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Camel, cow, donkey found roaming together along Kansas road
GODDARD, Kan. - Authorities discovered a camel, a cow and a donkey roaming together along a Kansas road in a grouping reminiscent of a Midwestern Christmas Nativity scene. The Goddard Police Departmen...
Nov 18, 2019
Montreal honours 'hero' driver who used SUV to shield pedestrians
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is honouring a man hailed as a hero after he used his SUV to shield pedestrians from a speeding car. Mayor Valerie Plante praised Erick Ma...
Nov 18, 2019
Trudeau pressed to ensure less restrictive assisted-dying law a priority
OTTAWA - Even before he swears in his new cabinet, Justin Trudeau is being urged to ask his new justice minister to move swiftly to make Canada's assisted-dying law less restrictive. Th...
Nov 18, 2019
Trump summons Powell to discuss rates amid WH attacks on Fed
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump summoned Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to the White House on Monday to discuss the economy and interest rates - issues on which Trump has repeatedly attack...
Nov 18, 2019
Omar Khadr appeal American military court remains in limbo: lawyer
A military court is refusing to lift a stay of Omar Khadr's appeal of his convictions in Guantanamo Bay. His Edmonton lawyer, Nate Whitling, says the new order by the United States Court of Milit...
Nov 18, 2019
Kylie Jenner sells stake in beauty empire to CoverGirl owner
NEW YORK - Kylie Jenner is selling a stake of her beauty business to CoverGirl owner Coty, in a deal that values the reality TV star's company at about $1.2 billion. Coty said Monday that it will pay ...
Nov 18, 2019
Prince Andrew’s efforts to put scandal behind him backfire
LONDON - Prince Andrew's effort to put the Jeffrey Epstein scandal behind him may have instead done him irreparable harm. While aides are trying to put the best face on his widely criticized interview...
Nov 18, 2019
US softens position on Israel settlements in West Bank
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to announce on Monday that the U.S. is softening its position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a series of Trump ...
Nov 18, 2019
St. George's Academy makes Hockey Hounds history with three-peat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds bantam tournament has endured close to a half century, but on Sunday something happened at the Kinplex that has never occurred before.The St. George's...
Nov 18, 2019 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin
Environment groups say climate change should dominate cabinet choices
OTTAWA - Several environment leaders say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to put action on climate change in the mandate letter of every minister he names to his inner circle. Trudeau is set to unv...
Nov 18, 2019