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Montreal police arrest suspect after woman of Asian origin threatened on city's metro
Montreal police say they've arrested a man who allegedly made death threats to a woman of Asian origin on the city's subway system.Police say the victim was in a metro car on March 27 when the suspect...
Apr 08, 2021
Conservancy protects area sacred to Tahltan Nation in northwestern B.C.
VICTORIA - Indigenous, provincial and federal leaders have worked beside industry and environmental groups to create a new conservancy in an area of northwestern British Columbia sacred to the Tahltan...
Apr 08, 2021
Doctors group says changing rules causes confusion as COVID-19 variants surge
As Ontario brings back stay-at-home orders to deal with surging cases of COVID-19, the Canadian Medical Association says continually changing rules have contributed to confusion and relaxed adherence....
Apr 08, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Thursday, April 8, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:40 a.m. Ontario reports 3,295 new cases of COVID-19 and 19 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott...
Apr 08, 2021
Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children travelling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major t...
Apr 08, 2021
Food attractants in focus as black bears wake from winter slumber
NANAIMO - A recent spike of bear complaints on the mid-Island has the BC Conservation Officer Service preaching a familiar message.Conservation officer Andrew Riddell told NanaimoNewsNOW several recen...
Apr 08, 2021
Lawyer: Russian opposition leader Navalny has spinal hernias
MOSCOW - A lawyer for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has complained of serious back and leg pain in custody, said Wednesday that doctors have found him to be suffering from t...
Apr 08, 2021
Myanmar security forces attack town that resisted with arms
YANGON, Myanmar - Security forces on Wednesday stormed a town in northwestern Myanmar where some residents had used homemade hunting rifles to resist the military's February seizure of power, killing ...
Apr 08, 2021
On Holocaust Day, Netanyahu issues warning about Iran
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged the world not to revive the troubled international nuclear deal with Iran as he opened Israel's annual memorial day for the 6 million J...
Apr 08, 2021
Kim says North Korea facing its 'worst-ever situation'
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has acknowledged his country was facing the "worst-ever situation" as he addressed thousands of grassroots members of his ruling party durin...
Apr 08, 2021