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Mount Polley mine disaster five years later; emotions, accountability unresolved
VICTORIA - People are swimming and fishing in Quesnel Lake five years after the largest environmental mining disaster in Canadian history, but residents of Likely, B.C., are still struggling with...
Aug 06, 2019
Report: Iran seizes tanker carrying 'smuggled fuel' in Gulf
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian forces seized a ship in the Persian Gulf suspected of carrying smuggled fuel, state media reported Sunday, marking the Revolutionary Guard's third seizure of a vessel in recent ...
Aug 06, 2019
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton writing book on 'Gutsy Women'
NEW YORK - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton are teaming up for "The Book of Gutsy Women," honouring everyone from scientist Marie Curie to climate activist Greta Thunberg. Simon & Schust...
Aug 06, 2019
Kashmir tensions intensify amid India-Pakistan skirmishes
SRINAGAR, India - Tensions have soared along the volatile, highly militarized frontier between India and Pakistan in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, as India has deployed more troops and ord...
Aug 06, 2019
2020 Democrats lay blame on Trump's rhetoric for shootings
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Democratic presidential candidates sought to lay blame Sunday on President Donald Trump following a pair of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, saying his language against minorities ...
Aug 06, 2019
Unknowns in Ohio shooting: Did gunman target his sister?
DAYTON, Ohio - Police worked Monday to pin down why a 24-year-old gunman killed nine people, including his sister, in a weekend shooting rampage in a popular nightlife area in Dayton, Ohio. Connor Bet...
Aug 06, 2019
In the news today, August 6
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, August 6 --- WEEKEND SHOOTINGS LEAVE 13 PEOPLE INJURED Thirteen people were injured after nearly a dozen shootings across Toronto over the long wee...
Aug 06, 2019
China vows countermeasures if US deploys missiles in Asia
BEIJING - China said Tuesday it "will not stand idly by" and will take countermeasures if the U.S. deploys intermediate-range missiles in the Indo-Pacific region, which it plans to do within months. T...
Aug 05, 2019
China's yuan falls further to US dollar amid trade war fears
BEIJING - China's yuan fell further Tuesday against the U.S. dollar, fueling fears about increasing global damage from Beijing's trade war with President Donald Trump. The yuan declined to 7.0562 to t...
Aug 05, 2019
Klingensmith, Sojka rake in crucial victory for Mavericks in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - With two games left before playoffs, the Medicine Hat Mavericks will control their own destiny when it comes to home field advantage.That was made possible by the team's most importan...
Aug 05, 2019 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin