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Teck withdraws application for Frontier mine, citing discourse over climate change
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. has withdrawn its application for a massive oilsands mining project just days ahead of an expected government decision, citing the political discourse over climate chan...
Feb 24, 2020 The Canadian Press
Pioneering black mathematician Katherine Johnson has died
HAMPTON, Va. - NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA's early space missions and was portrayed in the film "Hidden Figures," about pioneering black female aerospace workers, h...
Feb 24, 2020
Virus in Italy affects Olympic meetings, soccer games
ROME - The first board meeting for the Milan-Cortina Olympics was changed to a video conference Monday as authorities sought to contain a spreading virus that has made northern Italy the focal point o...
Feb 24, 2020
Global markets plunge as virus cases spread beyond Asia
NEW YORK - Stocks are opening sharply lower on Wall Street, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 700 points, as virus cases spread beyond China, threatening to disrupt the global ec...
Feb 24, 2020
Jussie Smollett to make 1st court appearance on new charges
CHICAGO - Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett is due to make an initial court appearance Monday on a new set of charges alleging that he lied to police about being targeted in a racist and homophobi...
Feb 24, 2020
Emergency goaltender's mom makes emotional US TV appearance with son
The mother of Carolina Hurricanes emergency goalie David Ayres brought her son to tears during a television appearance with him. On NBC's "Today," Ayres's mother, Mary, came on a video link to ex...
Feb 24, 2020
Auschwitz Museum upset at scene in Amazon series "Hunters"
WARSAW, Poland - The museum of the Nazi German Auschwitz death camp is objecting to a scene in a new Amazon TV series that shows a murderous game of human chess being played there, insisting that no s...
Feb 24, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 8:53 a.m. ET Police are beginning to take action to enforce an injunction...
Feb 24, 2020
Prince Albert Winter Festival wraps up
The Prince Albert Winter Festival has officially wrapped up after weeks of community events.Starting back on Feb. 7, the Prince Albert community took in a variety of festivities including the sled dog...
Feb 24, 2020 Sleigh rides were a popular method of transportation at the Alfred Jenkins Field House over the weekend. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
Rail blockade by Tyendinaga Mohawk remains after police deadline passes
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police and CN Rail reportedly gave protesters until midnight Sunday to clear a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, or face an investiga...
Feb 24, 2020
