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2023-03-16 21:00 |
Some federal public servants get remote-work extension as others face deadline... A spokesperson for Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says the government will take another year to 'assess the benefits' of remote work for some positions... |
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2023-03-16 20:58 |
Ottawa misses latest deadline on inking deal with Quebec shipyard for icebreakers... Ottawa has quietly missed its own deadline for finalizing an agreement with a Quebec shipyard so it can start work on replacing the Canadian Coast Guard's aging icebreaker fleet. The government said last summer that pending successful negotiations, it... |
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2023-03-16 20:44 |
'Constant' fear in my house, U.S. woman testifies about impact of Quebec abduction... MONTREAL — A U.S. woman who was kidnapped along with her husband and smuggled into Quebec in October 2020 says she lives in constant fear she will fall victim to another crime. Sandra Helm delivered a victim impact statement Thursday at a sentencing... |
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2023-03-16 20:41 |
Vatican unveils new ethnographic display of Rwanda screens... VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican Museums officially reopened its African and American ethnographic collections Thursday by showcasing intricately restored Rwandan raffia screens that were sent by Catholic missionaries to the Vatican for a 1925 exhibi... |
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2023-03-16 20:39 |
U.S. investigators cite BP training, safety failures in Ohio refinery deaths... BP violated U.S. process safety rules and did not train workers properly at its Toledo, Ohio refinery, contributing to the death of two workers at the plant last year, U.S. federal investigators said on Thursday. The two refinery workers died from their b... |
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2023-03-16 20:39 |
Short-handed Grizzlies can't afford loss to Spurs... The Memphis Grizzlies will look to get back on the winning track and stay in the hunt for second place in the Western Conference when they travel to play at San Antonio on Friday. The Grizzlies (41-27) come off a 138-119 loss in Miami on Wednesday that sn... |
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2023-03-16 20:38 |
Blues G Jordan Binnington suspended 2 games... The NHL suspended St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington two games Thursday for roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct against Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman during a game the night before. Binnington skated near an unsuspecting Hartman and swung... |
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2023-03-16 20:38 |
Jury deliberations to resume Monday in XXXTentacion killing... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury deliberations for the trial of three men accused of murdering rising rap star XXXTentacion during a 2018 robbery will resume Monday after the panel finished a seventh day of deliberations Thursday without reaching a... |
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2023-03-16 20:37 |
Union GK Andre Blake out with adductor strain... Philadelphia Union veteran goalkeeper Andre Blake was ruled out of Saturday's game at CF Montreal with a Grade 1 adductor strain. Blake, 32, was injured in Saturday's 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire, departing in the 33rd minute when the game wa... |
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2023-03-16 20:36 |
Union GK Andre Blake out with adductor strain... Philadelphia Union veteran goalkeeper Andre Blake was ruled out of Saturday's game at CF Montreal with a Grade 1 adductor strain. Blake, 32, was injured in Saturday's 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire, departing in the 33rd minute when the game wa... |
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2023-03-16 20:33 |
Bengals RB Joe Mixon won't face charges in shooting; 2 indicted... Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon will not be indicted in a shooting that occurred near his home in Ohio, according to local officials Thursday. Prosecutors in Hamilton County (Ohio) allege that Lamonte Brewer fired 11 shots at a teenager playing ... |
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2023-03-16 20:32 |
Feds spend $2.4 million on cloud seeding for Colorado River... DENVER (AP) — The Southern Nevada Water Authority on Thursday voted to accept a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to fund cloud seeding in other Western states whose rivers feed the parched desert region. The weather modificatio... |
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2023-03-16 20:04 |
Florida aims to revoke hotel's liquor license for drag show... MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is moving to revoke the liquor license of a Miami hotel that hosted a Christmas drag show, a crackdown that comes as the Republican governor looks to shore up his conservative credentials ah... |
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2023-03-16 19:59 |
UN Security Council asks for advice on dealing with Afghan Taliban... UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council on Thursday asked Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to provide an independent assessment on how to deal with Afghanistan's Taliban administration and combat challenges including its crackdown... |
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2023-03-16 19:58 |
Planes in Florida close call were cleared to use same runway... Federal investigators say an air traffic controller cleared a plane to take off from Sarasota, Florida, while an American Airlines jet was making its final approach to the same runway last month, leading the American pilots to abandon their landing. The N... |
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2023-03-16 19:54 |
Two Baltimore police officers indicted on unrelated charges... BALTIMORE (AP) — Two veteran Baltimore police officers are facing criminal indictments stemming from separate and unrelated allegations, city officials said Thursday. One officer is accused of sexual harassment and the other allegedly got drunk and ... |
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2023-03-16 19:53 |
