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COVID-19 pandemic prompts recent newcomers to leave Canada for their home countries
OTTAWA - The economic and life disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted some recent immigrants to leave Canada and return to their countries of origin, where they have more social and f...
Mar 07, 2021
As debate rages over cross-border pipelines, U.S. analysts brace for more oil by rail
WASHINGTON - The fierce debate over cross-border pipelines is putting more Canadian oil and gas on trains destined for the United States - a country experts fear is ill-equipped for the potential cons...
Mar 07, 2021
Afghan policewoman hurt, husband dies in targeted attack
KABUL - The former head of women police in a southern Afghanistan province was seriously wounded and her husband - also a police officer - was killed Sunday in an attack by unidentified gunmen, provin...
Mar 07, 2021
Iranian-British national ends 5-year sentence, not yet home
TEHRAN, Iran - A British-Iranian woman held in an Iranian prison for five years on widely refuted spying charges ended her sentence on Sunday, her lawyer said, although she faces a new trial and canno...
Mar 07, 2021
Breathing new life into the Oliver Block in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A historic structure stands at 316 5 Street South in downtown Lethbridge.It's known as the Oliver Block.The over 120-year-old building was in disrepair a few years ago, but thanks to ...
Mar 07, 2021
As debate rages over cross-border pipelines, U.S. analysts brace for more oil by rail
WASHINGTON - The fierce debate over cross-border pipelines is putting more Canadian oil and gas on trains destined for the United States - a country experts fear is ill-equipped for the potential cons...
Mar 07, 2021
'We can do big things,' Schumer says as Senate approves aid
WASHINGTON - Tensions were raw ahead of midnight as Republican leader Mitch McConnell rose in the Senate for the purpose of publicly ridiculing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the daylong delay as ...
Mar 07, 2021
Harry, Meghan to delve into tough royal split with Oprah
LOS ANGELES - The time has finally come for audiences to hear Meghan and Harry describe the backstory and effects of their tumultuous split from royal life. Sunday night's airing of a two-hour special...
Mar 07, 2021
Sri Lanka Catholics mark 'Black Sunday' for Easter victims
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan Roman Catholics attended Mass dressed in black on Sunday, with prayers and protests calling for justice for those killed in co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks on Easter ...
Mar 07, 2021
Drones vs hungry moths: Dutch use hi-tech to protect crops
MONSTER, Netherlands - Dutch cress grower Rob Baan has enlisted high-tech helpers to tackle a pest in his greenhouses: palm-sized drones seek and destroy moths that produce caterpillars that can chew ...
Mar 07, 2021