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'Learn to live with this:' Humboldt focuses on future five years after bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Argentina - Kevin Garinger says it feels like the passage of time is inexplicable. The five years since a deadly bus crash changed his city, his hockey team and his life sometimes feel like ...
Mar 31, 2023
Quebec cracks down on Airbnb after deadly fire as some continue to evade rules
MONTREAL - The Quebec government's crackdown on Airbnb has upended Montreal's short-term rental market, leading some to welcome the changes and others scurrying to evade the new rules. Last week, foll...
Mar 31, 2023
Chinatowns in Western Canada evolve and renew, both within and outside tradition
Every Thursday to Sunday evening, the wait staff at the Ugly Duckling Dining & Provisions restaurant carefully set knives and forks on chopstick rests at each table. The Ugly Duckling, which opene...
Mar 31, 2023
Industry minister to deliver Rogers-Shaw update at press conference today
OTTAWA - Federal Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne is set to make an announcement this morning about Rogers Communications Inc.'s proposed $26-billion purchase of Shaw Communications Inc. A...
Mar 31, 2023
Relatives of those killed in N.S. mass shooting say their work has only just begun
HALIFAX - The brother of a man killed during a mass shooting in Nova Scotia almost three years ago says he's keen to make sure recommendations from a public inquiry released Thursday are implemented. ...
Mar 31, 2023
More people with greater needs driving $7B increase to dental-care cost
OTTAWA - The federal government now expects far more Canadians with long-overdue dental needs to sign up for its insurance plan, and the health minister says that's why the estimated cost has risen by...
Mar 31, 2023
'Learn to live with this:' Humboldt focuses on future five years after bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Argentina - Kevin Garinger says it feels like the passage of time is inexplicable. The five years since a deadly bus crash changed his city, his hockey team and his life sometimes feel like ...
Mar 31, 2023
McDavid enters history books, Skinner shines as Oilers top Kings 2-0
EDMONTON - Connor McDavid scored his 300th career goal, Stuart Skinner made 43 saves for Edmonton's first shutout of the season and the Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 on Thursday. McDavid b...
Mar 30, 2023
Covering over well at Indian temple collapses, killing 35
NEW DELHI (AP) - Army soldiers and other responders found 35 bodies inside a well after a structure built over it collapsed as a large crowd of Hindu faithful prayed at a festival for the god Rama, a ...
Mar 30, 2023
Mi Hyang Lee leads LPGA Tour event at Palos Verdes with 65
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) - Mi Hyang Lee shot a 6-under 65 in her first LPGA Tour event of the year for a one-stroke lead in the opening round of the DIO Implant LA Open on Thursday. Lee, a So...
Mar 30, 2023