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Chinese panda on long-term loan to Thailand dies suddenly
BANGKOK (AP) - A giant panda on long-term loan from China died in a zoo in northern Thailand on Wednesday, six months before she was due to return home, officials from the Chiang Mai Zoo said. The cau...
Apr 19, 2023
CAQ breaks major campaign promise on 'third link' project for Quebec City
QUEBEC - Premier Franois Legault is abandoning his government's plan to build a multi-purpose tunnel linking Quebec City to its south shore in favour of one that will be for public transit only. The s...
Apr 19, 2023
Canada to host five international speedskating events in 2023-24
OTTAWA - Canada will host five international speedskating events in the 2023-24 season. Montreal will host back-to-back short-track speedskating World Cups on Oct. 20-22 and again on Oct. 27-29. The f...
Apr 19, 2023
UN: India's population will be world's largest by mid-year
NEW DELHI (AP) - India is on track to become the world's most populous nation, surpassing China by 2.9 million people by mid-2023, according to data released by the United Nations on Wednesday. The So...
Apr 19, 2023
Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
The Edmonton Oilers, trying to put a positive spin on blowing a two-goal lead on home ice in Monday's NHL playoff opener against the never-say-die Los Angeles Kings, insist there's no reason to panic....
Apr 19, 2023
In The News for April 19: How might a federal workers' strike impact you?
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 Wednesday, April 19, 2023 ... What we are watc...
Apr 19, 2023
'Slap in the face': Freeland's Disney Plus comment made her a villain, records show
OTTAWA - Once upon a time, Chrystia Freeland attempted to relate to Canadians' cost-of-living concerns with a personal anecdote - and it didn't produce a fairy-tale ending. "I personally, as a mother ...
Apr 19, 2023
Inquest hears Vancouver officer 'feared for safety" when meeting man killed by police
BURNABY, B.C. - The first officer to interact with a man who died after a beating that involved several Vancouver police officers has told a coroner's inquest that she wasn't thinking about mental hea...
Apr 19, 2023
Former consultant to wind industry warns of turbines' toll on migrant birds in N.S.
HALIFAX - Environmental researcher John Kearney says the whirring blades of a proposed 13-turbine wind farm in Nova Scotia may cut greenhouse gases, but the risks they pose to migrating birds are too ...
Apr 19, 2023
Suspect at large in German gym stabbing that wounded 4
BERLIN (AP) - Police are searching for a man suspected of carrying out a knife attack at a gym in the western German city of Duisburg that left four people seriously wounded, officials said Wednesday....
Apr 19, 2023