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Police: 2 dead in Virginia Beach oceanfront shootings
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A pair of overnight shootings along the beachfront in Virginia Beach left two people dead and eight wounded in a scene described by authorities on Saturday as "very chaotic." In ...
Mar 27, 2021
Canadian Blood Services says donations from those who have had COVID-19 are safe
CALGARY - Canadian Blood Services is reassuring the public that blood donated by anyone who has had COVID-19 or who has been vaccinated is safe. "Given that COVID is a respiratory virus, there's no im...
Mar 27, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Rose Hill - the ‘broken trust’ between a community and City Hall
THE TOP OF ROSE HILL is very different from what you might have seen the last time you drove up there. The area immediately south of the original subdivision - at the point Rose Hill Road makes a coup...
Mar 27, 2021
Canada's schools draw fewer international students due to pandemic travel rules
OTTAWA - Many international students have postponed or cancelled their plans to study in Canada since Ottawa decided last month to limit entry options to the country to just four airports and require ...
Mar 27, 2021
Calls for change for women's rights in French sports
PARIS - French society is at a "turning point" for women's rights within the male-dominated sports world, the country's sports minister said this week amid a wave of protests from female journalists d...
Mar 27, 2021
Mapping project illuminates links between poor environment, historical racism
A new tool that measures the environmental quality of any urban street in Canada - and maps it out in colour - illustrates vividly the many neighbourhoods in the country that have poor environment sco...
Mar 27, 2021
Suez Canal remains blocked amid efforts to free stuck vessel
SUEZ, Egypt - A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial east-w...
Mar 27, 2021
Poland plans pensions for dogs, horses in state employment
WARSAW, Poland - They locate survivors in collapsed buildings, track down fugitives, foil drugs and explosives smugglers and help control rowdy crowds. All in exchange for food and lodging - and an oc...
Mar 27, 2021
UN commission urges equality for women in decision-making
CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N.'s premiere global body fighting for gender equality called for a sharp increase of women in global decision-making in a hotly debated final document adopted Friday night ...
Mar 27, 2021
Democrats assail Georgia law, make case for voting overhaul
Democrats have seized on new voting restrictions in Georgia to focus attention on the fight to overhaul federal election laws, setting up a slow-building standoff that carries echoes of the civil righ...
Mar 27, 2021
