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Back-to-back summers of smoke and fire stoke B.C. tourism industry fears
CALGARY - The smoke has cleared after the worst forest fire season in B.C. history but tourism operators fear the reputational damage to their industry will linger far into the future. Hundreds of wil...
Sep 30, 2018
Quebec officials scramble after first confirmed case of fatal deer disease
MONTREAL - Officials in Quebec are banking on a massive cull of the province’s deer population to help prevent the spread of a fatal disease after its first-ever case was detected on a game farm...
Sep 30, 2018
Conservation group blasts province for targeting predators to protect sheep
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is expanding the bighorn sheep hunt in part of the Cariboo region at the same time it targets the animals’ natural predators to protect two herds in a...
Sep 30, 2018
Typhoon pummels Japan, flights cancelled, trains shut down
TOKYO - A powerful typhoon ripped through Japan on Sunday, forcing cancellations of flights and trains, including in the Tokyo area as authorities warned of strong winds and torrential rain. Farms and...
Sep 30, 2018
Trump on Kim: Tough talk ... 'and then we fell in love'
President Donald Trump told a cheering crowd at a campaign rally that there was once tough talk “back and forth” between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “and then we fell in ...
Sep 30, 2018
Macedonia: Referendum approves name change, but turnout low
SKOPJE, Macedonia - A referendum on changing Macedonia’s name as part of a deal that would pave the way for NATO membership won overwhelming support Sunday, but low voter turnout highlighted the...
Sep 30, 2018
Boko Haram has been repelled, Cameroon's leader declares
YAOUNDE, Cameroon - Cameroon’s president says Boko Haram has been defeated in the country, the first such announcement since he declared war on the extremist group four years ago. President Paul...
Sep 30, 2018
FBI interviews accuser; Yale friend remembers heavy drinker
WASHINGTON - FBI agents on Sunday interviewed one of the three women who have accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct as Republicans and Democrats quarreled over whether the...
Sep 30, 2018
Iraq's Kurds hold elections for regional parliament
IRBIL, Iraq - Iraq’s self-ruled Kurdish region held its long-delayed parliamentary elections on Sunday, a year after a vote for independence sparked a punishing backlash from Baghdad, leaving Ku...
Sep 30, 2018
Warning system might have saved lives in Indonesian tsunami
MAKASSAR, Indonesia - An early warning system that might have prevented some deaths in the tsunami that hit an Indonesian island on Friday has been stalled in the testing phase for years. The high-tec...
Sep 30, 2018