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Toronto Blue Jays to play first two homestands at spring training facility in Florida
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will begin the 2021 regular season playing home games in Dunedin, Fla., because of border restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement Thursday mor...
Feb 18, 2021
US home construction falls 6% in January but permits up
WASHINGTON - U.S. home construction fell 6% in January but applications for building permits, which typically signal activity ahead, rose sharply. Last month's decline pushed home and apartment constr...
Feb 18, 2021
Italy's 5-Stars divided over Draghi, expel 15 senators
ROME - Italy's 5-Star Movement said Thursday that 15 of its senators will be expelled from the party after they voted "no" in a confidence vote for Premier Mario Draghi's newly formed government. The ...
Feb 18, 2021
NASA rover streaks toward a landing on Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red p...
Feb 18, 2021
TC Energy expects 'substantive' charge related to Keystone XL permit revocation
CALGARY - TC Energy Corp. says it expects to take a "substantive" charge when it reports its first-quarter results for 2021 due to the decision by U.S. President Biden to revoke the presidential permi...
Feb 18, 2021
RCMP charge Alberta man accused of threatening Conservative MP David Yurdiga
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - RCMP in Fort McMurray, Alta., say they have arrested a man accused of threatening Conservative member of Parliament David Yurdiga.Police say they took action after receiving a c...
Feb 18, 2021
Georgia's PM resigns over move to arrest opposition leader
TBILISI, Georgia - Georgia's prime minister announced his resignation Thursday following a court ruling that ordered the arrest of a man who leads the ex-Soviet nation's top opposition party. Prime Mi...
Feb 18, 2021
Quebec vaccine committee results and 7-Eleven alcohol plans: In The News for Feb. 18
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 18... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 18, 2021
Canadian Mars scientist excitedly awaits landing of NASA's Perseverance probe.
EDMONTON - Chris Herd plans to be in his living room in Edmonton today but his heart will be on Mars. The University of Alberta planetary geologist - one of a select team of scientists working with NA...
Feb 18, 2021
Declare crimes against Uighurs in China a genocide, Conservatives to urge Commons
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling for the House of Commons to formally declare crimes against minority Muslims in China a genocide. They're tabling a motion in the House of Commons today, which c...
Feb 18, 2021