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Pope seeks 'Copernican revolution' for post-COVID economy
ROME - Pope Francis urged governments on Monday to use the coronavirus crisis as a revolutionary opportunity to create a world that is more economically and environmentally just - and where basic heal...
Feb 08, 2021

Swedes acquitted of desecrating sunken ferry with robot dive
STOCKHOLM - Two Swedish nationals were acquitted Monday of desecrating a sunken ferry by sending down a robot in the Baltic Sea to film the wreck of one of Europe's deadliest maritime disasters. In it...
Feb 08, 2021

Snow, ice disrupt transport in central, northern Europe
BERLIN - Transport disruption in Germany and the Netherlands persisted into a second day on Monday as heavy snowfall and icy temperatures gripped parts of central and northern Europe. Some Dutch child...
Feb 08, 2021

Israeli PM pleads not guilty as corruption trial resumes
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty on Monday as his trial on corruption charges resumed in a Jerusalem courtroom just weeks before national elections in which he ...
Feb 08, 2021

Utah police: Avalanche killed 4 local backcountry skiers
SALT LAKE CITY - Four backcountry skiers in their 20s died when one of the deadliest avalanches in Utah history hit a popular canyon, police said Sunday. Four other people also were buried in the Satu...
Feb 08, 2021

Extreme cold warning;Prairie Rose school closures this morning
MEDICINE HAT - Extreme cold weather warnings stretch from the Alberta-B.C. border as far east as Ontario this morning.Environment Canada says this block of cold air won't be going anywhere for at leas...
Feb 08, 2021

Mad Hatter & Happy Hatter - February 8
Mad HatterThat a condo building company is still building substandard, unsafe, housing under a different name. They ruined so many lives, some people lost everything because of their housing scams and...
Feb 08, 2021

'A blessing:' Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco finds way back on the ice during COVID-19
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Ryan Straschnitzki says there is nothing like the feel of being back on the ice. The former Humboldt Bronco junior hockey player, paralyzed from the chest down when a semi-trailer ble...
Feb 08, 2021

Chinese-Canadians voice worries about racism, job losses one year in to pandemic
VANCOUVER - COVID-19 has taken a toll on many Canadians, but for Chinese-Canadians the impacts have been magnified by racism aimed at individuals and businesses, community leaders say. Amy Go, the pre...
Feb 08, 2021

Health agency has no Moderna doses scheduled this week, with future amounts uncertain
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says Ottawa plans to distribute more than 70,000 Pfizer-BiotNTech vaccine doses this week ahead of a major ramp-up, but no Moderna doses are on the schedule...
Feb 08, 2021