Murray Wood: Fish, biscuits and scenery drawing Americans to Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says Saskatchewan's north is a big draw to American anglers, for some obvious reasons.
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Man who was wrongly imprisoned for 44 years gets $750,000
DURHAM, N.C. - A man who served nearly 44 years in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit has received compensation from the state of North Carolina. Ronnie Long told The Charlotte Observer that ...
Apr 08, 2021
Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates
BELFAST, Ireland - Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other....
Apr 08, 2021
Amazon takes early lead as union vote count gets underway
Vote counting in the union push at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, is underway but a winner may not be determined until Friday. By Thursday evening, the count was tilting heavily against the...
Apr 08, 2021
OJ Simpson, Las Vegas Strip hotel settle defamation case
LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson and a Las Vegas hotel-casino have settled a lawsuit alleging that unnamed employees defamed Simpson by telling a celebrity news site he had been banned from the property in No...
Apr 08, 2021
Explosive eruption rocks volcano on Caribbean's St. Vincent
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - An explosive eruption rocked La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent on Friday after the government ordered thousands to evacuate their homes nearby...
Apr 08, 2021
'Uniquely reprehensible': No parole for 35 years for Calgary man in triple murder
CALGARY - A Calgary man who admitted to slitting his girlfriend's throat and, days later, stabbing to death his mother and stepfather must serve 35 years before he can apply for parole. Dustin Duthie,...
Apr 08, 2021
Caucus dissent over COVID OK, breaking health rules means expulsion: Alberta premier
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is drawing a line in the sand for 18 of his backbenchers who are openly criticizing public-health restrictions meant to face down COVID-19. Kenney says dissent ...
Apr 08, 2021
Ottawa mulls exempting more workers from Canada-U.S. border shutdown: Garneau
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says Ottawa is looking at expanding the categories of essential workers allowed to travel across the Canada-U.S. border. He told a parliamentary committe...
Apr 08, 2021
Police: Employee kills 1, wounds 5 at Texas cabinet business
BRYAN, Texas - A man opened fire Thursday at a Texas cabinet-making company where he worked, killing one person and wounding five others before shooting and wounding a state trooper prior to his arres...
Apr 08, 2021
Variants of concern higher than reported, but giving precise data challenging: BCCDC
VANCOUVER - A medical director at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says the number of active COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern is higher than what has been publicly reported i...
Apr 08, 2021
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