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Environment champions want voters to make climate their main priority this fall
OTTAWA - Two leading Canadian activists say voters need to think about climate change as if we are country at war against greenhouse-gas emissions. David Suzuki and Stephen Lewis plan a...
Sep 03, 2019
Israel, Hezbollah engage in brief, intense fighting
JERUSALEM - Hezbollah militants on Sunday fired a barrage of anti-tank missiles into Israel, prompting a reprisal of heavy Israeli artillery fire in a rare burst of fighting between the bitter enemies...
Sep 03, 2019
British government denies reports that a child murderer will be sent to Canada
The British government has denied media reports that it is considering sending a child murderer to Canada to live under a new identity. Several British media reported last week that Jon...
Sep 03, 2019
Cuba Gooding Jr.'s trial on groping charges is postponed
NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr.'s trial on groping charges has been postponed until Oct. 10. Prosecutors said Tuesday they're still waiting for evidence in the Oscar-winning "Jerry Maguire" star's case. J...
Sep 03, 2019
Simone Biles 'aches' for victims after brother charged
CLEVELAND - Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles says she's struggling with the arrest of her brother who was charged in a shooting that left three dead. She said in a tweet Monday that her heart ...
Sep 03, 2019
For Julie Andrews, sudden success was 'like an assault'
VENICE, Italy - Julie Andrews is reflecting on her career at the Venice International Film Festival, where she received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award Monday evening. The 83-year-old s...
Sep 03, 2019
Foreign share of oilsands production falls from 33% to 16%
CALGARY- The foreign stake in the Alberta oilsands has been thinned over the past four years but not totally eliminated.Oilsands output attributable to non-Canadian companies rose from about 320,000 b...
Sep 03, 2019
Searchers hunt missing Spanish Olympian in mountain area
MADRID - Hundreds of searchers, helped by helicopters and drones, combed a mountainous area outside Madrid Tuesday, 10 days after the last known sighting of former alpine ski racer and Olympic medalli...
Sep 03, 2019
Searchers hunt missing Spanish Olympian in mountain area
MADRID - Hundreds of searchers, helped by helicopters and drones, combed a mountainous area outside Madrid Tuesday, 10 days after the last known sighting of former alpine ski racer and Olympic medalli...
Sep 03, 2019
Three people injured, one critically, in Edmonton apartment fire
EDMONTON- One person is in critical condition after they became trapped in a burning suite of an Edmonton apartment block.The victim had to be rescued by firefighters when flames broke out Monday afte...
Sep 03, 2019