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RCMP investigating 'undetermined death' of newborn in Brooks
BROOKS- RCMP say their major crimes unit is investigating what they are calling the ``undetermined death'' of a newborn.Mounties say they were called late Saturday morning about a sudden death at a ho...
Jan 07, 2020

Appeal Court rules on anti-abortion protest at the University of Alberta
EDMONTON- A campus group that staged an anti-abortion protest at the University of Alberta that led to a counter-demonstration has lost an appeal over how the school handled the event, but won a secon...
Jan 07, 2020

Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov down Germany in doubles to clinch 2-1 win at ATP Cup
BRISBANE, Australia - Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies 6-3, 7-6 (4) in doubles action on Tuesday to clinch a 2-1 victory over Germ...
Jan 07, 2020

Trump disregards Canada, allies with killing of Iranian general: ex-ambassador
OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former ambassador to Canada says President Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of a top Iranian general represents the latest instance of the mercurial U.S. president ...
Jan 07, 2020

Germany moves 35 soldiers from Iraq to Jordan, Kuwait
BERLIN - Germany moved 35 soldiers serving in Iraq to neighbouring Jordan and Kuwait on Tuesday amid tensions over the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general in an airstrike in Baghdad last week. The k...
Jan 07, 2020

UK woman in Cyprus gang rape case gets suspended sentence
PARALIMNI, Cyprus - A Cyprus court on Tuesday handed a four-month suspended sentence to a 19-year-old British woman who was found guilty of public mischief after authorities said she made up claims th...
Jan 07, 2020

Drunken driver in Italy plows into German tourists, kills 6
ROME - A drunken driver speeding on a mountain road plowed into a group of young German tourists in northern Italy early Sunday, killing six people and injuring 11 others, Italian authorities said. Th...
Jan 07, 2020

Maple Leaf cake gets iced and a world junior redux; In The News for Jan. 7
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 7: What we are watching in...
Jan 07, 2020

Death of Iran general spurs anxiety over fate of US hostages
WASHINGTON - The killing of a top Iranian general has ratcheted up the anxiety of families of Americans held in Iran, one month after the release of a New Jersey student had given them hope. The Trump...
Jan 07, 2020

Iran Guard leader threatens to 'set ablaze' US-backed areas
TEHRAN, Iran - The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatened on Tuesday to "set ablaze" places supported by the United States over the killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. airstrike last w...
Jan 07, 2020