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Rain-fueled landslide in El Salvador kills 9; 1 missing
NEJAPA, El Salvador - A landslide left nine people dead, seven injured and one missing after torrential rains in El Salvador, civil defence officials said Friday. The slide occurred Thursday night whe...
Oct 31, 2020
Death toll reaches 27 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island
IZMIR, Turkey - Rescue teams on Saturday plowed through concrete blocks and the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey's Aegean coast an...
Oct 31, 2020
Unrest erupts over police killing of Black man near Portland
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Tensions boiled over into unrest late Friday following a vigil for a Black man shot and killed by law enforcement in a city near Portland, Oregon, in southwestern Washington state. ...
Oct 31, 2020
Economic recovery threatened if some workers, households left behind, Macklem says
OTTAWA - An economic rebound that leaves behind parts of the Canadian labour force in the short term could end up jeopardizing the recovery from COVID-19 in the long run, Canada's top central banker s...
Oct 31, 2020
As clocks turn back on Sunday, it's a chance to catch up on your sleep, experts say
Most Canadians will get an extra hour of sleep tonight as daylight time comes to an end and clocks turn back an hour. And while some bemoan the loss of evening sunshine, experts say the end of dayligh...
Oct 31, 2020
'No manual or checklist:' Yukon ditching fall time change this year
WHITEHORSE - As most Canadians get ready for the clocks to fall back an hour on Sunday, Yukon is sticking with daylight time.The territory decided to adopt year-round daylight time in March after a su...
Oct 31, 2020
Families prepare for pandemic-era Halloween with public health restrictions in place
TORONTO - Families across the country have assembled their costumes and stockpiled their candy to celebrate a Halloween unlike any other. Public health restrictions to protect against COVID-19 v...
Oct 31, 2020
'We just have to deal with it': Whitecaps' path to playoffs gets a little rockier
VANCOUVER - Facing an uphill battle for the playoffs, Vancouver Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos vows his squad won't go down without a fight. It's been a season full of adversity for the 'Caps (8-13-0...
Oct 30, 2020
Provincial partnership to create 3,800 paid internships in Alberta
Post-secondary students in the province will soon have more opportunities to gain real-world experience and actually get paid for it.The Mitacs Globalink Research Internship program is a non-profit or...
Oct 30, 2020
Parking pass program to help fund Kananaskis cross-country trails
KANANASKIS, Alta. - The Alberta government says skiers will need to pay for parking to have groomed cross-country trails in the popular Kananaskis Country.Minister of Environment and Parks Jason Nixon...
Oct 30, 2020