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  • NewsThe Weather Network

    How to safely watch the April 8 total solar eclipse

    We're less than two weeks from a total solar eclipse passing over the eastern half of Canada. Here's how to stay safe while observing this spectacular celestial event.

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  • NewsReuters

    Kremlin says silence essential for any Gershkovich prisoner exchange

    MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Thursday complete silence was needed when it came to discussions about possible prisoner exchanges involving Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia a year ago on suspicion of espionage. Gershkovich, 32, became the first U.S. journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War when he was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on March 29. The reporter, the Journal and the U.S. government all deny he is a

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  • US PoliticsReuters

    Obama, Bill Clinton to join Biden to raise $25 million at event with Queen Latifah and Lizzo

    President Joe Biden will get a boost from Democratic predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton on Thursday at a fundraiser in New York slated to raise more than $25 million and add some oomph to Biden's 2024 re-election campaign. Biden and the two former commanders-in-chief will take part in a discussion moderated by "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert at Radio City Music Hall in front of thousands of guests at what Biden's re-election campaign said would be the most successful political fund

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  • NewsCanadian Press Videos

    Chocolate factory pumps out stock at frantic pace to meet Easter demand

    Many people across the globe will observe the weekend, either through church or some form of religious ritual; some will mark the occasion through food and family gatherings, while others look forward to tucking away as many chocolate treats for their loved ones to find. (AP video/Sebabatso Mosamo)

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    US journalist marks a year in Russian prison as courts keep extending his time behind bars

    For Evan Gershkovich, the dozen appearances in Moscow's courts over the past year have fallen into a pattern.

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    In the news today: Foreign interference inquiry continues, Ontario opens comms centre

    Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Foreign interference inquiry to hear from chief electoral officer Canada's chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, is slated to testify this morning at a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. The hearings are delving into possible foreign interference by China, India, Russia and others in the last two general elec

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Killer whale rescue tactics could involve plan to lift orca calf out of lagoon

    ZEBALLOS, B.C. — Experts are reconsidering their options on a rescue plan for the young killer whale trapped by the tide in a remote lagoon off Northern Vancouver Island. Paul Cottrell, the marine mammal co-ordinator at the Fisheries Department, says they are thinking about changing tactics in efforts to convince the two-year-old calf to leave the shallow lagoon, depending on the animal's health. He says they have not ruled out attempting to put the calf in a sling and lifting it back to the ope

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