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Three years later, U.S. woman faces judge in death-spree plot at Halifax mall
HALIFAX - High school friends remember Lindsay Souvannarath as quiet, clean-cut and weird. She wore yellow high heels and bright lipstick to class at her middle-class high school in suburban Chicago. ...
Apr 15, 2018
'It's all about the Broncos:' Kindness everywhere after bus crash kills 16
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - A tragic bus crash that has sunk a Saskatchewan community into deep sorrow has also released an incredible display of human kindness as residents struggle to deal with their grief. S...
Apr 15, 2018
Ecuadorians set to press appeal against oil giant Chevron over US$9.5B award
TORONTO - Ecuadorian villagers are set this week to try again to hold Chevron Canada legally liable for a huge award against the oil company’s U.S.-based parent for what they say are the serious...
Apr 15, 2018
Lottery losses have B.C. parents hoping for French teachers from Europe
VANCOUVER - British Columbia parents who have lost the chance to get their children into French immersion through a lottery system are hoping the education minister’s teacher-recruitment trip to...
Apr 15, 2018
Montrealer aims to be 1st solo woman to reach the top of Mount Logan
MONTREAL - A Montreal mountaineer will attempt to become the first solo woman to climb Canada’s highest mountain in a trek that begins next month. Should Monique Richard reach the summit of Yuko...
Apr 15, 2018
Thousands protest in Athens against US-led Syria airstrikes
ATHENS, Greece - Thousands of Greeks turned up at a rally and march in central Athens organized by the Communist Party to protest the U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria. The protesters gathered Saturda...
Apr 15, 2018
Arrests, injuries as French protesters challenge Macron
PARIS - French authorities say 63 people have been arrested and nine police officers injured as protests took place in two cities amid simmering anger at President Emmanuel Macron’s labour law c...
Apr 15, 2018
Insurgents attack checkpoint in Afghanistan, killing 11
KABUL - At least 11 Afghan paramilitary forces were killed when the Taliban attacked their checkpoint, an official said Sunday. Zabi Amani, a spokesman for the governor of the northern Sari Pul provin...
Apr 15, 2018
Israel says it destroys Hamas tunnel network in Gaza
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said Sunday it has destroyed a Gaza attack tunnel built by Hamas militants that penetrated Israeli territory. Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a military spokesman, said th...
Apr 15, 2018
France urges Russia to join peace push after Syria strike
BEIRUT - France is urging Russia to join a push for a political solution in Syria after joint U.S., French and British attacks on Syrian chemical weapons sites. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Dr...
Apr 15, 2018