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Colombian town uses discipline, speakers to stay virus-free
CAMPOHERMOSO, Colombia - When customers enter his hardware store Nelson Avila asks them to wear a mask and wash their hands. He sprays alcohol over the bills and coins they give him before putting the...
Mar 22, 2021

NHL postpones Oilers-Canadiens game after two Habs added to COVID-19 list
MONTREAL - The NHL has postponed Monday night's game in Montreal between the Canadiens and the Edmonton Oilers, making it the first contest in the all-Canadian North Division to be shut down due to CO...
Mar 22, 2021

Family of Filipina woman wants accounting of her death in Montreal hospital
MONTREAL - The family of a woman who died in a Montreal-area hospital last month is calling on the coroner's office to investigate after troubling circumstances of her death came to light in a publish...
Mar 22, 2021

Police responding to active shooter at Colorado supermarket
BOULDER, Colo. - Authorities in Colorado responded to what they said was an active shooter at a supermarket Monday. It's unclear if anyone has been injured, but a shirtless man with blood running down...
Mar 22, 2021

Elgin Baylor, Lakers great and aerialist pioneer, dies at 86
LOS ANGELES - Elgin Baylor changed the very direction of basketball when he joined the NBA and brought his vertical feats of athletic brilliance to a largely horizontal game. He filled scoresheets and...
Mar 22, 2021

Rapid COVID testing heading to Sask. schools
The Government of Saskatchewan says K-12 schools across the province are currently being shipped 100,000 rapid test kits which could start being put to use later this week. The Health ministry says it...
Mar 22, 2021

Federal, Quebec governments to spend $826 million to expand high-speed internet
TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - For the second week in a row, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared a stage with Premier Francois Legault Monday as they made a joint funding announcement aimed at improving acce...
Mar 22, 2021

Trudeau calls University of Ottawa professor's remarks 'Quebec bashing'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's had enough of "Quebec bashing" following controversial remarks from a University of Ottawa professor. At a press conference Monday, he and Quebec Premi...
Mar 22, 2021

Laura Walker, Kirk Muyres set the pace at Canadian mixed doubles curling championship
CALGARY - Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres improved to 5-0 at the Home Hardware Canadian mixed doubles curling championship with a 7-4 win over Briane Meilleur and Mark Nichols on Monday. Walker, from Edm...
Mar 22, 2021

Canadian Michael Kovrig tried in Beijing as Western nations protest
BEIJING - A second Canadian went on trial in Beijing on Monday after being detained for more than two years in apparent retaliation for the arrest in Vancouver of a top executive with Chinese telecom ...
Mar 22, 2021