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Cruise-ship evacuees arrive for quarantine in Canada as first Wuhan evacuees let go
OTTAWA - A plane carrying 129 Canadians and their families who have spent weeks confined to cabins aboard a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan landed on Canadian soil Friday morning. ...
Feb 23, 2020
Blockades remain in place as Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs returning to B.C.
Hereditary chiefs from Wet'suwet'en First Nation were expected to return to British Columbia Sunday after visiting Mohawk communities in eastern Canada, with no signs that blockades cripplin...
Feb 23, 2020
Canadian L'Arche group shocked by report that founder sexually abused women
A report by a French-based charity that helps people who are developmentally disabled has concluded its late Canadian founder had "manipulative sexual relationships" with women over several ...
Feb 23, 2020
US home sales fell 1.3% in January
WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales retreated 1.3% in January from the prior month, but low mortgage rates helped enable an increase in purchases from a year ago. The National Association of Realtors said Fr...
Feb 23, 2020
Protesters abandon Quebec rail blockade after show of force by police
ST-LAMBERT, Que. - A blockade south of Montreal that halted rail traffic and frayed nerves since Wednesday was abandoned late Friday after riot police arrived to enforce a court injunction. The r...
Feb 23, 2020
'They're seeing themselves in a different way:' volunteers offer prom outfits to Nanaimo students
NANAIMO - A volunteer-run group is making prom more affordable and environmentally friendly, one outfit at a time.For the sixth year in a row, Prom Closet Nanaimo is offering up their inventory of ove...
Feb 23, 2020 Prom closet volunteer Theresa Ratzlaff shows a selection of the over 500 prom dresses available for girls in the Nanaimo region. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy
WASHINGTON - Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, according to three officials familiar w...
Feb 23, 2020
Survivor: German shooter emptied magazine, calmly walked out
HANAU, Germany - Piter Minnemann and his friends were eating when they heard shots fired outside the door of the snack bar in Hanau where they had gathered. Minnemann, 18, recalled that he had just go...
Feb 23, 2020
Italy reports 1st virus death, cases more than quadruple
CODOGNO, Italy - Italy reported its first death from the new virus from China early Saturday and the number of people infected more than quadrupled due to a cluster of cases that prompted officials to...
Feb 23, 2020
Raf Simons joining Prada in full creative collaboration
MILAN - Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons - two of the fashion world's biggest creative names - will collaborate on Prada collections from Spring/Summer 2021 going forward indefinitely, the designers annou...
Feb 23, 2020