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Scathing reports find military failures in 2020 Kenya attack
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military investigations have found poor leadership, inadequate training and a "culture of complacency" among U.S. forces undermined efforts to fend off a 2020 attack by militants in ...
Mar 10, 2022
Jury hears man discuss plan to abduct Mich. Gov. Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday played covertly recorded audio for jurors in which one of the...
Mar 10, 2022
MLB players vote to end lockout, salvaging 162-game season
NEW YORK (AP) - Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball's latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season that will begin Apr...
Mar 10, 2022
North Korea testing new ICBMs, US says, warns more coming
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration says two North Korean missile launches in recent weeks were test firings of a powerful new long-range ICBM and warned Thursday that a full-range test could s...
Mar 10, 2022
Here's a look at Jean Charest, candidate to be the next Conservative party leader
OTTAWA - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest is running to be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Here's a look at who he is: Age: 63 Family life: Charest is married to Michle Dionne. ...
Mar 10, 2022
Budget office says federal spending on health care going up faster than planned
OTTAWA - Federal spending on health care and elderly benefits are set to rise at a faster clip over the next 12 months than previously planned under forecasts the parliamentary budget officer warns do...
Mar 10, 2022
Scrap thresholds in requests to decriminalize simple drug possession: coalition
OTTAWA - More than 20 advocacy organizations are urging the federal minister of mental health and addictions to not require quantity limits from jurisdictions requesting to decriminalize simple drug p...
Mar 10, 2022
B.C. to ease COVID-19 restrictions on masks, long-term care visits, vaccine cards
VICTORIA - British Columbia will lift its mask mandate, restore long-term care visits and drop capacity limits on faith gatherings starting Friday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said case...
Mar 10, 2022
RCMP say Vancouver Island seniors lose hundreds of thousands in lottery scam
NANAIMO, B.C. - RCMP say a couple in Nanaimo, B.C., who thought they had won more than $18 million and a luxury vehicle in a lottery were instead scammed out of almost $400,000. A statement from polic...
Mar 10, 2022
Mask mandate, vaccine passport program ending as B.C.'s COVID-19 situation improves
NANAIMO - With COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations and deaths trending down, the province is repealing a majority of the measures in place to reduce spread of the virus.Effective Friday, March 11, ...
Mar 10, 2022