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N.S. case seeks to make supported homes for disabled declared a right
HALIFAX - A ground-breaking human rights case set to begin on Monday could help hundreds of Nova Scotians with disabilities move out of institutions and into small group homes, says a lawyer who has l...
Feb 04, 2018
Men charged with defrauding northeastern Ontario town of $800K over five months
KAPUSKASING, Ont. - Provincial police say two men have been charged with allegedly defrauding a northeastern Ontario town of about $800,000. Police allege the town of Kapuskasing, Ont., which has a po...
Feb 04, 2018
Universities, colleges offering more training for marijuana industry
VANCOUVER - From growing the perfect crop to marketing within restrictive rules, Canadian colleges and universities are cultivating courses for those wanting to work in the booming marijuana industry....
Feb 04, 2018
GPS-based system could have prevented deadly train crash
CAYCE, S.C. - Federal investigators spent a second day Monday at the site of a deadly train crash in South Carolina, where an Amtrak train was mistakenly sent off a main track and down a side spur ...
Feb 04, 2018
Democratic, GOP lawmakers: Memo doesn't clear Trump in probe
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia investigation, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said...
Feb 04, 2018
EU official warn US on trade: EU will hit back if needed
BERLIN - A senior European Union official is warning that the 28-nation bloc will hit back if U.S. President Donald Trump takes trade measures against it. EU budget commissioner Guenther Oettinger tol...
Feb 04, 2018
Iran says Trump's hostility to nuclear deal scares investors
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran says President Donald Trump’s hostility to the 2015 nuclear deal is dampening foreign investment in the energy sector despite the lifting of sanctions. Oil Minister Bijan Zan...
Feb 04, 2018
Child abductions rise amid South Sudan's grinding civil war
AKOBO, South Sudan - Child abductions have risen during South Sudan’s civil war as desperate people try to make a living. One child, no matter the age, is said to sell for 20 cows, worth about $...
Feb 04, 2018
German coalition talks adjourned until Monday
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats embarked Sunday on a final push for an agreement on a new German government, but negotiators adjourned for ...
Feb 04, 2018
Pakistani Taliban claim attack that killed 11 soldiers
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani Taliban on Sunday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack the day before that killed 11 soldiers and wounded 13 in the Swat Valley. Authorities say Saturday’s attac...
Feb 04, 2018