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Quebec man accused of fatal B.C. stabbing appears in court
VANCOUVER - The man accused in a stabbing attack that left one woman dead and six other people hurt in North Vancouver appeared in provincial court on Thursday. Twenty-eight-year-old Yannick Bandaogo,...
Apr 01, 2021

2021 Humboldt Music Festival gets 168 participants
The Humboldt and District Music Festival took place last week at Westminster United Church with 168 participants. The festival had 162 piano entries and six string entries, and most of the students we...
Apr 01, 2021

Hulu to produce, release '1619 Project' documentary series
NEW YORK - Hulu will produce a documentary series based on " The 1619 Project," stories in The New York Times that examined the legacy of slavery in America dating from the arrival of the first slave ...
Apr 01, 2021

A ghostly set of images, and a glimpse of border danger
PHOENIX - A border wall. Smugglers. Small children being dropped into America in the darkness. A grainy video released Wednesday by authorities - its figures visible only in ghostly white outline, its...
Apr 01, 2021

Company producing J&J vaccine had history of violations
The company at the centre of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard 15 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality con...
Apr 01, 2021

Coin firm pays it forward after Georgia man paid in pennies
MARIETTA, Ga. - A global company has stepped in to solve quite a "coinundrum" for a Georgia man. Andreas Flaten's former employer dumped at least 90,000 pennies on his driveway last month as a form of...
Apr 01, 2021

Woodbine CEO 'cautiously optimistic' '21 thoroughbred season will open on time
TORONTO - Jim Lawson isn't giving up on Woodbine's thoroughbred racing season starting on time. On Thursday, the Ontario government announced the province will go into a four-week, provincewide shutdo...
Apr 01, 2021

Additional COVID-19 drive-thru and walk-in vaccination clinics announced
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced additional COVID-19 drive-thru and walk-in clinics in communities in Saskatchewan including Prince Albert, North Battleford and Lloydminster.According to a...
Apr 01, 2021

Texas Tech: Chris Beard leaving for Texas to replace Smart
AUSTIN, Texas - The athletic director at Texas Tech said Thursday that men's basketball coach Chris Beard has informed the school he is taking the job at Texas. Beard made the decision early Thursday,...
Apr 01, 2021

Blue Jays beat Yankees 3-2 in 10th inning as fans return
NEW YORK - Randal Grichuk led off the 10th with an RBI double, and the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of the second year of starting extra innings with a runner on second to beat the New York Yankee...
Apr 01, 2021