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Vancouver police looking for man accused of trying to steal seaplane
VANCOUVER - Police are looking for help in finding a man they accuse of breaking into Harbour Air's seaplane terminal on Vancouver's waterfront last Friday and trying to steal one of its air...
Feb 26, 2020
Virus outbreak chills markets, outlook for global economy
FRANKFURT - The widening coronavirus outbreak threatens to seriously disrupt the global economy, just as it was steadying itself against headwinds from the U.S.-China trade dispute. Amid concerns that...
Feb 26, 2020
‘Leaning Tower of Dallas’ endures blows from wrecking ball
DALLAS - The "Leaning Tower of Dallas," a social media sensation born when a part of a building survived implosion, endured hundreds of blows from a wrecking ball Monday. Dozens of people gathered nor...
Feb 26, 2020
Kobe Bryant's widow sues helicopter operator for deaths
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant's widow sued the owner and operator of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star and their 13-year-old daughter last month as she publi...
Feb 26, 2020
Spain mulling release of some guests from quarantined hotel
MADRID - More than 100 guests could be released in coming hours from a 4-star resort in Spain's Canary Islands that's been under lock-down over fears of a further spread of the new coronavirus. Author...
Feb 26, 2020
B.C. tells inquiry money laundering has warped economy, fuelled opioid crisis
VANCOUVER - Money laundering has distorted British Columbia's economy, fuelled the opioid crisis and overheated the real estate market, the province argued at the start of an inquiry into the criminal...
Feb 26, 2020
Kobe Bryant's widow sues helicopter operator for deaths
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant's widow sued the owner and operator of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star and their 13-year-old daughter last month as she publi...
Feb 26, 2020
Wrestler adds to abuse allegations against university doctor
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - An Olympic wrestler has accused a University of Michigan doctor of touching him inappropriately during medical exams at the school and said the physician's reputation for such condu...
Feb 26, 2020
B.C. residents in Wet'suwet'en territory have right to police presence: Blair
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the Mounties have left the site of a disputed natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia, but he appeared to dismiss the notion that&nbs...
Feb 26, 2020
Kenney warns cancelled energy projects stand in the way of Indigenous prosperity
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is warning the province's $1-billion fund established last year to support Indigenous participation in major projects won't have any projects to back i...
Feb 26, 2020