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10-year old boy drowns in Elk Island National Park
FORT SASKATCHEWAN- RCMP say a 10-year-old boy has drowned in Astotin Lake in Elk Island National Park. Police say officers were dispatched to the park Sunday evening to investigate a report of a missi...
Jul 9, 2018
A neighbour's word can bring death sentence in Iraq IS trials
BAGHDAD - More than a decade ago, Ismail Saleh says, a neighbour wanted to marry one of Saleh’s cousins. Following the custom of their clan in northern Iraq, she was meant to wed Saleh, so the f...
Jul 9, 2018
Starbucks, citing ocean threat, is ditching plastic straws from all locations
Vancouver Starbucks locations will be the first in Canada to serve drinks without plastic straws as it works to eliminate the product from all its stores by 2020, the company announced Monday. The cof...
Jul 9, 2018
Hunger, fear, desperation: What came of an ordinary ICE raid
COVINGTON, Ky. - It had taken a decade for Brandon Tomas Tomas to establish a life in America: a wife, a steady job and five American-born children. It took 20 seconds for that life to be taken away. ...
Jul 9, 2018
Analysis: Harsh words may mean NKorea seeks deal with Trump
TOKYO - North Korea’s vitriolic criticism of the U.S. following a first round of nuclear negotiations went out of its way to spare one person: President Donald Trump. In a statement issued just ...
Jul 9, 2018
US, Europe clamp down on migration even as arrivals drop
ROME - As NATO allies convene, one issue not on their formal agenda but never far from their thoughts is immigration - even though illegal border crossings are decreasing on both sides of the Atlantic...
Jul 9, 2018
Weinstein pleads not guilty, released on bail
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein, who was previously indicted on charges involving two women, was released on bail on Monday while fighting sex crime accusations that now include a third woman. “We f...
Jul 9, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Trump off base on energy, court case, more
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump gloated about a court case that didn’t offer him the vindication he implied in his triumphant tweet. That capped a week of distortions, half-truths and swerve...
Jul 9, 2018
Beyonce, Jay-Z to headline Africa festival honouring Mandela
JOHANNESBURG - Beyonce and Jay-Z will headline a special Global Citizen Festival in honour of Nelson Mandela in South Africa late this year. The Dec. 2 concert in Johannesburg is part of events markin...
Jul 9, 2018
Window and neon sign smashed at gay landmark Stonewall Inn
NEW YORK - A teenager has been accused of smashing the front window and iconic neon sign at New York’s Stonewall Inn, a landmark in the fight for gay rights. Police say the 19-year-old was upset...
Jul 9, 2018