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P.E.I. Greens suspend activities after tragedy in campaign's final days
CHARLOTTETOWN - With the provincial election campaign drawing to a close in P.E.I., Green party Leader Peter Bevan-Baker has suspended all canvassing and other events today as the party grie...
Apr 22, 2019
Notre Dame fire was a warning bell. But will Europe listen?
PARIS - It's a thin line where the patina of age on Europe's countless monuments gives way to the onset of neglect. Like with so many loved ones, all is assumed to be fine, until suddenly it's not. In...
Apr 22, 2019
Nothing wrong with help from Russians, Trump lawyer says
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani insisted there was "nothing wrong" with the president's 2016 campaign taking information from the Russians, as House Democrats pledged steppe...
Apr 22, 2019
Buttigieg scrambles to turn 2020 buzz into momentum
MANCHESTER, N.H. - There are no policy positions on his website. He has virtually no paid presence in the states that matter most. And his campaign manager is a high school friend with no experience i...
Apr 22, 2019
Bodies of three mountain climbers recovered after last week's Banff avalanche
BANFF, Alta. - The bodies have been recovered of three renowned mountain climbers who were believed to have been caught in a large avalanche in Banff National Park last week. Efforts to find the men -...
Apr 22, 2019
Sandbagging efforts in high gear in Quebec, New Brunswick flood zones
MONTREAL - More than 600 Canadian soldiers have fanned out across Quebec, filling and stacking sandbags as officials warn that flood waters are likely to keep rising this week due to warming temp...
Apr 22, 2019
Grassy Narrows worries about fate of Trudeau Liberals' promised treatment home
OTTAWA - The chief of a First Nation in northwestern Ontario long-plagued by the debilitating impacts of mercury contamination says he is worried about the fate of a federally promised ...
Apr 22, 2019
In the news today, April 22
Three stories in the news for Monday, April 22 --- FLOOD WATERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING IN QUEBEC, N.B. More than 600 Canadian soldiers have fanned out across Quebec, filling and stackin...
Apr 22, 2019
Rocky RCMP investigating fatal quad rollover
RCMP are investigating a quad rollover that killed a 44-year-old man northeast of Rocky Mountain House Sunday.Mounties say it happened at 3:04 a.m. when police were dispatched to a residential drivewa...
Apr 22, 2019
Paris Easter Mass honours firefighters who saved Notre Dame
PARIS - The archbishop of Paris and Catholics from around France and the world honoured the firefighters who saved Notre Dame Cathedral, praying Sunday at a special Easter Mass for a swift reconstruct...
Apr 22, 2019