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How Noem's struggles at home may enhance White House chances
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's election-year fight with fellow Republicans in the Legislature has spurred criticism she is neglecting her job to angle for the White House, but the...
Mar 13, 2022

Hertha Berlin fires coach in bid to stave off relegation
BERLIN (AP) - Hertha Berlin fired Tayfun Korkut as coach on Sunday in a desperate attempt to stave off a humiliating Bundesliga relegation for the ambitious club. Hertha said in a statement that assis...
Mar 13, 2022

'Dune,' 'Power of the Dog' lead race for BAFTA film awards
LONDON (AP) - Sci-fi epic "Dune" and dark western "The Power of the Dog" lead the race as the British Academy Film Awards return Sunday with a live, black-tie ceremony after a pandemic-curtailed event...
Mar 13, 2022

Russian airstrike hits base in western Ukraine, kills 35
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) - Waves of Russian missiles pounded a military training base near Ukraine's western border with NATO member Poland, killing 35 people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday. The strike ...
Mar 13, 2022

Thousands of death, millions of vaccines: A look at COVID-19 in Canada by the numbers
It's been two years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Here's a look at the pandemic by the numbers in Canada. 3.3 million -- The number of total cases of COVID-1...
Mar 13, 2022

Ottawa urged to pause proposed B.C. port expansion, consider alternative plan
VANCOUVER - A plan to build a new shipping container terminal the size of nearly 144 football fields at a major Metro Vancouver port has sparked a rival proposal along with concerns for endangered orc...
Mar 13, 2022

Patrick Brown takes on his next political challenge: Running for Conservative leader
BRAMPTON, ONT. - Patrick Brown, the former member of Parliament who unceremoniously resigned as Ontario's Progressive Conservative leader and returned as Brampton's mayor, plans today to embark on his...
Mar 13, 2022

Communication snafus plagued RCMP's response to Nova Scotia mass shooting: documents
HALIFAX - Repeated communication failures were partly to blame for the Nova Scotia RCMP's inability to stop a gunman from killing 22 people over a 13-hour span in April 2020, recently released documen...
Mar 13, 2022

Quebec sugar shack owners say the COVID-19 pandemic saved the iconic industry
MONTREAL - Sugar shack owners across Quebec are reopening their dining rooms for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and strangely, they are crediting the novel coronavirus with r...
Mar 13, 2022

Experts cautiously optimistic as COVID-19 pandemic enters third year
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into a third year,many experts are expressing cautious optimismthat Canada has passed the need for lockdowns and the widespread safety protocols that marked much of ...
Mar 13, 2022