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Attawapiskat musician releases protest song with Justin Trudeau in mind
TORONTO - Attawapiskat singer Adrian Sutherland says he was thinking of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau when he wrote a protest song ahead of the federal election about broken political promises. B...
Oct 17, 2019
Powerful Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings has died
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become the powerful chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald ...
Oct 17, 2019
'See you at the polls': Trump and Pelosi have it out
WASHINGTON - He said she's a "third-grade" politician. She said he's having a meltdown. And with that President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chalked up the latest explosive meeting that...
Oct 17, 2019
Re-elected Liberal government would stand up for abortion rights in NB: Trudeau
FREDERICTON - Justin Trudeau is promising that a re-elected Liberal government would come to the rescue of an abortion clinic in Fredericton that could be forced to shut down without provincial fundin...
Oct 17, 2019
Medicine Hat businessman and historian to be inducted to Alberta Order of Excellence today
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A well-known Medicine Hat resident will be receiving the province's highest civilian honour today.Malcolm Sissons is one of eight Albertans who will be invested into the Alberta Ord...
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Researchers find little evidence of fake messaging during federal campaign
OTTAWA - Researchers combing through millions of social-media posts during the federal election campaign say relatively little disinformation has been swirling through cyberspace. The preliminary find...
Oct 17, 2019
Hunter Biden denies wrongdoing in Ukraine, China dealings
WASHINGTON - Hunter Biden, acknowledging that his family name created business opportunities, rejected assertions by President Donald Trump that he did anything wrong by engaging in foreign work in Uk...
Oct 17, 2019
Former CFL player Duke Williams making most of second NFL opportunity
ORCHARD PARK, United States - D'haquille (Duke) Williams is forever grateful to the CFL and Edmonton Eskimos. The six-foot-three, 225-pound receiver will make his second NFL start Sunday when Buf...
Oct 17, 2019
Some disabled Canadians feeling left out of discussion during election campaign
Amy Amantea tuned in to the English-language federal leaders' debate with modest hope there would be at least some discussion of issues relevant to disabled Canadians. The first half of the campa...
Oct 17, 2019
UK's Prince William, Kate see Pakistani cultural hub Lahore
LAHORE, Pakistan - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate are touring Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, where they will visit a cancer hospital previously visited by William's mother, the late Pr...
Oct 17, 2019