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'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
The Liberals broke their promise on electoral reform. Will it hurt them in 2019?
OTTAWA - Andrew Cash thinks the Liberal promise to bring in electoral reform might have cost him his job. He also believes the fact that the Liberals abandoned the pledge, which he said is one of many...
Oct 14, 2019
Report: South Korean pop star Sulli found dead at home
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - News reports say South Korean pop star and actress Sulli has been found dead at her home south of Seoul. A report by Yonhap news agency said the 25-year-old was found Monda...
Oct 14, 2019
The Latest: 3 awarded economics Nobel for study on poverty
STOCKHOLM - The Latest on the Nobel prize in economics (all times local): 11:50 a.m. The Nobel prize in economics has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their exper...
Oct 14, 2019