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Japan to start releasing Fukushima water to sea in 2 years
TOKYO - Radioactive water accumulating in tanks at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will be released into the sea in two years after it is treated, Japan's government said Tuesday in a decision lon...
Apr 12, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, April 12, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:00 p.m. ET on Monday April 12, 2021. There are 1,071,016 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,071,016 confirmed cases (75,135 active, 9...
Apr 12, 2021
Gov’t introduces legislation to ensure police oversight
Police in Saskatchewan soon won't be investigating police any longer.The provincial government on Monday introduced The Police (Serious Incident Response Team) Amendment Act, 2021, which if passed wil...
Apr 12, 2021
Air Canada, Ottawa agree to aid package worth up to $5.9 billion
OTTAWA - Air Canada and Ottawa have agreed to financing deals that would allow the airline to access as much as $5.9 billion through the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility program. As part of...
Apr 12, 2021
Patterson headed for Nanaimo to take on director of hockey operations position
After three years with the La Ronge Ice Wolves, associate head coach and general manager Gaelan Patterson has accepted a position as director of hockey operations for the Nanaimo Minor Hockey Associat...
Apr 12, 2021
Start of Humpty's Champions Cup pushed back a day in Calgary
CALGARY - Curling's Humpty's Champions Cup in Calgary has been pushed back a day. The first of two Grand Slams was scheduled to open Wednesday morning, but Rogers Sportsnet announced Monday the first ...
Apr 12, 2021
Ten Canucks players back on ice after COVID-19 outbreak sweeps through team
VANCOUVER - For forward Tanner Pearson, the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping through the Vancouver Canucks hit home as his teammates' loved ones began to fall ill. Players knew there was a r...
Apr 12, 2021
Police: Officer wounded, 1 dead in Tennessee school shooting
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A confrontation in a Tennessee high school that involved police officers responding to a report of a possible armed man, left one person dead and an officer wounded, authorities sai...
Apr 12, 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda, mayor open new Times Square vaccine site
NEW YORK - "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday at the grand opening of a Times Square COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city's ...
Apr 12, 2021
Luke Bryan tests positive for COVID, sidelined from 'Idol'
LOS ANGELES - Luke Bryan says he's tested positive for COVID-19, which sidelined him from the season's first live "American Idol" episode on ABC. Paula Abdul, an original judge on the talent show when...
Apr 12, 2021