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Colten Boushie's family to respond to watchdog report that found discrimination
REGINA - First Nations leaders and relatives of a young Indigenous man shot and killed on a Saskatchewan farm are expected to address findings today from a watchdog's review that concluded RCMP racial...
Mar 22, 2021
Court could reimpose Boston marathon bomber's death sentence
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, presenting President Joe Biden with an early test of his opposi...
Mar 22, 2021
Court could reimpose Boston marathon bomber's death sentence
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, presenting President Joe Biden with an early test of his opposi...
Mar 22, 2021
Putin to get coronavirus vaccine shot in Russia on Tuesday
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said he will get a coronavirus vaccine shot on Tuesday, months after widespread vaccination has started in Russia. Speaking at a meeting with government officials on ...
Mar 22, 2021
Lawsuit filed over hit-and-run death of Nicki Minaj's father
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Rapper Nicki Minaj's mother, Carol Maraj, has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the man who is accused of killing Minaj's father in a hit-and-run crash last month, an attorney for M...
Mar 22, 2021
Prince Harry gives advice to grieving children in new book
LONDON - Britain's Prince Harry has written the foreword for a new book aimed at the children of frontline workers who died in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing the pain he suffered as a boy after the de...
Mar 22, 2021
'Borat,' 'Promising Young Woman' win at Writers Guild Awards
NEW YORK - Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" was partly improvised and scripted by nine writers, but it still walked away Sunday night with one of the Writers Guild Awards' top honours,...
Mar 22, 2021
People in their 70's eligible for vaccine appointments this week.
KAMLOOPS - Seniors aged 78 and up in Vancouver Coastal Health, Fraser Health, Island Health and Interior Health can begin calling to book their COVID-19 vaccine appointments today. B-C announced a rev...
Mar 22, 2021
Several provinces begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to more groups
Several provinces are redoubling COVID-19 vaccination efforts today, offering shots to broader swaths of the population.Ontario has lowered the age threshold for those who can book vaccines through th...
Mar 22, 2021
EU slaps sanctions on 4 Chinese officials over Uyghur abuses
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials accused of responsibility for abuses against Uyghur Muslims in a raft of measures targeting alleged human rights off...
Mar 22, 2021
