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Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot staying focused after battling cancer, COVID
For Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot, being recognized alongside the likes of LeBron James and Rafael Nadal has been part shock and part inspiration. Hearing he'd been nominated for "Comeback of the Ye...
Mar 09, 2021

Legal challenge mounted against Canada's federally mandated quarantine hotel policy
TORONTO - A constitutional rights advocacy group is mounting a legal challenge to the Canadian government's quarantine hotel policy.The Canadian Constitution Foundation has filed an application with O...
Mar 09, 2021

Is Blunt's exit an opening for ex-Gov. Greitens to return?
O'FALLON, Mo. - Eric Greitens' political future seemed doomed by scandal when he resigned as Missouri governor. Now, he appears primed to test whether Sen. Roy Blunt's retirement provides a path for r...
Mar 09, 2021

First whooping crane hatched at foundation in Wisconsin dies
BARABOO, Wis. - The first whooping crane hatched at the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin has died. Foundation officials said the crane, named Gee Whiz, died on Feb. 24 of natural causes. He...
Mar 09, 2021

Mighty Max expected to receive Zolgensma next week
Fairview, Alberta's Mighty Max Sych is expected to receive the drug Zolgensma as early as Tuesday, March 16, according to his father Bowden Sych."The plan is to travel to Edmonton on Monday, where the...
Mar 09, 2021

Arkansas governor signs near-total abortion ban into law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state, a sweeping measure that supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme C...
Mar 09, 2021

Bull moose behind fence at B.C. airport feasts on fresh trees before coaxed to leave
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A bull moose that managed to wander inside the fenced perimeter at the Prince George, B.C., airport ended up staying after finding itself alone in what an animal researcher says ...
Mar 09, 2021

Horse-racing industry demands protections as MPs mull opening up single-game betting
OTTAWA - Representatives of Canada's horse-racing industry are calling for special protections as legislators weigh a private member's bill to allow one-game sports betting, which is currently illegal...
Mar 09, 2021

Horse-racing industry demands protections as MPs mull opening up single-game betting
OTTAWA - Representatives of Canada's horse-racing industry are calling for special protections as legislators weigh a private member's bill to allow one-game sports betting, which is currently illegal...
Mar 09, 2021

Remains of Cold War-era Russian sub catches fire
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The remains of a Cold War-era Russian submarine once seen in a movie starring Harrison Ford caught fire in Providence on Tuesday morning as workers were using a blow torch to cut it...
Mar 09, 2021