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Construction on new Exhibition Park expansion to start Monday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The construction of the new Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre at Exhibition Park is set to begin March 8.On Monday, the process will begin with the removal of trees from the Lethbridge &...
Mar 06, 2021

Southampton ends long winless run in EPL despite Ings injury
SHEFFIELD, England - Southampton shrugged off the disappointment of losing Danny Ings to another injury by beating last-place Sheffield United 2-0 to end its nine-match Premier League winless run...
Mar 06, 2021

Mississippi history group honours scholars, flag commission
JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Historical Society is honouring several scholars and groups, including a commission that designed a new state that voters adopted in November. The society presented aw...
Mar 06, 2021

Indian farmers mark 100th day of protest with road blockade
NEW DELHI - Thousands of Indian farmers blocked a massive expressway on the edges of New Delhi on Saturday to mark the 100th day of protests against agricultural laws they say will devastate their inc...
Mar 06, 2021

Kriechmayr adds World Cup downhill win to world title
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria - Vincent Kriechmayr ended his two-year-long victory drought in men's World Cup downhills by winning Saturday, three weeks after he took the world title in the discipline...
Mar 06, 2021

Shiffrin beats Vlhova, claims 45th World Cup slalom victory
JASNA, Slovakia - Mikaela Shiffrin denied her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova a home victory Saturday, winning the first World Cup slalom following the world championships. Shiffrin trailed first-run lea...
Mar 06, 2021

Protesters say out with Cyprus' 'Satanic' Eurovision entry
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Dozens of Orthodox Christian faithful held up wooden crosses and sang Church hymns outside of Cyprus' state broadcaster on Saturday to demand the withdrawal of the country's controve...
Mar 06, 2021

Spy warrant shortcomings stretch back almost a decade, newly released audit shows
OTTAWA - A newly released audit report shows that difficulties with the judicial warrant process at Canada's spy agency - an issue that made headlines last summer - stretch back at least nine years. I...
Mar 06, 2021

Sydney's LGBTQI Mardi Gras goes ahead - with restrictions
SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney's annual iconic Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras went ahead on Saturday, only in a different format due to coronavirus restrictions. It was being held at the Sydney Cricket Ground...
Mar 06, 2021

Senate works through night with virus aid on path to passage
WASHINGTON - The Senate worked through the night and past sunrise Saturday on Democrats' showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after a deal between leaders and moderate Sen. Joe Manchin on emer...
Mar 06, 2021