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Real or hoax? Quebec scholars probe mystery letter allegedly from Titanic passenger
MONTREAL - Researchers from Universit du Qubec Rimouski are trying to solve the mystery about whether a letter in a bottle washed up in New Brunswick in 2017 is from a young victim of the Titanic. The...
May 15, 2021
'It was a going concern': Remaining bar and hotel in Alberta coal ghost town for sale
WAYNE, Alta. - Built during the First World War, it survived the Great Depression, the Second World War and the closure of coal mines in the 1950s. Now the historic Last Chance Saloon in the ghost tow...
May 15, 2021
Israel strike in Gaza destroys building with AP, other media
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Saturday, the latest step by the mi...
May 15, 2021
Real or hoax? Quebec scholars probe mystery letter allegedly from Titanic passenger
MONTREAL - Researchers from Universit du Qubec Rimouski are trying to solve the mystery about whether a letter in a bottle washed up in New Brunswick in 2017 is from a young victim of the Titanic. The...
May 15, 2021
Canadians divided on sending Team Canada athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll by Leger and the Association of Canadian Studies suggests the country is divided over plans to send athletes from Canada to the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo as Japan grapples wi...
May 15, 2021
Canadians divided on sending Team Canada athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll by Leger and the Association of Canadian Studies suggests the country is divided over plans to send athletes from Canada to the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo as Japan grapples wi...
May 15, 2021
Emails reveal close communication between government, transport regulator on refunds
OTTAWA - Advocates, experts and opposition MPs say correspondence showing close communication between the federal Transport Department and the Canadian Transportation Agency around passenger refunds t...
May 15, 2021
Kardashians reveal mystery behind Nori's Black Book
NEW YORK (AP) - Kardashian fans were tickled by a big reveal: A California government worker is behind a mystery social media handle that's been cranking out droll posts from North West's point of vie...
May 15, 2021
China cancels Everest climbs over fears of virus from Nepal
BEIJING (AP) - China has canceled attempts to climb Mount Everest from its side of the world's highest peak because of fears of importing COVID-19 cases from neighboring Nepal, state media reported. T...
May 15, 2021
DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass of metal and splintered trees. An Israeli bomb had slammed i...
May 15, 2021