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Trudeau appears open to safer-opioid proposal in Vancouver: mayor
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seems open to a proposal from Vancouver to provide millions of dollars in funding for a safe supply of opioids to reduce overdose deaths, Mayor Kennedy Stewart s...
Nov 23, 2019
Daddy Yankee to open reggaeton museum in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico reggaeton star Daddy Yankee is opening a museum in the U.S. Caribbean territory that will be dedicated to his life and the music that made him famous. The Daddy Yan...
Nov 23, 2019
Montreal Impact bring back designated players Ignacio Piatti and Saphir Taider
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact exercised contract options on designated players Ignacio Piatti and Saphir Taider and nine others Thursday. In bringing Taider back, the Impact made the Algerian in...
Nov 23, 2019
Trump's national security adviser says Canada should reject Huawei telecom bid
HALIFAX - Donald Trump's national security adviser has issued a dire warning to Canada about Chinese telecom giant Huawei, saying Ottawa should reject the company's plan to deploy its 5G net...
Nov 23, 2019
Pennsylvanians to get more time on sex abuse charges, suits
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The state where a grand jury's groundbreaking report set off a new wave of reckoning over sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church passed legislation Thursday giving victims more ti...
Nov 23, 2019
Public Safety once again a sprawling portfolio of pressing concerns
OTTAWA - Just over a year ago, Bill Blair took the reins of a new federal ministry - border security and organized crime reduction - hived off from veteran minister Ralph Goodale's sprawling...
Nov 23, 2019
Worker knocked unconscious in Winnipeg liquor store robbery, one suspect charged
WINNIPEG - Police have charged a 15-year-old boy in a violent liquor store robbery that sent one worker to hospital in critical condition. The theft at a Winnipeg outlet Wednesday was the latest in a ...
Nov 23, 2019
‘Uncut Gems,’ ‘The Lighthouse’ top Spirit Awards nominations
NEW YORK - Josh and Benny Safdie's Diamond District crime film "Uncut Gems" and Robert Eggers' fever-dream period tale "The Lighthouse" led the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards with five nod...
Nov 23, 2019
Israel’s Netanyahu indicted on corruption charges
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted Thursday in a series of corruption cases, throwing Israel's paralyzed political system into further disarray and threatening his 10-year grip...
Nov 23, 2019
Pentagon's top watchdog paints gloomy picture of fight against ISIL
OTTAWA - The Pentagon's top watchdog is painting a gloomy picture about the five-year-old fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, warning that recent actions in Syria have allowed ISIL...
Nov 23, 2019