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How two blind brothers became Two Blind Brothers for a cause
NEW YORK - Would you buy something you can't see? That's the question posed by two New York brothers who've lost much of their vision to a rare degenerative eye disorder and have dedicated their lives...
Nov 05, 2020
UEFA asks FIFA for handball law change to stop harsh calls
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has received a request from UEFA to adjust the handball law again to provide more flexibility for referees and prevent players being unfairly punished. In a letter to I...
Nov 05, 2020
Vancouver council waits until staff report in 2021 before making Olympic bid decision
VANCOUVER - City council will wait until early 2021 before deciding whether Vancouver should make a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics. In a message posted on social media, Coun. Melissa De Genova says ...
Nov 05, 2020
Vancouver council waits until staff report in 2021 before making Olympic bid decision
VANCOUVER - City council will wait until early 2021 before deciding whether Vancouver should make a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics. In a message posted on social media, Coun. Melissa De Genova says ...
Nov 05, 2020
US productivity increases 4.9% in third quarter
WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity increased between July and September but at a slower pace than in the previous quarter. Productivity advanced 4.9% in the third quarter, following an even larger 10.6% s...
Nov 05, 2020
751,000 seek US jobless benefits as virus hobbles economy
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face of t...
Nov 05, 2020
Kosovo president resigns to face war crimes charges
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo's war for independence from Serbia in the 1990s, resigned on Thursday in order to face charges for war crimes and c...
Nov 05, 2020
Biden closes in on Oval Office and a rare case swine flu: In The News for Nov. 5
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 Nov. 5 ...What we are watching ...With his roo...
Nov 05, 2020
Moving to Canada didn't ease this American's election-induced stress
Melanie Gardner moved to Canada to escape Donald Trump's presidency, but even on the other side of the border she said the stress of the U.S. election is taking a physical toll. "I just went to the de...
Nov 05, 2020
Ottawa's silence necessary during U.S. election uncertainty: democracy experts
OTTAWA - The political silence in Ottawa was deafening on Wednesday after Donald Trump's bombastic declarations of victory in the U.S. presidential election and his threat to take his re-election figh...
Nov 05, 2020

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Possible firearm involved
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Fatal Collision, Highway Closed
One person dead in crash near Revelstoke
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Salaries
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Police Watchdog Investigation
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Highway Closures
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