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Patient kills foreign Red Cross staffer in Afghanistan
KABUL - A physiotherapist working at the International Committee of the Red Cross’ rehabilitation centre was shot by a patient in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, a statement release...
Sep 11, 2017
Hundreds march in Romania to honour Holocaust survivor Wiesel
SIGHETU MARMATIEI, Romania - Hundreds of people have marched in memory of the late Elie Wiesel in a northern Romanian town where thousands of Jews were deported to Nazi death camps. Romanians, Jews an...
Sep 11, 2017
Taiwan prepares for typhoon as hurricane batters US
TAIPEI, Taiwan - As the United States grapples with Hurricane Irma, Taiwan was preparing Monday for an incoming typhoon with a range of alerts, cancellations and evacuations. Typhoon Talim is due to m...
Sep 11, 2017
B.C. budget funds 3,500 teachers, homes for homeless; hikes taxes on rich
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s minority New Democrat government says it is starting to build the province all residents want, tabling a budget update that promises to hire 3,500 teachers and buil...
Sep 11, 2017
Marijuana consumers, advocates critical of Ontario's plan to sell legal pot
TORONTO - Clients and advocates of storefront dispensaries say buying marijuana exclusively from stores regulated by Ontario’s provincial government will mean fewer options for medicinal users, ...
Sep 11, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Sept. 11
Six stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 11 --- CANADA LOOKS AT HELPING HURRICANE VICTIMS The federal government is sending a team to the Caribbean to determine how it can help the region cope with t...
Sep 11, 2017
Federal government sends team to determine how Canada can help hurricane victims
TORONTO - The Canadian government is sending a team to the Caribbean to determine what help Canada can provide to victims of hurricane Irma. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the assessment team is ...
Sep 11, 2017
Rule of law lacking in Canada's prisons, segregation trial hears
TORONTO - Canada’s prison system lacks the rule of law when it comes to the use of solitary confinement, a court heard Monday. A lawyer for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association called the sy...
Sep 11, 2017
Ontario legislature resumes with opposition keeping focus on two Liberal trials
TORONTO - Ontario politicians returned to the legislature Monday after a three-month summer break under the shadow of two Liberal trials happening simultaneously in Toronto and Sudbury. The Liberal go...
Sep 11, 2017
Advance voting begins in closely fought New Zealand election
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Advance voting began Monday for New Zealand’s general election, which could see a change of government in the South Pacific nation for the first time in nine years. Ele...
Sep 11, 2017