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Popular Nanaimo coffee shop re-opening following murder of beloved employee
NANAIMO - A small family-run business devastated by the murder of a devoted co-worker is re-opening this weekend.Popular staff member Eric Kutzner was killed at Buzz Coffee House, which was about to o...
Mar 24, 2022
4 dead, 1 injured, after apparent fall from Swiss building
GENEVA (AP) - Four people were found dead at the foot of a seven-story residential building in the lakeside Swiss city of Montreux, police said Thursday, with a fifth person hospitalized in serious co...
Mar 24, 2022
Trudeau meets with NATO, reconciling faith with identity: In The News for March 24
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 24 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 24, 2022
Backbench Tory MP running for leadership says he knows his political reality
OTTAWA - A backbench member of Parliament who entered the Conservative leadership race on a promise to trigger an inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic says he's aware of the "political realities" he fac...
Mar 24, 2022
Legacy and language around masks will be debated long after pandemic recedes: experts
VANCOUVER - First, we didn't have enough masks to protect us against COVID-19, then we all needed to wear them. Then we didn't, then we did again. There were fights, criminal charges and protests over...
Mar 24, 2022
Legacy and language around masks will be debated long after pandemic recedes: experts
VANCOUVER - First, we didn't have enough masks to protect us against COVID-19, then we all needed to wear them. Then we didn't, then we did again. There were fights, criminal charges and protests over...
Mar 24, 2022
'Reconciliation was possible:' Indigenous priest reconciles faith with identity
Cristino Bouvette's mind often goes to his grandmother when he thinks about reconciliation: her strength, her empathy and her ability to forgive. He is a Roman Catholic priest and his kokum, Amelia Ma...
Mar 24, 2022
North Korea fires suspected missile into sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired at least one suspected ballistic missile toward the sea Thursday, its neighbors' militaries said, apparently extending its barrage of weapons tests that may...
Mar 23, 2022
Ukraine president pleads for worldwide show of support
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine President Volodymr Zelenskyy called on people worldwide to gather in public Thursday to show support for his embattled country on the one-month anniversary of the Russian ...
Mar 23, 2022
Halak contains high-flying Avalanche as Canucks win 3-1
DENVER (AP) - Brock Boeser and J.T. Miller scored 1:52 apart early in the third period, Jaroslav Halak stopped 32 shots and the Vancouver Canucks beat the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Wednesd...
Mar 23, 2022