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Nova Scotia to hold two minutes of silence to honour mass shooting victims
TRURO, N.S. - Nova Scotia's premier is inviting people in the province to participate in two minutes of silence this Sunday for those lost in last year's mass shooting. Iain Rankin says he will be att...
Apr 12, 2021
New Mexico governor set to sign recreational marijuana bill
SANTA FE, N.M. - New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was set Monday to sign legislation that will legalize recreational marijuana use and sales in the state, making it the seventh since last Novemb...
Apr 12, 2021
Drivers wanted: Record demand at Uber as vaccinations rise
Uber is offering sign-up bonuses and other incentives for drivers as it faces record demand for rides and meal delivery. The San Francisco ride-hailing company said Monday that total monthly bookings,...
Apr 12, 2021
Canada's greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly in 2019: report
OTTAWA - A new report shows Canada's greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly in 2019, the same year Ottawa established a national price on carbon. The national inventory report filed each April to...
Apr 12, 2021
O'Toole to vote against Conservative MP's private bill on "sex-selective abortion"
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he will vote against a bill brought forward by a member of his caucus that aims to ban so-called "sex-selective abortions." O'Toole says he support a wom...
Apr 12, 2021
Nguyen, Daleman headline Canada's figure skating team competing in Osaka
OSAKA, Japan - In a season all but erased by COVID-19, a handful of Canadian figure skaters will have one last chance to compete at this week's World Team Trophy in Osaka, Japan. Nam Nguyen and Roman ...
Apr 12, 2021
Montreal businesses clean up after anti-curfew protest turns violent
MONTREAL - Business owners in Montreal were cleaning up and assessing the damage today following an anti-curfew protest that turned violent. Hundreds gathered in defiance of a return to an 8 p.m. curf...
Apr 12, 2021
One dead, one injured in shooting near Paris hospital
Paris police are hunting for a gunman who opened fire Monday near a hospital in the wealthy 16th district of the French capital, killing one person and injuring another. Witnesses at the scene suggest...
Apr 12, 2021
Investigation finds Syria likely behind 2018 chlorine attack
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An investigation by the global chemical weapons watchdog found "reasonable grounds to believe" that a Syrian air force military helicopter dropped a chlorine cylinder on a Syr...
Apr 12, 2021
Costume Designers Guild to honour Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers
LOS ANGELES - From "Grey's Anatomy" to "Bridgerton," television producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers have strived to work with costume designers to visually create appealing wardrobes to help tell ...
Apr 12, 2021