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'Save the kids!' Dorian survivor tells the harrowing story of his wife's death
TORONTO - Cialin Dany knew he was in trouble when he saw a massive palm tree laying on the ground next to the Abaco Lodge. As hurricane Dorian whirled at the door, Dany, 32, took his Canadia...
Oct 14, 2019
Meet the candidates - Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE - The riding includes the City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge County, which includes Coaldale, Coalhurst, Pincher Creek and Nobleford.In the 2015 election, Rachael Harder with the Conservativ...
Oct 14, 2019 Lethbridge Riding Map (Elections Canada)
Pope's bodyguard resigns over new financial leaks scandal
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' chief bodyguard resigned Monday over the leak of a Vatican police flyer identifying five Holy See employees who were suspended as part of a financial investigation. The Va...
Oct 14, 2019
'Behind until proven otherwise:' Liberals facing uphill fight in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Liberal wave of 2015 was especially pronounced in Winnipeg, where the Grits took seven of eight seats in the city, including ones long-held by the NDP and Conservatives. It was the kind...
Oct 14, 2019
'Blond hair everywhere:' Nurse first on scene remembers Humboldt Broncos crash
Vivian York recalls that the debris was still flying when she drove up to an intersection where the Humboldt Broncos hockey bus and a semi-truck carrying peat moss had just collide...
Oct 14, 2019
For opera legend Placido Domingo, the show goes on in Europe
MILAN - Even as his U.S. career seemingly winds down amid accusations of sexual harassment, opera legend Placido Domingo remains on the bill of a host of European opera houses. But cracks, even if sli...
Oct 14, 2019
Elizabeth May promises 'national re-examination' of veterans programs, pensions
CHARLOTTETOWN - Canada needs a "national re-examination" of veterans issues and the Greens would begin it immediately if they won power, Elizabeth May says. Campaigning in Atlantic Canada on Satu...
Oct 14, 2019
Great white tagging program off N.S. stirs debate over treatment of sharks
LUNENBURG, N.S. - Enthusiastic scientists aboard the research vessel MV Ocearch pumped their fists as a voice crackled over the radio announcing the expedition had hooked its 11th ...
Oct 14, 2019
Economists who study poverty win Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM - The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty." Banerjee ...
Oct 14, 2019
Turkish forces say they've captured key Syrian border town
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey - Turkey's military said it captured a key Syrian border town under heavy bombardment Saturday in its most significant gain since an offensive against Kurdish fighters began four d...
Oct 14, 2019