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Border agency eyes smartphone facial recognition system amid privacy concerns
OTTAWA - Travellers would be able to use facial recognition technology to identify themselves through their smartphones when crossing the border under a planned federal project. The Canada Border Serv...
Apr 24, 2024
Montreal Olympic Stadium fire: Quebec grants up to $40 million for cleanup, repairs
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has awarded the organization that manages Montreal's Olympic Stadium up to $40 million to pay for repairs and decontamination after a March 21 fire. Parc olympique spo...
Apr 24, 2024
Pilot reported fire onboard plane carrying fuel, attempted to return to Fairbanks just before crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - One of the two pilots aboard an airplane carrying fuel reported there was a fire on the airplane shortly before it crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, killing both people on...
Apr 24, 2024
A day later, 'The Save' still had Panthers marveling at Bobrovsky's NHL playoff heroics
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - In the moment, The Save kept the game tied. By night's end, it became a game-saver since Florida went on to prevail in overtime. And the way Panthers coach Paul Maurice se...
Apr 24, 2024
Spain's prime minister says he will consider resigning after wife is targeted by judicial probe
MADRID (AP) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez denied corruption allegations against his wife but said he will consider resigning after a judicial investigation was launched Wednesday into accusati...
Apr 24, 2024
Man stabbed to death in White Rock, B.C., days after similar knife attack in area
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - A man has been killed in a stabbing in White Rock, B.C., and police say there are "apparent similarities" to another knife attack in the same area two days earlier. RCMP say the lat...
Apr 24, 2024
B.C. imposes five-month ban on large open fires in Interior
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has announced a five-month open fire ban covering much of the province's Interior, as fire season gets off to an early start. The ban on Category 3 fires in th...
Apr 24, 2024
US Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died at 65 after a heart attack
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., of New Jersey, died Wednesday after a heart attack this month that left him hospitalized, officials said. He was 65. In a statement, Gov. Phil Murphy c...
Apr 24, 2024
Trudeau won't comment on future of TikTok in U.S., says Canadian safety a priority
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's not going to comment on the future of TikTok in the United States, but his own government will continue to look out for Canadians' security. The U.S. S...
Apr 24, 2024
CFL suspends recently retired Lemon indefinitely for betting on league games
TORONTO - There will be no immediate comeback for veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon. The CFL suspended Lemon indefinitely Wednesday for betting on league games, including one in which he played. L...
Apr 24, 2024
