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For want of a pipeline: Canadian LNG should power low-carbon revolution, report says
WASHINGTON - As the world struggles to find the right balance between a carbon-free future and a present that still runs on fossil fuels, Canada could be leveraging its natural-gas riches to help fuel...
Apr 02, 2023
Canadian women sixth, men 13th at Hong Kong Sevens
HONG KONG - New Zealand continued its domination of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series on Sunday with both the men and women lifting the cup at the Hong Kong Sevens. It was a record fifth-straight tou...
Apr 02, 2023
Blinken: Russia must immediately free 2 detained Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone call between the diplomats since the Ukraine war, to immediately release a Wall Street Journal report...
Apr 02, 2023
Dallas Jackals post first-ever Major League Rugby win, at expense of Toronto Arrows
The Dallas Jackals posted their first-ever win Saturday night, dispatching the Toronto Arrows 14-11. The Jackals went 0-16-0 in their inaugural 2022 season in Major League Rugby and were 0-6-0 when th...
Apr 02, 2023
Blinken urges Russia to release two detained Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone since the Ukraine war, to immediately release a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained last we...
Apr 02, 2023
Boat captain honoured for heroic rescue of Nanaimo father and son
NANAIMO - The captain of a whale-watching boat who helped rescue a father and son after their canoe flipped over has been officially honoured.Rodrigo Menezes, captain of the Vancouver Island Whale Wat...
Apr 02, 2023
Brendan Rodgers fired by relegation-threatened Leicester
LEICESTER, England (AP) - Relegation-threatened Leicester fired manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday in a late-season move to preserve its Premier League status. Rodgers, who has been in charge for four ...
Apr 02, 2023
Ex-Arkansas GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson is running for president
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he's running for president in 2024, offering himself as an alternative for Republicans ready to turn the party away from Donald Trump....
Apr 02, 2023
Six Canadian children to return from Syrian detention without their mother: advocates
OTTAWA - Six Canadian children are set to leave a Syrian prison camp and fly to Canada without their mother, who cannot come with them because federal officials have not completed her security assessm...
Apr 02, 2023
Boat operated by missing man found near bodies of migrants in St. Lawrence River
The search continues for a missing Akwesasne resident whose boat was found near where eight bodies were pulled from the St. Lawrence River this past week. Akwesasne Mohawk Police say two of the migran...
Apr 02, 2023