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Why Canada gets less for more when it comes to building transit
OTTAWA - In early September, Conservative candidate Jennifer McAndrew stood outside a suburban Ottawa transit hub in the battleground riding of Kanata-Carleton to make a major campaign promise. "A Con...
Dec 26, 2021
Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President C...
Dec 26, 2021
Dreams of white Christmas come true in Vancouver, while cold grips Prairies
VANCOUVER - Known for rain and mild winters, British Columbia's west coast received an unexpected white Christmas as much of Western Canada shivered through extreme cold warnings and some parts of Ont...
Dec 25, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell turns 60 behind bars as verdict looms
NEW YORK (AP) - Ghislaine Maxwell reached her 60th birthday behind bars Saturday as she awaited the outcome of her sex trafficking trial. The British socialite is scheduled to return to a Manhattan co...
Dec 25, 2021
Toronto Raptors add three more players to health and safety protocol
The Toronto Raptors added three players to the NBA's COVID-19 protocol Saturday, bringing the team's total to 10 players ruled out for next game due to the virus. The Raptors placed Khem Birch, Justin...
Dec 25, 2021
Hockey Canada, Alberta put pandemic hockey know-how to the test again in Edmonton
Alberta is about to host a third pandemic International Ice Hockey Federation tournament armed with experience from the first two, but with the ice still shifting underfoot. The 2022 world men's under...
Dec 25, 2021
Canadian scientists involved in James Webb space telescope say it's a dream come true
MONTREAL - As the world tuned in on Christmas morning to see NASA's James Webb Space Telescope lift off, Canadian scientists who played a crucial part in its creation were emotional. The collaboration...
Dec 25, 2021
Influential Bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe has died
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Grammy-winning bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe, whose influential career spanned more than 50 years, has died. He was 84. His son, David, confirmed the death on Saturday to The A...
Dec 25, 2021
Surging COVID cases, 'jingle jabs' make for somber Christmas
ROME - Christmas arrived around the world Saturday amid a surge in COVID-19 infections that kept many families apart, overwhelmed hospitals and curbed religious observances as the pandemic was poised ...
Dec 25, 2021
Spanish eruption's end brings 'emotional relief,' rebuilding
MADRID (AP) - Authorities on one of Spain's Canary Islands declared a volcanic eruption that started in September officially finished Saturday following 10 days of no lava flows, seismic activity or s...
Dec 25, 2021