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Supreme Court upholds residential school compensation for former student
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a former residential-school student is entitled to compensation for abuse, in a decision that helps clarify the scope of appeals in such cases. The decis...
Apr 12, 2019
Bianca Andreescu won't play for Canada in Fed Cup due to injured shoulder
TORONTO - Bianca Andreescu is eyeing a return to the WTA Tour in May after a shoulder injury forced the rising Canadian tennis star to bow out of her fourth-round match at the Miami Open last month. A...
Apr 12, 2019
Europe hurt by US trade threats, central bank says
FRANKFURT - The head of the European Central Bank warned that global friction over trade - such as U.S. threats to impose more tariffs - is holding back the economy and underlined the bank's readiness...
Apr 12, 2019
Institute unveils 'Team Canada of cancer research' in city where Fox began run
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It is being touted as the "Team Canada of cancer research." The Terry Fox Research Institute has launched a new national network to bring together leading cancer hospitals and ...
Apr 12, 2019
We vote where?
LEDUC- A couple from Leduc were puzzled after receiving a card that told them they were supposed to cast their Alberta election ballots in Longview.But that's about 300 kilometres away from where they...
Apr 12, 2019
Court hears religious doctrine emphasized obedience to men in child bride case
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A British Columbia court heard evidence from three former members of a polygamous religious group in the trial of a man charged with removing a 15-year-old girl from Canada to marry ...
Apr 12, 2019
Advisers: Baltimore's mayor still recovering from pneumonia
BALTIMORE - Close advisers to Baltimore's embattled mayor said Tuesday that she's staying out of public view because of a serious case of pneumonia, not the mounting scandal involving her sale of her ...
Apr 12, 2019
Science fact: Astronomers reveal first image of a black hole
WASHINGTON - Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting a fiery ring of gravity-twisted light swirling around the edge of the abyss. The picture, assembled f...
Apr 12, 2019
Judge orders detention of former Peruvian president
LIMA, Peru - A Peruvian judge on Wednesday ordered the 10-day detention of former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski as part of a money laundering probe into his consulting work for the company at the he...
Apr 12, 2019
Ohio governor signs ban on abortion after 1st heartbeat
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A bill imposing one of the most stringent abortion restrictions in the nation was signed into law in Ohio on Thursday, banning abortions after a detectable heartbeat in a long-sought ...
Apr 12, 2019