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Waves of nostalgia for Canadians taught to swim by Red Cross as program winds down
Jaime Gonek doesn't remember what happened to the yellow jacket she had as a kid, the one adorned with sewed-on...
19-year-old woman sets record for solo global flight
BRUSSELS (AP) - Home! And no longer alone. The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford set a world record as the...
Reitmans exits court protection after 20 months; pays $95 million to creditors
MONTREAL - Reitmans (Canada) Ltd. says it has paid creditors $95 million as it exits creditor protection after about 20...
U.S. Mint begins shipping quarters honoring Maya Angelou
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States Mint said Monday it has begun shipping quarters featuring the image of poet Maya...
Scientists explore Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier
A team of scientists are sailing to “the place in the world that's the hardest to get to” so they...
More than 500 new species, including colourful beetles and a ‘hell heron,’ discovered in 2021
(CNN) -- Shrimplike creatures, an extinct dinosaur called the "hell heron" and colorful beetles are among the 552 new species...
Advertisements draw flak in China over Asian stereotypes
BEIJING (AP) - Advertisements featuring some Chinese models have sparked feuding in China over whether their appearance and makeup are...
Banks offer big climate commitments in 2021, but key details are yet to come
TORONTO - Corporate commitments to become net-zero by 2050 became so trendy this year, Canada's big banks made them twice....
Marines on snowmobiles help Santa in Alaska’s remote Arctic
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Marines on snowmobiles helped Santa this month while delivering toys to boys and girls in Alaska's...
NASA confirms next Friday for Webb Space Telescope launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is shooting for next Friday - Christmas Eve - to launch its newest space...
NASA’s newest X-ray telescope rockets into orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's newest X-ray observatory rocketed into orbit Thursday to shed light on exploded stars, black...
Thousands of messages from Afghans went unanswered during chaotic UK evacuation effort: whistleblower
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Foreign Office abandoned many of the nation's allies in Afghanistan and left them to the mercy...
Traditional wrestling continues as a Friday fixture in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Through clouds of billowing dust, two men circle each other warily before one plunges forward, grabbing...
Ontario boy gives passionate pre-game speech to his favourite hockey team
A six-year-old Ontario boy won the opportunity to address his favourite hockey team and video of the passionate pre-game speech...
Fossil footprints puzzle scientists: Bear or ancient human?
WASHINGTON (AP) - Prehistoric footprints that have puzzled scientists since the 1970s are getting a second look: Were they left...
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