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Watchdog: Canadian hardware used for hacking in Turkey, Syria
PARIS - A Canadian company’s hardware is being used to hack internet users along Turkey’s border with Syria, researchers said Friday, adding that there were signs that Kurdish forces align...
Mar 09, 2018
AP Analysis: NRA gave $7.3 million to hundreds of schools
The National Rifle Association has given more than $7 million in grants to hundreds of U.S. schools in recent years, according to an Associated Press analysis, but few have shown any indication that t...
Mar 09, 2018
Before Trump: 6 past high-level US visits to North Korea
TOKYO - President Donald Trump could become the first sitting U.S. president to visit North Korea if plans for a summit with Kim Jong Un hold. But other prominent American political figures have visit...
Mar 09, 2018
What could go wrong? Pitfalls pose risks in Trump, Kim talks
TOKYO - So President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are planning a summit. What could possibly go wrong? The two countries haven’t had significant, high-level talks in years an...
Mar 09, 2018
A look at what's ahead in a landmark Trump-Kim summit
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - After a year of threats and diatribes, U.S. President Donald Trump and third-generation North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un have agreed to meet face-to-face for talks about t...
Mar 09, 2018
Turkey's war on Kurds unsettles fronts in northern Syria
BEIRUT - Turkey’s war on a Syrian Kurdish militia that is closely aligned with the United States is forcing the group to give up positions against Islamic State militants in the Syrian desert to...
Mar 09, 2018
Ghislaine Landry, Justin Douglas named rugby Canada's sevens players of the year
VANCOUVER - Captain Ghislaine Landry and Justin Douglas have been named Rugby Canada’s sevens players of the year. Landry led the women’s circuit with 269 points in 2016-17 when Canada won...
Mar 09, 2018
Request to extend the voting period in Ontario's Tory leadership race dismissed
TORONTO - The tumultuous Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race will end as planned Saturday after the party scored an important court victory, convincing a judge to reject a request to exte...
Mar 09, 2018
Elderly Bragg Creek woman seriously injured in sword attack
UPDATE [March 12] As a result of the RCMP investigation, 19-year-old Marshall Rath of Bragg Creek has been charged with one count of Aggravated Assault and with one count of being in possession of a w...
Mar 09, 2018
Brazeau County mulling over idea of garbage collection for densely populated areas
Brazeau County is looking at launching a questionnaire for residents to give feedback on garbage collection to see if there is any interest in fee for service garbage collection in densely populated a...
Mar 09, 2018