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India's former foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, dies at 67
NEW DELHI - Sushma Swaraj, India's former external affairs minister and a leader of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, died Tuesday at a hospital in New Delhi. She was 67. Swaraj die...
Aug 06, 2019
Time of essence as Fraser River slide blocks spawning salmon: Wilkinson
Federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says officials are working against the clock as they look for ways to clear a path for salmon that are blocked from spawning areas by a landslide on the F...
Aug 06, 2019
Cyntoia Brown scheduled to leave prison after clemency
NASHVILLE - Cyntoia Brown is scheduled to be released from prison this week after being granted clemency . Brown said she was a sex trafficking victim at the time she killed a man in 2004, when she wa...
Aug 06, 2019
Goodale unveils details of $22 million to combat child abuse online
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says provincial and municipal police forces will receive $15 million to combat the exploitation of children online. The Liberal government committed about...
Aug 06, 2019
Freeland, British counterpart share views on Canadians detained in China
TORONTO - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and her British counterpart presented a united front Tuesday when it came to voicing concerns about two Canadians detained in China. Freeland ...
Aug 06, 2019
Students, parents, friends among the dead in shootings
One man protected his wife and granddaughter before he was fatally shot; another was killed during an outing with his beloved son. Stories of bravery and loss are emerging from the shootings that took...
Aug 06, 2019
El Paso opens healing centre as it prepares for Trump visit
EL PASO, Texas - El Paso officials opened a grief centre on Tuesday to help people cope with last weekend's mass shooting at a Walmart, in which 22 people, nearly all with Latino last names, were kill...
Aug 06, 2019
GOP governor urges gun sale background checks after shooting
DAYTON, Ohio - Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio's Republican governor urged the GOP-led Legislature on Tuesday to pass laws requiring background checks f...
Aug 06, 2019
Cyntoia Brown, soon to be freed from prison, has book deal
NEW YORK - Cyntoia Brown, whose imprisonment for murder when she was 16 inspired a public campaign for her freedom, has a book out this fall. Brown's "Free Cyntoia" will be published Oct. 15, Atria Bo...
Aug 06, 2019
Argos, Roughriders quarterbacks, Redblacks returner named CFL top performers
Toronto Argonauts quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson, Ottawa Redblacks returner DeVonte Dedmon and Saskatchewan Roughriders QB Cody Fajardo are the CFL's top performers of the week for Week 8. Bethel-...
Aug 06, 2019