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No surprise convoy organizers turning to Bitcoin to fund protest blockades: expert
OTTAWA - An anti-money laundering expert says attempting to stop funds going to protesters blockading Parliament Hill and several border crossings is like playing a game of whack-a-mole. Matthew McGui...
Feb 11, 2022

B.C. provides millions for Chinese Canadian museum in Vancouver's Chinatown
VANCOUVER - The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown will soon become a Chinese Canadian Museum. The provincial government is providing $27.5 million for the project and real estate marketer Bob R...
Feb 11, 2022

Ottawa launches long-awaited competition for armed military drones
OTTAWA - The federal government has officially launched a competition for the purchase of armed drones after nearly two decades of delays and discussion. The formal request for proposals was released ...
Feb 11, 2022

Rotary Dream Home lottery first early bird prize deadline Feb. 15
With the annual Rotary Dream Home Lottery first early bird draw deadline approaching Tuesday at midnight, organizers say ticket sales are slightly behind this year compared to years previous. Raffle M...
Feb 11, 2022

Military investigating after officer appears in anti-vaccine video
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says it is investigating after one of its officers appeared in a video speaking out against vaccine mandates. Maj. Stephen Chledowski is the latest serving member of...
Feb 11, 2022

UNHCR say Taliban free detained staff, 2 foreign journalists
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban released two foreign journalists working with the U.N. refugee agency and several of the aid organization's Afghan staff on Friday, UNHCR said, hours after news b...
Feb 11, 2022

Biden orders 3,000 more troops to Poland amid Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is sending another 3,000 combat troops to Poland to join 1,700 who already are assembling there in a demonstration of American commitment to NATO allies worried at the p...
Feb 11, 2022

Tennessee parents, teachers push back against 'Maus' removal
ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) - Growing up in rural eastern Tennessee, James Cockrum hadn't given much thought to the possibility that one day he might find himself speaking about his Jewish heritage in front of...
Feb 11, 2022

Final evacuation orders lifted three years after landslide near Fort St. John
More than three years after a steep hillside began to slump toward the banks of the Peace River near Fort St. John, the final evacuations have been lifted in the community nearest the slide.The Peace ...
Feb 11, 2022

Super Bowl ads look toward the future - and the past
NEW YORK (AP) - Super Bowl advertisers this year want Americans to forget about pandemic woes and focus on the future: of electric vehicles, mind reading Alexas, robots and cryptocurrency - and also t...
Feb 11, 2022