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Struggling Vancouver Whitecaps get offensive boost with striker Brian White's return
VANCOUVER - Sitting on the sidelines as his Vancouver Whitecaps struggled through the start of the season wasn't easy for Brian White. First it was a foot contusion that kept the American striker out ...
Apr 01, 2022

Jury urged to convict 4 in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A prosecutor is urging jurors to convict four men in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, saying they were "filled with rage" and intent on igniting a civil war....
Apr 01, 2022

Mine accident in central Serbia kills 8, injures 18
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - An accident in a mine in central Serbia killed eight people and wounded 18 Friday, authorities said. The accident in the Soko coal mine happened shortly after 4 a.m. (0200GMT)....
Apr 01, 2022

2 Spanish soccer players face prison on rape charge
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The rape trial involving Celta Vigo forward Santi Mina and another Spanish soccer player closed Friday with both men maintaining their innocence. The state prosecutor is asking...
Apr 01, 2022

Bayern Munich says Davies should be back for April 12 Champions League quarterfinal
MUNICH - Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian star Alphonso Davies should be back within two weeks. "Phonzie should be available around the second leg against Villarreal," Nagelsmann ...
Apr 01, 2022

Live updates | Ukraine checks Chernobyl after Russians leave
WARSAW, Poland - Ukraine's foreign minister says that now his country's government is back in control of the Chernobyl nuclear site, it will work with the U.N. atomic agency to determine what the occu...
Apr 01, 2022

COLLINS: On April Fools' Day, the joke is on us
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS an honest man. April Fools'.April Fools' has often been a time for the media to play jokes on unsuspecting listeners, viewers and readers. Friends playing jokes on friends. That's fa...
Apr 01, 2022

A final Papal meeting and raising the price of pollution: In The News for Apr. 1
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 Apr.1 ... What we are watching at the Vatican ...
Apr 01, 2022

Carbon price rising to $50 a tonne today, adds 2.2 cents to a litre of gas
OTTAWA - The national price on pollution will go up another $10 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions as scheduled today in most provinces. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is withstanding polit...
Apr 01, 2022

Families describe tense encounters with RCMP on N.S. mass shooting's second day
HALIFAX - Documents released Thursday describe tense and tragic moments as RCMP officers and then distraught family members arrived at the scene of brutal killings during the second day of the 2020 No...
Apr 01, 2022

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