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Saudi Arabia says it intercepts missile attack over capital
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia said Saturday it intercepted a missile attack over its capital and bomb-laden drones targeting a southern province, the latest in a series of airborne assaul...
Feb 28, 2021
Let 'er buck: Study suggests horses learn from rodeo experience, grow calmer
CALGARY - Rodeo fans love the thrill of a bronc exploding into the ring, cowboy temporarily aboard. How the horse feels about it hasn't been so clear. Newly published research out of the University of...
Feb 28, 2021
Homan earns bye into Scotties final; Sask. finishes with 6-6 record
Ontario's Rachel Homan is headed to the final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.The three-time Canadian women's curling champion finished first in the championship pool at the 2021 Scotties in Calg...
Feb 28, 2021
Gummed-up bills in House of Commons: harbinger of a federal election?
OTTAWA - All federal party leaders maintain they don't want an election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic but the Conservatives appear to be pursuing a strategy that could give the Liberals justif...
Feb 28, 2021
Inuit midwives say they left after experiencing years of mistreatment
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Cas Augaarjuk Connelly and Rachel Qiliqti Kaludjak never wanted to stop working at a Nunavut birthing centre, but they say years of mistreatment, racism and a lack of support from t...
Feb 28, 2021
Spacewalking astronauts prep station for new solar wings
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year. NASA's K...
Feb 28, 2021
On East Coast, exhausted COVID-19 'long haulers' hope specialized clinics will emerge
HALIFAX - On evenings when Sean Hoskin collapses into bed, heart pounding and mind foggy from his yearlong battle with COVID-19, he wonders when a clinic to treat his symptoms might emerge in Atlantic...
Feb 28, 2021
Pornhub policies reveal legal gaps and lack of enforcement around exploitive videos
OTTAWA - Serena Fleites was in seventh grade when a sexually explicit video of her was uploaded to Pornhub. The fallout from that fateful post - made without her knowledge after a boyfriend demanded s...
Feb 28, 2021
Gummed-up bills in House of Commons: harbinger of a federal election?
OTTAWA - All federal party leaders maintain they don't want an election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic but the Conservatives appear to be pursuing a strategy that could give the Liberals justif...
Feb 28, 2021
Hong Kong detains 47 activists on subversion charges
Hong Kong police on Sunday detained 47 pro-democracy activists on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the city's national security law, in the largest mass charge against the semi-autonom...
Feb 28, 2021