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EU moves toward stricter export controls for COVID vaccines
BRUSSELS - The European Union is moving toward stricter export controls to ensure more COVID-19 shot supplies for the bloc that should boost its flagging vaccine drive. The EU's executive body said We...
Mar 24, 2021

Firefighter trapped in assisted living home blaze found dead
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. - A firefighter who was trapped in a blaze that swept through a suburban New York assisted living home was found dead Wednesday, a day after the fire caused a partial collapse of t...
Mar 24, 2021

Alphonso Davies looks to make mark off the pitch, becomes UNHCR goodwill ambassador
Alphonso Davies has already made his mark on the soccer pitch. Now the young Bayern Munich star is expanding his reach. The 20-year-old from Edmonton, currently in Florida with the Canadian national t...
Mar 24, 2021

B.C. Premier John Horgan to announce partnerships in COVID immunization plan
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan and Dr. Penny Ballem, the lead on the provincial COVID-19 immunization team, are to reveal more information today on the vaccine rollout. A government r...
Mar 24, 2021

AP journalist Thein Zaw released from detention in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar - Thein Zaw, a journalist for The Associated Press who was arrested more than three weeks ago while covering a protest against the coup in Myanmar, was released from detention on Wedne...
Mar 24, 2021

Ontario budget today; No clear winner in Israeli election: In The News for March 24
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 24 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 24, 2021

Coal exploration approvals already exceed legal road thresholds, data suggests
EDMONTON - Road-building approvals for coal exploration already exceed legal limits in some parts of Alberta's Rocky Mountains and foothills, suggest documents from the province's energy regulator. "I...
Mar 24, 2021

30 years after Victoria's Michael Dunahee vanished, a new sketch is being released
VICTORIA - It has been 30 years since Michael Dunahee disappeared from a playground in Victoria in a case that became one of the largest missing child investigations in Canada. The Victoria Police Dep...
Mar 24, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada set to help settle snow-clearing squabble
OTTAWA - It's starting to feel like spring for many Canadians, but the country's top court is about to wade into the issue of snow removal from wintry city streets. The Supreme Court of Canada hearing...
Mar 24, 2021

Indigenous communities need more mental health support in wake of COVID-19: report
OTTAWA - Many Indigenous communities are struggling to cope with dual states of emergency, thanks to the pandemic and its effects on those with mental illness and addictions. That's according to a new...
Mar 24, 2021