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'Building the plane as we fly it': Patience urged as Interior vaccination appointments, clinics ramp up
KAMLOOPS - The first day of phone lines opening up for COVID-19 vaccination appointments saw 2,456 bookings secured in the Interior Monday (Mar. 8). While many residents were able to get their appoint...
Mar 09, 2021
Records show Dallas officer was under investigation in 2017
DALLAS - A Dallas police officer charged in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme was being investigated for longer than authorities have previously acknowledged, sharpening questions about why he continu...
Mar 09, 2021
Tennessee panel votes to move Confederate bust from Capitol
NASHVILLE - A state commission voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to remove a bust of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader from the Tennessee Capitol, marking a key victory in a decades-lo...
Mar 09, 2021
Northwest Territories sees spike in illegal caribou hunting along ice roads
YELLOWKNIFE - Officials in the Northwest Territories say hunters are illegally killing caribou in vulnerable herds along the territory's ice roads. Earl Evans, chairman of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq ...
Mar 09, 2021
Left-hander Steven Mats looks sharp as Toronto Blue Jays beat Philadelphia Phillies
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Newcomer Steven Matz pitched three scoreless innings as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in pre-season action on Tuesday. The left-hander, acquired from the New...
Mar 09, 2021
Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot staying focused after battling cancer, COVID
For Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot, being recognized alongside the likes of LeBron James and Rafael Nadal has been part shock and part inspiration. Hearing he'd been nominated for "Comeback of the Ye...
Mar 09, 2021
Legal challenge mounted against Canada's federally mandated quarantine hotel policy
TORONTO - A constitutional rights advocacy group is mounting a legal challenge to the Canadian government's quarantine hotel policy.The Canadian Constitution Foundation has filed an application with O...
Mar 09, 2021
Is Blunt's exit an opening for ex-Gov. Greitens to return?
O'FALLON, Mo. - Eric Greitens' political future seemed doomed by scandal when he resigned as Missouri governor. Now, he appears primed to test whether Sen. Roy Blunt's retirement provides a path for r...
Mar 09, 2021
B.C. conservation officers find invasive mussel in aquarium moss in retail stores
VICTORIA - For years, British Columbia conservation officers have been checking boats coming into the province for invasive zebra mussels, but now it turns out they're coming through local pet stores....
Mar 09, 2021
First whooping crane hatched at foundation in Wisconsin dies
BARABOO, Wis. - The first whooping crane hatched at the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin has died. Foundation officials said the crane, named Gee Whiz, died on Feb. 24 of natural causes. He...
Mar 09, 2021
