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Brazil's ex-leader still leads in polls after arrest
SAO PAULO - Even imprisonment hasn’t knocked former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva out of the lead in Brazil’s presidential race. A poll released Sunday by the Datafolha institute sho...
Apr 16, 2018
This red tide might be good news for New Jersey oyster beds
GREENWICH TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A red tide is heading for thousands of acres of oyster beds in New Jersey’s Delaware Bay. But unlike the harmful algae blooms of the same name, this red tide is likely...
Apr 16, 2018
Boston marks 5 years since marathon attack with tributes
BOSTON - The bells of Old South Church in Boston rang at 2:49 p.m. to commemorate a citywide moment of silence in honour of Boston Marathon bombing survivors and victims It was an emotional moment in ...
Apr 16, 2018
Bruce McArthur faces 8th murder charge; alleged victim from Sri Lanka
TORONTO - The complex investigation into alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur took another twist on Monday as Toronto police laid an eighth murder charge related to the death of a man who bucked the p...
Apr 16, 2018
Chan moving on "with a huge smile," hopes to open skating school in Vancouver
TORONTO - In Patrick Chan’s perfect future, he’s running a skating school in Vancouver with girlfriend Liz Putnam, the two are living in a million-dollar apartment in the city’s love...
Apr 16, 2018
Canada, France promise to double down on climate-change fight amid U.S. inaction
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron, long billed as kindred political spirits, agreed Monday to a fresh, fortified attack on climate change - hoping to keep a s...
Apr 16, 2018
Snowfall warning ended for: Rocky Mountain House - Caroline
Snowfall warning ended for Rocky Mountain House, Caroline areas
Apr 16, 2018
South Korean businessman kills himself in Hong Kong custody
Hong Kong authorities said Monday that a South Korean businessman accused of murdering his wife and son in a five-star hotel killed himself while in pre-trial custody. The man was found unconscious in...
Apr 16, 2018
Kristin Johnston had injuries to neck, hands, Halifax murder trial told
HALIFAX - A Halifax jury heard Kristin Johnston suffered more than a dozen injuries, including 10 wounds to her neck as well as damage to her hands. Detective-Constable Michael Barkhouse took the stan...
Apr 16, 2018
Veteran aimed not to 'fall through the cracks' but still killed partner, himself
Jennifer Lynne Semenec died far from her home in North Bay, Ont., at the hands of a veteran with PTSD who had said he wouldn’t be “another soldier who falls through the cracks” of tr...
Apr 16, 2018