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The full list of additions to, and promotions in the Order of Canada
OTTAWA - The Order of Canada is receiving 99 new members. Here is the full list of new members and those who have received promotions (denoted by *) within the three levels of the order. Companions Pe...
Jun 30, 2017
MSNBC 'Morning Joe' hosts fire back at Trump Twitter blasts
NEW YORK - “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski said Friday that President Donald Trump lied about their December encounter in a tweet and that his “unhealthy obse...
Jun 30, 2017
Simone Veil, iconic European feminist politician, dies at 89
PARIS - Simone Veil, a survivor of Nazi death camps and a European Parliament president who spearheaded abortion rights as one of France’s most prominent female politicians, died Friday at 89, h...
Jun 30, 2017
CARTOON 06-30-2017
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 06-30-2017
Jun 30, 2017
China strongly protests US arms sales to Taiwan
BEIJING - China on Friday strongly protested a U.S. plan to sell $1.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan and demanded that the deal be cancelled. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the sale ...
Jun 30, 2017
Germany legalizes same-sex marriage after Merkel U-turn
BERLIN - German lawmakers voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, a move widely supported across the country that brings Germany in line with many of its Western peers. Chancellor Angela Merkel vo...
Jun 30, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, June 30
Six stories in the news for Friday, June 30 --- NDP TO FORM MINORITY GOVERNMENT IN B.C. The NDP will form a minority government in British Columbia after the Liberals were defeated Thursday in a non-c...
Jun 30, 2017
Weapons watchdog finds sarin used in deadly attack in Syria
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An investigation by the international chemical weapons watchdog confirmed that sarin nerve gas was used in a deadly April 4 attack on a Syrian town, but a report released Frid...
Jun 30, 2017
B.C.'s new NDP premier wasn't always on the path to becoming a political leader
VANCOUVER - John Horgan’s fight for society’s underdogs started early in life. His father died from a brain aneurysm when he was 18 months old. Money was tight for his mother who struggled...
Jun 30, 2017
Oil price slump removes the 'outrageous' from Calgary Stampede party plans
CALGARY - Michael Werbisky fondly remembers getting the shaft at the posh Hyatt Regency Hotel during the Calgary Stampede about 10 years ago. The owner of Western Decor and Displays says he won a $50,...
Jun 30, 2017