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Canada offers more money to COVAX while vaccine dose donations stall
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is donating another $220 million to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance. The funds will bring Canada's total monetary donation to COVAX to abou...
Apr 08, 2022

Jury deadlocked on some charges in Whitmer kidnap plot trial
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Jurors say they've reached decisions on some charges and are deadlocked on others in the trial of four men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. U...
Apr 08, 2022

No new murder trial for former Quebec judge Jacques Delisle, court rules
QUEBEC - A former Quebec judge found guilty in 2012 of fatally shooting his wife and whose conviction was overturned last year by the federal justice minister won't face a new trial. Jacques Delisle, ...
Apr 08, 2022

Boris Becker found guilty over bankruptcy, could face jail
LONDON (AP) - Tennis great Boris Becker could face a jail sentence after being found guilty on Friday of illicitly moving thousands of dollars from a bank account after he was declared bankrupt. A jur...
Apr 08, 2022

Live Updates | New Japan moves hit Russian officials, trade
TOKYO - Japan is expelling eight Russian diplomats and trade officials and will phase out imports of Russian coal and oil. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that Moscow must be held accountable...
Apr 08, 2022

Canada's Christine Sinclair focusing on 'bigger things' than scoring milestone
VANCOUVER - Canadian soccer legend Christine Sinclair isn't looking backwards. While a celebration is set to be held Friday for a record-setting goal she scored more than two years ago, Sinclair isn't...
Apr 08, 2022

Whitecaps look to fell slumping Timbers in first Cascadia matchup of the season
VANCOUVER - Just five games into the Major League Soccer season, Vanni Sartini says his side Vancouver Whitecaps are preparing for another crucial match. Facing the Portland Timbers is always a big de...
Apr 08, 2022

Montreals Mihailovic looking to carry good form into clash with Red Bulls
Djordje Mihailovic is still a catalyst for CF Montral's offence, but this season he's performing that role in a very different way. After breaking the single-season franchise record with 16 assists la...
Apr 08, 2022

Jose Berríos expects butterflies ahead of start in Blue Jays home opener
TORONTO - Jos Berros knows he'll have goosebumps as he warms up ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays home opener. Berros will be Toronto's starting pitcher in its season debut at Rogers Centre against the T...
Apr 08, 2022

Ukrainian leaders predict more gruesome discoveries ahead
CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian authorities say a rocket strike killed more than 30 people and wounded over 100 at a train station that was being used to evacuate civilians in eastern Ukraine. The...
Apr 08, 2022