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UK lawmakers seek "zero tolerance" for sexual harassment
LONDON - The leader of Britain’s House of Commons said Monday there should be “zero tolerance” for inappropriate behaviour in Parliament as lawmakers debated a response to reports th...
Oct 30, 2017
About 150,000 Hydro-Quebec clients without power as of Monday afternoon
MONTREAL - About 150,000 Hydro-Quebec customers remained without electricity as of late Monday afternoon after strong winds and heavy rain caused havoc with the province’s power grid. The utilit...
Oct 30, 2017
Taliban say their US hostage in Afghanistan in poor health
KABUL - The Taliban say the condition of one of their captives in Afghanistan has deteriorated and that the American is in poor health. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid released a statement on Mon...
Oct 30, 2017
Spain seeks rebellion charges against fired Catalan leaders
BARCELONA, Spain - Spain’s state prosecutor said Monday that he would seek charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement against members of Catalonia’s ousted secessionist government, pu...
Oct 30, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Oct. 30
Six stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 30 --- FEDS TO DELAY PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING: The Canadian Press has learned the federal Liberals plan to shift some $2 billion in planned infrastructu...
Oct 30, 2017
Fraud trial for ex-deputy Quebec premier Nathalie Normandeau set for next April
QUEBEC - The fraud-related trial for ex-deputy Quebec premier Nathalie Normandeau and five co-accused has been set for next spring. Quebec court Judge Jean-Louis Lemay announced the date of April 9 at...
Oct 30, 2017
Family says at hearings that a 'white-passing' appearance alters police reaction
MEMBERTOU, N.S. - Family members of a murdered Inuk woman said Monday that merely appearing to be white often heightens police and public interest in a crime or missing person case involving an aborig...
Oct 30, 2017
Accused killer says he didn't care about girlfriend's feud with Laura Babcock
TORONTO - A man charged with murder told court on Monday that he slept with several women and didn’t care “too much” about an ongoing feud between his girlfriend and Laura Babcock, a...
Oct 30, 2017
Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside changes with development
VANCOUVER - Fraser Stuart looks at a chic, new tattoo shop metres away from the heart of Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside and shakes his head. A man saunters by mumbling “Drugs?R...
Oct 30, 2017
Liberals to delay billions in planned infrastructure spending
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals plan to shift just over $2 billion in planned infrastructure spending to future years, reflecting slower-than-anticipated spending on the file, The Canadian Press has lea...
Oct 30, 2017