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Spanish shooting athletes detained at Abu Dhabi airport
MADRID - Four members of Spain’s shooting team have been detained at an airport in the United Arab Emirates because of problems with their weapons’ documentation. The Spanish shooting fede...
Oct 30, 2017
Ex-Trump adviser's guilty plea poised to rattle White House
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump dismissed George Papadopoulos on Tuesday as a “liar” and a mere campaign volunteer, but newly unsealed court papers outline the former adviser’s f...
Oct 30, 2017
RCMP lay murder charges in death of 36-year-old central Alberta man
DRUMHELLER- A 20-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a man whose body was found at the scene of a burning vehicle in a rural area south of Morrin. Fazal Rehman, 36, ...
Oct 30, 2017
Pay before you pump legislation on the way
EDMONTON- The Notley government is bringing in legislation today to force all drivers to pay ahead of time for gas at the pump. Government house leader Brian Mason says there have been two recent deat...
Oct 30, 2017
Quebec daycare educators hold one-day strike, affecting 21,000 children
MONTREAL - More than 11,000 daycare workers staged a one-day walkout across Quebec on Monday, forcing thousands of parents to seek alternate arrangements for their children. The job action affected so...
Oct 30, 2017
Detroit-Windsor Tunnel reopens after construction shutdown
DETROIT - An underwater commuter traffic tunnel between Detroit and Windsor, Ont., has reopened after being shut down for more than a week as part of a nearly $22-million renovation project. The Detro...
Oct 30, 2017
German coalition negotiator urges calmer approach
BERLIN - A leading negotiator in talks to form Germany’s next government is urging all involved to “go down a gear” after a stalemate over contentious issues was accompanied by mutua...
Oct 30, 2017
Driver dead, officer shot after police chase on interstate
SENATOBIA, Miss. - Authorities say a Tennessee man shot dead after a high-speed chase in Mississippi was wanted following his wife’s death last week. Forty-six-year-old Eric Higgs was shot after...
Oct 30, 2017
Kenyan president is declared winner of troubled election
NAIROBI, Kenya - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday was declared the overwhelming winner of a rerun election boycotted by Kenya’s main opposition leader, collecting 98 per cent of the vote but a...
Oct 30, 2017
Seoul: A NKorea nuke test risks radiation leak at test site
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Any future nuclear test by North Korea risks collapsing its mountain test site and triggering a radiation leak, South Korea’s weather agency chief said Monday. The he...
Oct 30, 2017