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Grassy Narrows First Nations chief hails more funding for mercury treatment centre
OTTAWA - New money for a treatment centre for those living with the effects of chronic mercury poisoning comes as a ray of hope for a northern Ontario First Nation that has spent the past six decades ...
Dec 06, 2020

Canadian entrepreneurs in south Florida lament loss of snowbirds, eye 2021 homecoming
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Each spring, near a south Florida seaside strip known as the Broadwalk, the grateful retailers and restaurateurs of Hollywood Beach gather for a two-day celebration of all things Ca...
Dec 06, 2020

From tents to converted 4-star hotel, pandemic prompts changes for Montreal homeless
MONTREAL - Alexandre was sorting cans one recent morning outside a tent pitched next to a busy Montreal road by the Port of Montreal. Until the COVID-19 pandemic hit, he had been sleeping at a homeles...
Dec 06, 2020

Trump challenges vote results while urging turnout in Ga.
VALDOSTA, Georgia - President Donald Trump is pressing his grievances over losing the presidential election, using a weekend rally to spread baseless allegations of misconduct in last month's voting i...
Dec 06, 2020

Report finds microwave energy likely made US diplomats ill
WASHINGTON - A new report by a National Academy of Sciences committee has found that "directed" microwave radiation is the likely cause of illnesses among American diplomats in Cuba and China. The stu...
Dec 06, 2020

Chinese probe prepares to return moon rocks to Earth
BEIJING - A Chinese probe that landed on the moon transferred rocks to an orbiter Sunday in preparation for returning samples of the lunar surface to Earth for the first time in almost 45 years, the s...
Dec 06, 2020

Voting opens in Venezuela assembly election amid boycott
CARACAS, Venezuela - Polling places in Venezuela open Sunday to elect members of the National Assembly in a vote championed by President Nicols Maduro but rejected as a fraud by the nation's most infl...
Dec 06, 2020

Report finds microwave energy likely made US diplomats ill
WASHINGTON - A new report by a National Academy of Sciences committee has found that "directed" microwave radiation is the likely cause of illnesses among American diplomats in Cuba and China. The stu...
Dec 06, 2020

US Navy official says 'uneasy deterrence' reached with Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The top U.S. Navy official in the Mideast said Sunday that America has reached an "uneasy deterrence" with Iran after months of regional attacks and seizures at sea, even...
Dec 06, 2020

Romanians elect new lawmakers, seek end to political turmoil
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian voters cast ballots Sunday in a legislative election that many hope will restore some stability in one of the poorest European Union nations after five years of political...
Dec 06, 2020