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2 premiers and no government: Crisis confuses Sri Lankans
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Two men each claim to be the prime minister. Lawmakers are exchanging blows in Parliament. A former finance minister says the country is on the brink of an “economic anarchy...
Nov 22, 2018
Oldest US military survivor of Pearl Harbor dies at age 106
LOS ANGELES - Ray Chavez, the oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II, died Wednesday. He was 106. Chavez, who had be...
Nov 22, 2018
Biologist fears extent of bird mortality may grow after N.L. oil spill
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - At least 15 oiled seabirds have been spotted after Newfoundland’s largest-ever offshore oil spill, but a biologist says past spills indicate the number could be in the t...
Nov 22, 2018
CARTOON 11-22-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 11-22-2018
Nov 22, 2018
Name of potential Halifax CFL team a 'horse race' between Schooners and Storm
HALIFAX - The contest to name Halifax’s proposed CFL team appears to be a “horse race” between Atlantic Schooners and Atlantic Storm, according to a businessman trying to land a fran...
Nov 22, 2018
In the news today, Nov. 22
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Nov. 22 --- INJURED HUMBOLDT PLAYERS TO REUNITE ON ICE AGAIN Seven months after they were both paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, Ryan Straschnitzki an...
Nov 22, 2018
B.C. electoral reform option designed by University of Alberta student
VANCOUVER - The first time he was old enough to vote in an election, Sean Graham says he realized the system was flawed. His hometown riding in northern Alberta was a secure seat for a party that he d...
Nov 22, 2018
'I'm pretty pumped:' On-ice reunion for injured Humboldt Broncos hockey players
CALGARY - Seven months after they were both paralyzed in a devastating bus crash, Humboldt Broncos teammates Ryan Straschnitzki and Jacob Wasserman will have a proper reunion. Straschnitzki, a defence...
Nov 22, 2018
Winnipeg letter-bomber who cost lawyer her hand sentenced to life in prison
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba judge on Thursday called a man who sent letter bombs to his ex-wife and two law firms callous and vengeful as she sentenced him to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 ...
Nov 22, 2018
Car strikes crowd at China school, killing 5 and hurting 18
BEIJING - A car plowed into a crowd of children outside a primary school in northeastern China on Thursday, killing five people and injuring 18, a local government spokesman said. The driver was taken...
Nov 22, 2018