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Climate change activist Greta Thunberg visits glacier in Jasper National Park
JASPER, Alta. - Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has visited a glacier in Jasper National Park on her way to Vancouver to attend a climate rally. In a tweet to her followers, the Swedish te...
Oct 24, 2019
Doctors urge national surveillance after curler dies during childbirth
TORONTO - The sudden death of Saskatchewan curler Aly Jenkins is shedding light on a devastating complication of childbirth that some doctors say could benefit from a national surveillance system...
Oct 24, 2019
Autoworkers from closed plants fight new GM contract
DETROIT - If they can close our plant, they can close yours, too. That's the message from workers at three shuttered General Motors factories that didn't get new products under the tentative contract ...
Oct 24, 2019
Nicki Minaj indicates she's now a married woman
NEW YORK - Ms. Minaj wants you to know she's now officially Mrs. Petty. Nicki Minaj - who has dated Kenneth Petty for about a year - seems to confirm her marriage with a video on Instagram on Monday t...
Oct 24, 2019
Outgoing ECB chief defends legacy against stimulus skeptics
FRANKFURT - Mario Draghi ended his eight-year term as head of the European Central Bank by defending his most recent stimulus package and reminding that the eurozone is now in better shape than during...
Oct 24, 2019
The 'Man in Blue'? Sheriff donates Johnny Cash deputy photo
NASHVILLE - A sheriff has presented the Johnny Cash Museum proof that the late musician who famously cultivated an image as an outlaw was in fact granted law enforcement authority decades ago. This we...
Oct 24, 2019
Singh calls for reform of 'broken' voting system after NDP falls short in Quebec
BURNABY, B.C. - If there's any election that has highlighted how "broken" Canada's electoral system is, it's this one, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in his morning-after assessment. Monday's...
Oct 24, 2019
Trudeau must keep promise to support the West, Kenney and Moe say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to support the West should be more than lip service or there will be lasting damage to national unity, say the premiers of the oil-producing Prairie provinces. ...
Oct 24, 2019
Singh calls for reform of 'broken' voting system after NDP falls short in Quebec
BURNABY, B.C. - If there's any election that has highlighted how "broken" Canada's electoral system is, it's this one, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in his morning-after assessment. Monday's...
Oct 24, 2019
Trudeau must keep promise to support the West, Kenney and Moe say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to support the West should be more than lip service or there will be lasting damage to national unity, say the premiers of the oil-producing Prairie provinces. ...
Oct 24, 2019