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Neil Young, wife actress Daryl Hannah surprise crowd at Victoria old-growth rally

Neil Young, wife actress Daryl Hannah surprise crowd at Victoria old-growth rally

VICTORIA — Canadian music legend Neil Young made a surprise appearance Saturday at an old-growth logging protest rally at the British Columbia legislature.

Spain confirms the release of incarcerated national in Iran

MADRID (AP) — A 24-year-old Spanish citizen has been released from prison in Iran after almost four months, Spain's Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
Black Mississippi capital distrusts plans by white officials

Black Mississippi capital distrusts plans by white officials

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Random gunfire, repeated break-ins and a decaying city water system are constant challenges at Mom’s Dream Kitchen, the soul food restaurant Timothy Norris’ mother opened 35 years ago in Mississippi’s capital.
Black Mississippi capital distrusts plans by white officials

Black Mississippi capital distrusts plans by white officials

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Random gunfire, repeated break-ins and a decaying city water system are constant challenges at Mom's Dream Kitchen, the soul food restaurant Timothy Norris' mother opened 35 years ago in Mississippi's capital.
Alberta expecting another gusher in budget ahead of provincial election

Alberta expecting another gusher in budget ahead of provincial election

EDMONTON — Alberta is scheduled to introduce its budget Tuesday — the last before a spring provincial election — with political observerswondering what the province will do with all its billions of extra petrodollars.
Belarus leader and Putin ally Lukashenko to visit China

Belarus leader and Putin ally Lukashenko to visit China

BEIJING (AP) — Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and a close ally of the Russian leader, will visit Beijing this week, China's Foreign Ministry said, as U.S. concerns grow that China is considering providing military aid to Russia.
Carter: Still a model for candidates asking 'Why not me?'

Carter: Still a model for candidates asking 'Why not me?'

ATLANTA (AP) — As the 2024 campaign season begins, political players are looking in the mirror and deciding whether they see an American president staring back. It was no different for Jimmy Carter in the early 1970s.
Sri Lanka police fire tear gas at election protest; 15 hurt

Sri Lanka police fire tear gas at election protest; 15 hurt

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Police in Sri Lanka on Sunday fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters angry over a decision to postpone local elections after the government said it cannot finance them because of the country's crippling econ
Inuit 15 times more likely to be jailed in Quebec than the provincial average

Inuit 15 times more likely to be jailed in Quebec than the provincial average

MONTREAL — Osman Ilgun was arrested in September 2021 and soon transferred to a detention centre 1,500 kilometres away from his home in the Inuit community of Quaqtaq in Quebec's Nunavik region. At the jail in Amos, Que.
Black activist who became PM of Dominica was target of RCMP dirty tricks: documents

Black activist who became PM of Dominica was target of RCMP dirty tricks: documents

OTTAWA — It has long been known that the RCMP Security Service took a keen interest in Roosevelt "Rosie" Douglas, a Black rights activist who attended school in Canada and would go on to be prime minister of Dominica.
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