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Canada echoes NATO, pins blame on Russia for U.S. pullout from nuclear treaty
WASHINGTON - The federal Liberal government laid the blame at Russia’s feet Friday after the United States pulled out of a 30-year-old nuclear missile treaty, rekindling Cold War fears and promp...
Feb 01, 2019
Fate of truck driver in Humboldt bus crash will test sentencing system: experts
A legal expert says the punishment for the truck driver responsible for the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash will put Canada’s sentencing provisions to the test. Jennifer Quaid, a law professor...
Feb 01, 2019
Feds drop appeal of ruling that freed charities to engage in political activity
OTTAWA - The federal government has dropped an appeal of a court ruling that freed charitable organizations to engage in unlimited political activity as long as it’s not directly supporting a pa...
Feb 01, 2019
6.6 quake hits Mexico; no reports of death or serious injury
MEXICO CITY - A strong earthquake jolted southern Mexico on Friday, rattling nerves and swaying tall buildings hundreds of miles away in the capital, but there were no reports of serious damage, injur...
Feb 01, 2019
Penguins turn to youth, land Bjugstad, McCann from Panthers
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired forwards Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann from the Florida Panthers on Friday for forwards Derick Brassard and Riley Sheahan and three 2019 draft picks. The...
Feb 01, 2019
Canadian men kick off Rugby World Cup preparations with game in Uruguay
Canada kicks off its 2019 Rugby World Cup preparations in Montevideo on Saturday against a Uruguay team it knows all too well. The 17th-ranked Uruguayans consigned the Canadian men to a repechage in N...
Feb 01, 2019
Exiled in Montreal, family fears former Venezuelan officer being tortured
MONTREAL - Oswaldo Garcia Padilla says he has experienced firsthand the brutality of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime Last February, masked men broke into the family home outside Car...
Feb 01, 2019
Foxconn again shifts Wisconsin plan after Trump intervenes
MADISON, Wis. - Foxconn Technology Group has shifted its stated strategy yet again on Friday for a massive Wisconsin campus, crediting a conversation with President Donald Trump for cementing plans to...
Feb 01, 2019
Foster parents of slain toddler take in his newborn sister
LARGO, Fla. - The newborn sister of a 2-year-old Florida boy who police say was killed by his mother is now in the care of his former foster parents. Jordan Belliveau lived with Sam and Juliet Warren ...
Feb 01, 2019
Rapper 6ix9ine acknowledges gang membership, pleads guilty
NEW YORK - Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is co-operating with federal prosecutors after pleading guilty to nine crimes and saying he joined a violent New York City gang and helped others try to kill...
Feb 01, 2019