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Humpback whale that thrilled crowds in Montreal reported dead in St. Lawrence
MONTREAL - A whale research group says a wayward humpback whale that had captivated crowds in the Montreal area in recent days appears to have been found dead. The Group for Research and Edu...
Jun 09, 2020
More funding freed up for organizations working on food security
OTTAWA - The federal government is spending more money to help food banks and other community organizations working to increase food security. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced t...
Jun 09, 2020
B.C., Ontario shipyards team up to win multibillion-dollar icebreaker contract
OTTAWA - Canada's sharply divided shipbuilding industry was dealt a surprise this morning as two competing yards announced plans to team up to win a multibillion-dollar contract to build a new polar i...
Jun 09, 2020
Bahrain activist Nabeel Rajab released from prison
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain was released Tuesday amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Nabeel Rajab left prison and will serve the rest of his sentence ...
Jun 09, 2020
George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried
HOUSTON - The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Houston Tuesday, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage. George Floyd, who was 46 when he...
Jun 09, 2020
Israeli model Bar Refaeli signs plea bargain for tax evasion
JERUSALEM - Israeli top model Bar Refaeli signed a plea bargain agreement with authorities on Tuesday to settle a long-standing tax evasion case against her and her family. The deal will require Refae...
Jun 09, 2020
Still beside the queen at 99: Prince Philip to mark birthday
LONDON - There certainly won't be fuss. Count on that. When Britain's Prince Philip reaches the grand age of 99 on Wednesday, he will spend it quietly and in much the same way he's spent most of his a...
Jun 09, 2020
Preliminary hearings set in Peace River murder case, Grande Prairie gun selling arrest
Alberta Justice says a preliminary hearing date has been set in a Peace River murder case.The hearing for Mathew Ian Blachford is set for March 17, 2021.He was arrested January 30 of this year in conn...
Jun 09, 2020
Salzburg Festival will go on this year but in shortened form
The Salzburg Festival will be one of classical music's few offerings in the summer of the coronavirus pandemic, staging a reduced 100th anniversary celebration with capacities limited to about 50%. Eu...
Jun 09, 2020
UFA Rural Communities foundation continuing $100,000 Community Grant Program in 2020
The UFA Rural Communities Foundation is continuing its $100,000 Community Grant Program in 2020.Back in 2019, the UFA Rural Communities Foundation announced a $500,000 commitment over the next five ye...
Jun 09, 2020