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Arizona Dairy Queen on the hunt for missing red spoon statue
PHOENIX (AP) - The owners of a Dairy Queen in Phoenix remain perplexed - and slightly amused - as to why someone would steal the giant red spoon that adorned their restaurant. "We were kind of upset b...
Mar 30, 2023

Ukraine, Finland looking for Canadian help to rebuild economy amid war: ambassadors
OTTAWA - Ukraine's ambassador to Canada is urging Canadian businesses to see her country's eventual recovery as an economic bonanza worth investing in. Yuliya Kovaliv says at a lunch event for corpora...
Mar 30, 2023

B.C. Lions to add Wally Buono, Waterboys founders to their Wall of Fame
VANCOUVER - Wally Buono, the CFL's all-time leader in coaching wins, and Waterboys founders Dennis Skulsky, Moray Keith, Jamie Pitblado and Tom Malone will be added to the B.C. Lions Wall of Fame this...
Mar 30, 2023

911 recordings show terror at Nashville school during attack
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville authorities released 911 calls Thursday that capture the terror inside an elementary school during this week's mass shooting as people in hushed voices urged dispatch...
Mar 30, 2023

Inquiry calls for changes to clarify relationship between RCMP, federal government
OTTAWA - A public inquiry is calling for a clearer definition of the relationship between the federal minister of public safety and the commissioner of the RCMP. The Mass Casualty Commission, which ex...
Mar 30, 2023

Timeline of April 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting
TRURO, N.S. - The final report released Thursday into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting chronicles minute by minute how the tragedy unfolded. --- After 9 p.m. on April 18, the killer's rampage began ...
Mar 30, 2023

White House: Russia, N. Korea engaged in food for arms deal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Thursday said it has new evidence that Russia is looking again to North Korea for weapons to fuel the war in Ukraine, this time in a deal that would provide Pyongy...
Mar 30, 2023

NHLPA boss Marty Walsh outlines early priorities in new role
TORONTO - Marty Walsh is a big-time sports fan. He's now in a big-time job with the NHL Players' Association. The former U.S. secretary of labor in President Joe Biden's cabinet met the media for the ...
Mar 30, 2023

Inquiry into N.S. mass shooting calls for sweeping changes to gun laws
OTTAWA - The inquiry into a mass shooting that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia in 2020 is calling on the federal government to ban all semi-automatic handguns and many types of semi-automatic rifle...
Mar 30, 2023

Liberals must create national autism framework after Tory bill gets unanimous support
OTTAWA - A bill that commits the government to tabling a federal framework on autism will become law after passing unanimously in the House of Commons this week. Conservative member of Parliament Mike...
Mar 30, 2023