The hundreds of crows found dead in a Charlottetown park earlier this winter likely died from a viral outbreak, according to researchers in Prince Edward Island. One dead crow was found to have contracted corvid orthoreovirus, which causes severe inflammation within the small and large intestines of infected crows and […]
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By Jim Bronskill
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
A new poll suggests almost two-thirds of Canadians believe the Russian invasion of Ukraine has the potential to develop into a world war. Just over half of those surveyed backed the idea of Canada providing military support for Ukraine against Russia as part of a joint North Atlantic Treaty Organization […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Many Ontario municipalities are keeping COVID-19 vaccine mandates for their staff even as they lift the proof-of-vaccination requirement at facilities such as community centres. The province’s vaccine certificate system covering restaurants, bars, gyms, cinemas, event spaces ended Tuesday and several municipalities confirmed vaccination would no longer be required to enter […]
By Kevin Chan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON (AP) — Car factories idled, beer stopped flowing, furniture and fashion orders ceased, and energy companies cut their pipelines. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown business plans into disarray and forced a growing number of the world’s best known brands — from Apple to Mercedes-Benz and BP — to […]
By Hilary Fox
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — Countries are snapping up the rights to “Servant of the People” — a comedy series starring the Ukrainian President, as the Ukrainian President. Back in 2015, former actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy played Vasiliy Petrovich Goloborodko, a high school teacher propelled to the presidency after a student’s video […]
By Michael MacDonald
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
A day after 22 people in rural Nova Scotia were shot dead by a man disguised as a Mountie, his common-law spouse described him as a controlling, abusive and manipulative man who had long warned he would be “going out with a bang.” The previously undisclosed comments from Lisa Banfield […]
Culturama is coming back! The Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre is organizing a revival of Culturama – a community multicultural festival. Organizers are seeking committee members and volunteers, or even just feedback on what you’d like to see! To be part of the Culturama team, reach out to Kayleigh […]
By Jim Heintz, Yuras Karmanau, Mstyslav Chernov And Vladimir Isachenkov in Kyiv
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces have seized a strategic Ukrainian seaport and besieged another as part of efforts to cut the country off from its coastline, even as Moscow said Thursday it was ready for talks to end the fighting that has sent more than 1 million people fleeing […]
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VIENNA (AP) — The United Nations’ atomic watchdog says it believes that Iran has further increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in breach of a 2015 accord with world powers. The International Atomic Energy Agency told member nations in its confidential quarterly report Thursday that Iran has an estimated […]
By Stephen Wade
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Faced with threats of withdrawals and growing animosity in the Athletes Village, organizers of the Winter Paralympics on Thursday reversed course and expelled athletes from Russia and Belarus. The about-face came less than 24 hours after the International Paralympic Committee announced it would allow Russians and Belarusians to compete when […]
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LEEDS, England (AP) — New manager, similar ethos. Don’t expect Leeds to look markedly different under the leadership of new American coach Jesse Marsch following his arrival at the struggling English Premier League club as the replacement for the fired Marcelo Bielsa. That, after all, is the reason why Marsch […]
