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As debate rages over cross-border pipelines, U.S. analysts brace for more oil by rail
WASHINGTON - The fierce debate over cross-border pipelines is putting more Canadian oil and gas on trains destined for the United States - a country experts fear is ill-equipped for the potential cons...
Mar 07, 2021

Afghan policewoman hurt, husband dies in targeted attack
KABUL - The former head of women police in a southern Afghanistan province was seriously wounded and her husband - also a police officer - was killed Sunday in an attack by unidentified gunmen, provin...
Mar 07, 2021

Iranian-British national ends 5-year sentence, not yet home
TEHRAN, Iran - A British-Iranian woman held in an Iranian prison for five years on widely refuted spying charges ended her sentence on Sunday, her lawyer said, although she faces a new trial and canno...
Mar 07, 2021

Council supports plan to designate former fur trading post as Heritage Site
A plan to designate the location of a former fur trading post a Saskatchewan Heritage Site has the backing of Prince Albert city council. The campaign to have Lower Hudson House recognized by the prov...
Mar 07, 2021

Long-time owner of Dobson Welding sells business
Dobson Welding in Melfort has changed owners as Bill Jung is retiring after 48 years with the business. Bill's son Rob Jung is moving on after working at Dobson Welding for 32 years. Bill said he is h...
Mar 07, 2021

As debate rages over cross-border pipelines, U.S. analysts brace for more oil by rail
WASHINGTON - The fierce debate over cross-border pipelines is putting more Canadian oil and gas on trains destined for the United States - a country experts fear is ill-equipped for the potential cons...
Mar 07, 2021

'We can do big things,' Schumer says as Senate approves aid
WASHINGTON - Tensions were raw ahead of midnight as Republican leader Mitch McConnell rose in the Senate for the purpose of publicly ridiculing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the daylong delay as ...
Mar 07, 2021

Harry, Meghan to delve into tough royal split with Oprah
LOS ANGELES - The time has finally come for audiences to hear Meghan and Harry describe the backstory and effects of their tumultuous split from royal life. Sunday night's airing of a two-hour special...
Mar 07, 2021

Sri Lanka Catholics mark 'Black Sunday' for Easter victims
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan Roman Catholics attended Mass dressed in black on Sunday, with prayers and protests calling for justice for those killed in co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks on Easter ...
Mar 07, 2021

Drones vs hungry moths: Dutch use hi-tech to protect crops
MONSTER, Netherlands - Dutch cress grower Rob Baan has enlisted high-tech helpers to tackle a pest in his greenhouses: palm-sized drones seek and destroy moths that produce caterpillars that can chew ...
Mar 07, 2021