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Vancouver shipyard used one new coast guard vessel to repair, deliver another
OTTAWA - New documents show a Vancouver shipyard was able to deliver the first of the coast guard's three new science vessels last week only by cannibalizing parts from one of the other ships for repa...
Jul 06, 2019
Baseball faces crowded sports market in Britain, Europe
LONDON - Making the long walk from the Stratford train station through a mall and to Olympic Stadium, fans headed to the first Major League Baseball games in Europe passed retailers filled with gear f...
Jul 06, 2019
Parliament has an official sergeant-at-arms, after four-year wait
OTTAWA - The federal government has officially appointed a new sergeant-at-arms for the House of Commons, four years after the appointee took on that role in an acting capacity. The Prime Mi...
Jul 06, 2019
Don Was leads Detroit revue celebrating Motown milestone
DETROIT - Don Was is bringing his bass back to Detroit to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Motown Records with a stage full of friends. The Detroit-raised performer and producer leads the 12th Don Wa...
Jul 06, 2019
Survivor on Stromboli dodged falling volcanic material
MILAN - A pair of hikers found themselves trapped by flames after a volcano erupted on the Sicilian island of Stromboli and thought they had escaped to safety but only one of the men survived, a Brazi...
Jul 06, 2019
Trump asks Americans to 'stay true to our cause'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump celebrated the story of America as "the greatest political journey in human history" in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy but cheering crowd of spectato...
Jul 06, 2019
Royal baby Archie to have private Windsor Castle christening
LONDON - The youngest member of Britain's royal family, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, is being christened Saturday in a private family ceremony at Windsor Castle. The 2-month-old son of the Duke and Duc...
Jul 06, 2019
Spain: Pamplona kicks off running of bulls festival
PAMPLONA, Spain - The blast of a traditional firework has kicked off Pamplona's famed running of the bulls festival, opening nine days of uninterrupted partying. A member of the northern city's offici...
Jul 06, 2019
Protesters say storming of legislature born of desperation
HONG KONG - It was almost noon on Monday when hundreds of protesters outside Hong Kong's legislature voted to break in. Watching from the side, one protester disagreed. They were too few, 19-year-old ...
Jul 06, 2019
Plans to save threatened B.C. caribou on hold as NDP mends fences
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan's New Democrats continue to face widespread criticism in northeast British Columbia over the government's attempts to introduce plans to save threatened caribou herds. P...
Jul 06, 2019