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Czechs expel more Russians in dispute over 2014 depot blast
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The Czech Republic on Thursday ordered 63 more Russian diplomats to leave the country, further escalating a dispute between the two nations over the alleged involvement of Rus...
Apr 22, 2021
COVID-19: Montreal newspaper blasted for front-page photo of Trudeau in India
MONTREAL - The Journal de Montreal newspaper is being criticized for running a photo from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's 2018 trip to India on its front page today to accompany a COVID-19 story. Trud...
Apr 22, 2021
Saskatchewan Artists Collaborate with Scientists for National Virtual Art Gallery
Live On-line event to introduce Collaborators Virtual Water Gallery Launch Event - Thursday April 29th - 10:30am CST Register at: www.virtualwatergallery.ca Saskatchewan artists Cam Forrester, Greg Ha...
Apr 22, 2021
Missile from Syria lands in Israel, triggers Israel strike
JERUSALEM - A Syrian anti-aircraft missile landed in southern Israel early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country's top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military said. In response, ...
Apr 22, 2021
US jobless claims fall to 547,000, another pandemic low
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell last week to 547,000, a new low since the pandemic struck and a further encouraging sign that layoffs are slowing on the strengt...
Apr 22, 2021
Police kill Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, who attacked 2 with knife
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Body camera footage from other officers released Wednesday in the fatal police shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant, a Black teenager who charged at two people with a knife, showed a chaotic sc...
Apr 22, 2021
Biden opening summit with ambitious new US climate pledge
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will open a global climate summit with a pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes that the U.S. pumps out, a commitment he hopes wi...
Apr 22, 2021
Nearly 1,500 reported arrested at Navalny rallies in Russia
MOSCOW - Police arrested nearly 1,500 people Wednesday during a day of demonstrations throughout Russia calling for freedom for imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose health reportedly is ...
Apr 22, 2021
Felix Auger-Aliassime beats Denis Shapovalov in latest chapter of Canadian rivalry
BARCELONA, Spain - Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-3 in an all-Canadian third-round match at the Barcelona Open on Thursday. The 10th-seeded Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, saved th...
Apr 22, 2021
Insp. Beck leaving the Battlefords
Insp. Tom Beck of the Battlefords RCMP detachment is leaving his role as Officer in Charge.He is leaving the area to take a new posting up north in Whitehorse, Yukon. Staff Sgt. Jason Teniuk will take...
Apr 22, 2021