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Wildfire fanned by winds near Merritt, B.C., prompts evacuation alert
MERRITT, B.C. - A wildfire burning near homes in British Columbia's southern interior has prompted the first evacuation alert of B.C.'s barely three-week-old wildfire season. The Thompson-Nicola Regio...
Apr 19, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, April 19, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:50 a.m. Ontario is reporting 4,447 new cases of COVID-19 today and 19 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Health...
Apr 19, 2021
'Downton Abbey' cast returns for sequel opening in December
NEW YORK - The original principal cast of "Downton Abbey" are returning for a second film that will arrive in theatres December 22 this year, Focus Features announced Monday. "Downton Abbey" creator J...
Apr 19, 2021
Police: Albanian man with knife wounds 5 at mosque in Tirana
TIRANA, Albania - An Albanian man with a knife attacked five people Monday at a mosque in the capital of Tirana, according to police. A police statement said Rudolf Nikolli, 34, entered the Dine Hoxha...
Apr 19, 2021
Alberta's Boser set to face off against the Sledgehammer on June UFC card
Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser will face Sweden's Ilir (The Sledgehammer) Latifi on a June 5 UFC Fight Night card. The 29-year-old from Bonnyville, who now calls Edmonton home, is co...
Apr 19, 2021
Foxconn, Wisconsin reach new deal on scaled back facility
MADISON, Wis. - Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest electronics manufacturer, has reached a new deal with reduced tax breaks for its scaled back manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin...
Apr 19, 2021
Evacuations, damage as raging wildfire spreads in Cape Town
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - People were evacuated from Cape Town neighbourhoods Monday as a huge wildfire sweeping across the slopes of the city's famed Table Mountain was fanned by high winds and threa...
Apr 19, 2021
Patrick Marleau set to break Gordie Howe's record for most NHL games played
LAS VEGAS - Patrick Marleau is poised to make history tonight.The 41-year-old native of Aneroid, Sask., will surpass Gordie Howe's record for most games played in NHL history when the San Jose Sharks ...
Apr 19, 2021
NASA's Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars on Monday, achieving the first powered flight by an aircraft on another plane...
Apr 19, 2021
Nanaimo property taxes expected to rise 3 per cent
NANAIMO - The 2021 property tax increase for Nanaimo is nearly locked in. Councillors at a special finance and audit committee meeting reached a three per cent increase for 2021, not including additio...
Apr 19, 2021