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Suspect charged with murder in a series of stabbings in a northern Illinois city
CHICAGO (AP) - A 22-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that killed 4 people in a northern Illinois city, authorities said Thursday. Winnebago County State's A...
Mar 28, 2024
On pre-budget charm offensive, Trudeau announces plans to expand $10-a-day child care
SURREY, B.C. - The federal government's pre-budget charm offensive is back for a second straight day - this time aimed at parents and child care providers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the gover...
Mar 28, 2024
Veteran Harris has no doubts that he'll be ready for the start of Riders camp
Trevor Harris has no doubts regarding whether he'll be ready to go when the Saskatchewan Roughriders open training camp in May. The veteran quarterback missed most of the 2023 season - his first with ...
Mar 28, 2024
Russian veto brings end to UN panel monitoring enforcement of North Korea nuclear sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Thursday in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by United Nations experts of U.N. sanctions against North Korea aimed at reining in i...
Mar 28, 2024
UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into Gaza to ...
Mar 28, 2024
Punxsutawney Phil, the spring-predicting groundhog, and wife Phyliss are parents of 2 babies
Now we know what Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who predicts whether an early spring will arrive each Feb. 2, does on the other 364 days. The Pennsylvania group that handles Phil, and his groundhog ...
Mar 28, 2024
Canadian rower looking forward to third outing for Oxford in historic Boat Race
Having rowed in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race twice already, Canadian Julia Lindsay knows what to expect Saturday in the 78th edition of the women's race. The gruelling 6.8-kilometre course between P...
Mar 28, 2024
Higgs champions NB shale gas development as a better climate plan than carbon pricing
OTTAWA - New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says his province's alternative to the federal carbon price will be to ship liquid natural gas to Europe as an alternative to coal. Higgs says he has a busi...
Mar 28, 2024
Native Women's Association forced to lay off half its staff amid funding shortfall
OTTAWA - The Native Women's Association of Canada says it was forced to lay off roughly half its workforce due to a major shortfall in federal funding. The advocacy organization says it received grant...
Mar 28, 2024
Canada Post releases new stamp celebrating Muslim festival
TORONTO - Canada Post has released a stamp featuring Middle Eastern cookies to commemorate an annual festival that marks the end of a holy month for Muslims. The Crown corporation says Canadians can u...
Mar 28, 2024
