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Two bodies found after children reported missing in western Quebec house fire
GATINEAU, Que. - Two bodies have been found after a fire tore through a home in western Quebec on Saturday night. Two children had been reported missing in the blaze, but a local police spokesman said...
Feb 7, 2021

Quebec passes 10,000 COVID-19 deaths as Ontario reports case of Brazil variant
Canada hit more unwanted firsts in its battle COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, as Quebec became the first province to surpass 10,000 deaths and Toronto reported Ontario's first case of a variant first ide...
Feb 7, 2021

19 new COVID-19 cases in Grande Prairie, seven recoveries
Grande Prairie's number of active COVID-19 cases has increased by 12 since Saturday's update.The Sunday update from Alberta Health says the Swan City now has 155 active cases. The number was 143 Satur...
Feb 7, 2021

Canada's Jonathan David scores twice for Lille in win over Nantes
PARIS - Canadian international Jonathan David continued his torrid scoring pace, accounting for both goals Sunday as Lille won 2-0 at struggling Nantes to top the French league. The 21-year-old from O...
Feb 7, 2021

Man dies diving in cave in southern Germany
BERLIN - A 57-year-old man has died while diving in a cave in the German state of Bavaria, police said Sunday. The man, whose identity was not given, was part of an experienced four-person team diving...
Feb 7, 2021

Chicago mayor cites `tentative agreement' to reopen schools
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Sunday that a "tentative agreement" has been reached with the teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols, potentially averting a strike in the nation's third-large...
Feb 7, 2021

MPs demand relocation of 2022 Olympics due to China's abuse of Uighurs
More than a dozen federal lawmakers from all parties are calling for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved outside China, citing a "genocidal campaign" by its government against Uighurs and other Musli...
Feb 7, 2021

Reagan's longtime secretary of state George P. Shultz dies
WASHINGTON - President Ronald Reagan's longtime secretary of state, George P. Shultz, who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in th...
Feb 7, 2021

Iran: US must lift sanctions before it lives up to nuke deal
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader on Sunday urged the United States to lift all sanctions if it wants Iran to live up to commitments under its nuclear deal with world powers, state TV reported, but...
Feb 7, 2021

Federal funding to help former GGs set up charitable foundations is discretionary
OTTAWA - The federal government has allocated $30 million over the past 15 years to sustain charitable foundations created by governors general once they leave office. But Prime Minister Justin Trudea...
Feb 7, 2021