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Aquarium agrees to return Lolita the orca to Pacific 50 years after captivity
MIAMI - An orca known as Lolita could be heading back to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest, ending more than 50 years of tank captivity, after a deal was struck between the Miami Seaquarium and...
Mar 30, 2023
New FBI docs: Las Vegas mass shooter was angry at casinos
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The high-roller gambler who opened fire on concertgoers on the Las Vegas Strip had lost tens of thousands of dollars while gambling weeks before the mass shooting and was upset about ...
Mar 30, 2023
Arizona Dairy Queen on the hunt for missing red spoon statue
PHOENIX (AP) - The owners of a Dairy Queen in Phoenix remain perplexed - and slightly amused - as to why someone would steal the giant red spoon that adorned their restaurant. "We were kind of upset b...
Mar 30, 2023
Ukraine, Finland looking for Canadian help to rebuild economy amid war: ambassadors
OTTAWA - Ukraine's ambassador to Canada is urging Canadian businesses to see her country's eventual recovery as an economic bonanza worth investing in. Yuliya Kovaliv says at a lunch event for corpora...
Mar 30, 2023
Ukraine, Finland looking for Canadian help to rebuild economy amid war: ambassadors
OTTAWA - Ukraine's ambassador to Canada is urging Canadian businesses to see her country's eventual recovery as an economic bonanza worth investing in. Yuliya Kovaliv says at a lunch event for corpora...
Mar 30, 2023
B.C. Lions to add Wally Buono, Waterboys founders to their Wall of Fame
VANCOUVER - Wally Buono, the CFL's all-time leader in coaching wins, and Waterboys founders Dennis Skulsky, Moray Keith, Jamie Pitblado and Tom Malone will be added to the B.C. Lions Wall of Fame this...
Mar 30, 2023
Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry identifies many RCMP failings, recommends overhaul
A public inquiry has found widespread failures in how the Mounties responded to Canada's worst mass shooting and recommends that Ottawa rethink the RCMP's central role in Canadian policing."The RCMP m...
Mar 30, 2023
911 recordings show terror at Nashville school during attack
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville authorities released 911 calls Thursday that capture the terror inside an elementary school during this week's mass shooting as people in hushed voices urged dispatch...
Mar 30, 2023
Inquiry calls for changes to clarify relationship between RCMP, federal government
OTTAWA - A public inquiry is calling for a clearer definition of the relationship between the federal minister of public safety and the commissioner of the RCMP. The Mass Casualty Commission, which ex...
Mar 30, 2023
Timeline of April 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting
TRURO, N.S. - The final report released Thursday into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting chronicles minute by minute how the tragedy unfolded. --- After 9 p.m. on April 18, the killer's rampage began ...
Mar 30, 2023