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'A lot of work to do:' Premiers talk child welfare with Indigenous leaders
BIG RIVER FIRST NATION, Sask. - The head of the Assembly of First Nations had a receptive audience with most of Canada's premiers Tuesday over the need to implement changes to reduce the number of Ind...
Jul 11, 2019
Skopje zoo's chimp returns after recovering from depression
Koko the chimpanzee, once a star in Skopje's zoo, has returned home after spending 10 years in the Netherlands recovering from depression, the zoo says. Koko was reunited with his keeper, Dragan Trajk...
Jul 11, 2019
More 'work to do' to mobilize Canadians on climate change action: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has more work to do to sell Canadians on his vision for more action to fight climate change. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Canadian Teachers...
Jul 11, 2019
Rattlesnake, uranium, whiskey found during traffic stop
GUTHRIE, Okla. - Police in Oklahoma say they found a rattlesnake, a canister of radioactive powdered uranium and an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey during a traffic stop of a vehicle that had b...
Jul 11, 2019
Texas murder suspect illegally crossed border into Manitoba, RCMP say
A man accused of murder in Texas is believed to be in Canada after illegally crossing the border into Manitoba, Canadian and American law enforcement officials say. Derek Whisenand, 27, had ...
Jul 11, 2019
Ottawa urges provinces to end conversion therapy as Alberta city bans practice
The federal government is urging all provincial governments to put an end to conversion therapy as it looks at changes to the Criminal Code. In a letter to the provinces and territories, Minister of J...
Jul 11, 2019
Canadian featherweight Julia Budd looks for third straight Bellator title defence
Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd says she is fighting for her legacy when she defends her Bellator featherweight title for a third time Friday night against unbeaten Israeli (Big Bad) Olga Rubin. With ...
Jul 11, 2019
NBC's Lester Holt to get Walter Cronkite journalism award
PHOENIX - Arizona State University is awarding its 2019 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism to Lester Holt, news anchor for NBC. Holt has anchored NBC's flagship "Nightly News" broadcas...
Jul 11, 2019
Trump shows love-hate for social media as he leads 'summit'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, who has weaponized social media to eviscerate opponents and promote himself, was convening a White House conference Thursday of like-minded critics of Big Tech, no...
Jul 11, 2019
Federal announcement about a threat to coming election will be a 'last resort'
OTTAWA - The threshold will be high for any decision to alert Canadians to an attempt to interfere in the coming general election, the federal government says. The extraordinary step of a public ...
Jul 11, 2019