Canada's mental toughness key at Billie Jean King Cup qualifier: coach... VANCOUVER — Heidi El Tabakh knows her Canadian squad will be in tough when they face Belgium at a Billie Jean King Cup qualifier next month. The Canadian captain believes, however, that her team has the edge in one crucial area — grit. "I ... |
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2023-03-16 19:52 |
NFL player armed in shooting but fired no shots: prosecutor... CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon was armed with a legal weapon when a teenage boy was shot near the player's home earlier this month but he did not fire the gun or do anything illegal, authorities said Thursday as they... |
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2023-03-16 19:52 |
University agrees to $14M settlement in wrestler's death... WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky university has agreed to a settlement of more than $14 million over the death of a student wrestler hours after practice, the school announced. The settlement over the death of junior Grant Brace, 20, of Louisvill... |
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2023-03-16 19:51 |
Experts, banks look for ideas to stop next bank failure... WASHINGTON (AP) — The warning signs were all there. Silicon Valley Bank was expanding at a breakneck pace and pursuing wildly risky investments in the bond market. The vast majority of its deposits were uninsured by the federal government, leaving i... |
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2023-03-16 19:49 |
Serb leader says he won't sign anything during Kosovo talks... BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday he won't "sign anything" during upcoming European Union-mediated talks with Kosovo's leader that are intended as another attempt to defuse decades of tensions b... |
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2023-03-16 19:49 |
Canes aim to stay strong without Andrei Svechnikov, visit Leafs... The Carolina Hurricanes will try for their second consecutive victory after losing Andrei Svechnikov for the season when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs Friday night. The Hurricanes announced Tuesday afternoon that the 22-year-old forward would require... |
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2023-03-16 19:38 |
Why TikTok's security risks keep raising fears... TikTok is once again fending off claims that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, would share user data from its popular video-sharing app with the Chinese government, or push propaganda and misinformation on its behalf. China's Foreign Ministry on ... |
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2023-03-16 19:37 |
Christina Ricci says she was threatened with lawsuit for refusing to do sex scene... 'That would never happen now'... |
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2023-03-16 19:33 |
Father-to-be and 'snow angel': Edmonton officers shot and killed on duty remembered... One of the police officers killed in Edmonton was about to be a father and the other was called a "snow angel" for going beyond the call of duty to help people. Const. Brett Ryan, 30, and Const. Travis Jordan, 35, were shot and killed responding t... |
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2023-03-16 19:31 |
Jalen Ramsey: Dolphins' secondary best in NFL... Six-time Pro Bowl cornerback Jalen Ramsey admitted he likes what he sees developing with respect to the Miami Dolphins' secondary. With four-time Pro Bowl selection Xavien Howard in tow, Ramsey was asked if the Dolphins boast the best cornerback duo a... |
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2023-03-16 19:29 |
New Hampshire Senate passes GOP-backed parents' rights bill... CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A "parents' bill of rights" that critics say is designed to target transgender youth passed New Hampshire's Republican-led Senate on Thursday. Much of the debate among lawmakers focused on provisions to require s... |
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2023-03-16 19:22 |
26 best online deals in the Canadian retail space right now... Brooklinen, Lovehoney and Armani Beauty, to name a few... |
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2023-03-16 19:21 |
'Extreme level of risk': Feds order departments to patch 'critical' Outlook vulnerability exploited by Russia... 'Canada, being one that is contributing to the success of Ukraine's battle, will be one that could be targeted'... |
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2023-03-16 19:20 |
JP Pegues drains game-winner, No. 13 Furman stuns No. 4 Virginia... JP Pegues' 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds left lifted 13th-seeded Furman to a 68-67 victory over fourth-seeded Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament's South Region on Thursday in Orlando, Fla. Pegues' historic shot from the right wing... |
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2023-03-16 19:19 |
Toronto Zoo closes aviaries after bird flu case detected at southern Ontario farm... TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo has shut down some of its bird enclosures after an avian flu case was detected at a southern Ontario poultry farm. The zoo says the precautionary measures introduced Thursday are required in light of the case of avian influ... |
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2023-03-16 19:18 |
JP Pegues drains game-winner, No. 13 Furman stuns No. 4 Virginia... JP Pegues' 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds left lifted 13th-seeded Furman to a 68-67 victory over fourth-seeded Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament's South Region on Thursday in Orlando, Fla. Pegues' historic shot from the right wing... |
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2023-03-16 08:17 |
Decisive day for Macron's pension gamble in tense France... PARIS (AP) — France's standoff over a bill raising the retirement age heads toward a climax Thursday, either via a parliamentary vote or through a special presidential move to force it through the legislature. Garbage workers are keeping up thei... |
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2023-03-16 08:15 |
Legault to visit Quebec town reeling from vehicle attack : In The News for Mar. 16... In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Mar. 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ... Quebec Premier Francois Legault will today visit t... |
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2023-03-16 08:14 |
Taiwan warns Honduras against 'poison' of taking aid from China... TAIPEI — Taiwan warned Honduras on Thursday not to be tempted by the "poison" of aid from China no matter how indebted it was and ruled out getting involved in a bidding war for diplomatic allies with its mainland rival. Honduran President X... |
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2023-03-16 08:10 |
Syria's Assad would like more Russian bases and troops... MOSCOW — Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said on Thursday that he would welcome any Russian proposals to set up new military bases and boost troop numbers in the Middle Eastern country, suggesting Russia's military presence there should become ... |
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2023-03-16 08:03 |
The rise and fall of Canada's domestic PPE market... Most Canadian businesses that answered federal and provincial calls during the pandemic to build up a domestic sector for personal protective equipment have collapsed. The association that represents Canadian PPE companies says 90 per cent of those busine... |
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2023-03-16 08:03 |
'Worse than an animal': Mother enraged as killer claims Amanda Zhao might be alive... In 2002, Yang Baoying flew from China to Vancouver to identify her daughter Amanda Zhao's body. The 21-year-old English student's remains had been found stuffed in a suitcase in Mission, B.C., and Yang's identification of her daughter was also... |
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2023-03-16 08:02 |
Poland breaks up spy network, says defense minister... WARSAW — Poland has broken up a espionage network operating in the country, the defense minister said on Thursday, after private broadcaster RMF FM reported that a group of spies working for Russia had been detained. RMF reported on Wednesday that P... |
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2023-03-16 08:02 |
Temporary closure of Iqaluit centre highlights need to address food insecurity... IQALUIT, Nunavut — The executive director of a Nunavut food charity says there's a need to address the root causes of food insecurity after 500 people in the territorial capital went without a daily meal for a week. The Qajuqturvik Community Foo... |
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2023-03-16 08:01 |
Provincial byelection held today in Hamilton Centre; NDP expected to win... HAMILTON — Residents in Hamilton Centre head to the polls today to vote for a new provincial representative to replace Andrea Horwath. The former Ontario NDP leader held Hamilton Centre, as well as a predecessor riding, since 2004 and consistently w... |
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2023-03-16 08:00 |
Turkish undertaker's family move to cemetery as he buries earthquake dead... ISKENDERUN — Tasked with burying hundreds of victims of Turkey's massive earthquakes, undertaker Ali Dogru brought his wife and four sons to live in an old bus by the cemetery where he works in the city of Iskenderun, so he could know they were ... |
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2023-03-15 23:54 |
Canada on verge of elimination from World Baseball Classic with 10-3 loss to Mexico... PHOENIX — Randy Arozarena had two doubles and drove in five runs, Rowdy Tellez added a two-run single and solo homer, and Mexico beat Canada 10-3 Wednesday to earn a spot in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. Canada had a chance to adv... |
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2023-03-15 23:53 |
Tennis-Sabalenka feels like a 'different player' following Grand Slam breakthrough... Aryna Sabalenka said her Australian Open triumph has helped tame the nerves that had undermined her in the past and has infused her with a self-belief she harnessed to devastating effect on Wednesday when she routed Coco Gauff at Indian Wells. Sabalenka... |
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2023-03-15 23:45 |
Lawyers seek removal of judge in Texas school shooting case... HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 are seeking to have the judge handling the case removed, accusing him of bias for pushing to have experts deem the former student competent to st... |
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2023-03-15 23:33 |
Suns face Magic out to end three-game skid... With just a few weeks remaining in the NBA regular season, few contending teams are as unsettled as the Phoenix Suns. Phoenix's journey continues on Thursday in a matchup against the visiting Orlando Magic, which has lost two straight. Phoenix has dro... |
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2023-03-15 23:31 |
Stanford University employee charged with lying about rapes... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 25-year-old Stanford University employee was arrested Wednesday and charged with felony perjury for allegedly lying about being raped twice last year on campus, authorities said. Jennifer Ann Gries, of Santa Clara, first repor... |
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2023-03-15 23:25 |
Tennessee GOP advance new narrow abortion exemption bill... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican lawmakers on Wednesday took another swing at adding a narrow exemption to one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States. Nearly a month ago, a Republican legislative panel defied political threa... |
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2023-03-15 23:22 |
Minnesota meat processing firm accused of employing minors... A meat processing company in Minnesota employed children as young as 13 to work in hazardous conditions, such as operating meat grinders, while they worked overnight shifts and longer hours than allowed by law, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Indust... |
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2023-03-15 23:17 |
Blue Origin expects New Shepard rocket's return to flight in late 2023... WASHINGTON — Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin expects to return its New Shepard rocket to flight by the end of 2023 after the vehicle suffered a mid-flight failure in September, a company sales executive said on Wednesday. "We are looking to get back... |