJ McCollum scored seven of his 23 points in the final two minutes and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-117 on Sunday night. Damian Lillard had 22 points and 11 as...
Mar 28, 2021
