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Global Affairs warns against travel to Sudan, shuts embassy following coup
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada is warning Canadians to avoid all travel to Sudan after the country's longtime leader was ousted in a military coup. The military arrested Omar al-Bashir on Thursday fol...
Apr 11, 2019
Ottawa promises new consultations on land for proposed Halifax CFL stadium
HALIFAX - The federal Crown corporation that owns the land where a stadium could be built for a proposed Halifax CFL franchise confirmed today that more public consultations will be held. La...
Apr 11, 2019
New Brunswick Liberals confirm Kevin Vickers is lone leadership candidate
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberal party has confirmed Kevin Vickers is the lone candidate for its leadership, setting the stage for his acclamation. The party's leadership steering committee says ...
Apr 11, 2019
Putin: Russia knows Mueller probe 'gave birth to a mouse'
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday mocked U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Kremlin interference in the 2016 presidential election, saying "a mou...
Apr 11, 2019
Edmonton Pride Festival cancelled citing 'current events'
EDMONTON- The organizers of the Edmonton Pride Festival have cancelled this year's event, citing the "current political and social environment."A letter from the board of directors says the decision w...
Apr 11, 2019
Judy Klassen hopes to leave Manitoba legislature for House of Commons
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba Liberal is hoping to leave her seat in the provincial legislature for one in the House of Commons. Judy Klassen says she is seeking the federal Liberal nomination in Churchi...
Apr 11, 2019
Sheriff: Rapper threatened to shoot up University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A Florida rapper has been arrested on a charge of threatening a mass shooting after song lyrics posted on Facebook say he will "catch you at a Gator game and shoot the whole campus...
Apr 11, 2019
Chronicle of Julian Assange's stay in the Ecuadorian embassy
LONDON - Julian Assange, the founder of anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, was arrested at the Embassy of Ecuador in London Thursday - seven years after he first took refuge there. A look at key events in ...
Apr 11, 2019
Ponoka teacher named A Better World Canada's Citizen of the Year
LACOMBE- Ponoka teacher Julie Lapointe has been named A Better World Canada's 2019 Citizen of the Year. The 27-year-old received the coveted honour for her volunteer efforts that started when she was ...
Apr 11, 2019 Julie Lapointe (Photo: Laura Tester)
One man's quest to find the dead after devastating cyclone
MAGARU, Mozambique - He was haunted by the thought of a small child's skull, unburied and lost in the debris of a cyclone that had claimed hundreds of lives. Stephen Fonseca stood in a field of ruined...
Apr 11, 2019