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Wisconsin Sen. Johnson questions need for vaccinations
MADISON, Wis. - Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, questioned the need for widespread COVID-19 vaccinations, saying in a radio interview "what do you care if your neighbour has one or not?" Jo...
Apr 23, 2021
Colombia police, military raid illegal gold mining operation
MAGUI PAYAN, Colombia - From the air, the illegal gold mines look like wounds in the dense jungle of southern Colombia - scars of red, gray and brown dirt surrounding toxic ponds. The sound of the pol...
Apr 23, 2021
UK sees budget deficit rise to highest rate since 1946
LONDON - Britain has seen its budget deficit rise during the coronavirus pandemic to its highest level since the year after the end of World War II, official figures showed Friday. The Office for Nati...
Apr 23, 2021
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime drops quarterfinal against Stefanos Tsitsipas
BARCELONA, Spain - Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Barcelona Open after a 6-3, 6-3 quarterfinal loss against No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece on Friday. The 10th-seeded Auger-Aliassime, fro...
Apr 23, 2021
France: Police officer fatally stabbed, attacker shot dead
PARIS - A French police officer was stabbed to death inside her police station Friday near the historic Rambouillet chateau outside Paris, and fellow officers shot and killed the suspected attacker at...
Apr 23, 2021
Caitlyn Jenner says she will run for governor of California
LOS ANGELES - Republican Caitlyn Jenner said Friday she will run for governor of California, injecting a jolt of celebrity into an emerging campaign that threatens to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom...
Apr 23, 2021
Key measure suggests Canada's COVID-19 surge could be slowing down, says Tam
Canada's top public health doctor says there's been an increase of more than 200,000 COVID-19 cases since last month, but there are signs the epidemic is easing. Dr. Theresa Tam says average case coun...
Apr 23, 2021
New home sales surged 20.7% in March to 1.02 million
WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes surged 20.7% in March, rebounding from the previous month when severe winter storms wreaked havoc in many parts of the country. Sales climbed to a seasonally adjusted a...
Apr 23, 2021
Supreme Court affirms American Indigenous man's right to hunt in Canada
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says an American Indigenous man has a constitutionally protected right to hunt in British Columbia given his people's historic ties to the region. The decision tod...
Apr 23, 2021
Residents of crumbling Fifth St. housing project finding new homes
NANAIMO - Residents of a dilapidated south Nanaimo affordable housing complex are finally moving out of squalor. BC Housing confirmed 23 of the 34 households at the Sanala townhousecomplex on Fifth St...
Apr 23, 2021