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Protests across Quebec after eight women killed in eight weeks
MONTREAL - Protesters marched through Montreal's Plateau borough Friday afternoon to denounce what many described as a "pandemic" of violence against women, after a slate of recent killings. Eight wom...
Apr 02, 2021
Seven Vancouver Canucks on NHL's COVID list after five additions Friday
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks' COVID-19 situation has grown worse with seven players now on in the NHL's COVID protocols. Defencemen Alex Edler and Quinn Hughes, forwards Zack MacEwan and Antoine ...
Apr 02, 2021
Alberta reports 1,100 new COVID-19 cases for April 1
Alberta Health is reporting 1,100 new cases of COVID-19 in the province for Friday, April 1.The new cases come after Alberta Health completed 13,300 tests, resulting in an eight per cent test positivi...
Apr 02, 2021
Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan on the mend after surgery, has eye on Olympics
Handed the start against the top-ranked U.S. at the SheBelieves Cup, Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan no doubt hoped her 10th cap would be a night to remember. It was, but sadly for the wrong reaso...
Apr 02, 2021
Canada's Bottcher gets rock intel from rival for world curling championship
CALGARY - A Canadian rival's assist fills a gap for Brendan Bottcher at the men's world curling championship. The world championship stones in Calgary are not the rocks Bottcher and teammates threw to...
Apr 02, 2021
April, the giraffe that became an online star, dies
HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. - April, the giraffe that became a sensation when a rural New York zoo livestreamed her 2017 pregnancy and delivery, was euthanized Friday because of advancing arthritis, the zoo sa...
Apr 02, 2021
US Capitol on lockdown after report of gunfire nearby
WASHINGTON - Police locked down the U.S. Capitol on Friday afternoon after a report of gunshots in the area. U.S. Capitol Police say all Capitol buildings were being locked down "due to an external se...
Apr 02, 2021
COVID outbreak hits Nationals; 3-game series vs. Mets off
WASHINGTON - The entire season-opening three-game series between the Washington Nationals and New York Mets was called off on Friday because of a COVID-19 outbreak on the 2019 World Series champions, ...
Apr 02, 2021
MLB moving All-Star Game in response to voting restrictions
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball announced Friday it was moving this summer's All-Star Game from Atlanta's Truist Park, a response to Georgia enacting a new law last month restricting voting rights. M...
Apr 02, 2021
'Real Housewives' star pleads not guilty to fraud charges
NEW YORK - A Utah woman with a star role in "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" reality show pleaded not guilty Friday to charges accusing her of ripping off hundreds of people in a nationwide tel...
Apr 02, 2021