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Enough outdoors to go around: Refugee prompts retailer to rethink advertising
Judith Kasiama has always loved nature and spending time in the outdoors. As a child in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as Zaire at that time, she could walk through the lush rainforest, swim ...
Dec 23, 2018
American cities look to Vancouver for overdose crisis response model
VANCOUVER - As an overdose crisis began taking shape in Denver, Colo., one of the places the city’s leaders looked for answers was north of the border. Coun. Albus Brooks says he hopped on a pla...
Dec 23, 2018
Months after false Hawaii missile alert, Canada 'finalizing' warning protocol
OTTAWA - Almost a year after a false ballistic missile alert terrified Hawaii, Canada is “finalizing” a protocol for notifying the public of a genuine airborne threat of mass destruction. ...
Dec 23, 2018
Three years on, many Syrian refugees find stressful path to Canadian citizenship
For Fouzia Al Hashish and thousands of other Syrian refugees, the time has come to put the finishing touches on their new national identity. The 23-year-old mother’s 2019 goal is already quite c...
Dec 23, 2018
Manitoba premier mulls expanded cannabis ban to include sprays and more
WINNIPEG - “I’ve never seen this before.” Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, sitting in his legislature office for a year-end interview, is looking at a 15-ml container of cannabis sp...
Dec 23, 2018
How an American businessman saved hundreds of Nova Scotians' jobs
SYDNEY, N.S. - His message to laid off Cape Breton call centre workers is straightforward. But the Iowa-based businessman’s words resonate like gospel in this hardscrabble region plunged into ec...
Dec 23, 2018
London airport open, but location of drone culprit up in air
London’s Gatwick Airport operated without problems Sunday, but the fugitive drone operators who brought incoming and outgoing flights to a standstill over multiple days remained at large - and a...
Dec 23, 2018
As Quebec City reveals archeological secrets, quest for founder's tomb remains
MONTREAL - In the knee-deep mud of a future Quebec City condominium project, it was a spot of dark soil that led archeologists to uncover the edge of an axe-hewn wooden stake, preserved in wet clay fa...
Dec 23, 2018
9 bodies found in burning potash mine in Russia
MOSCOW - Rescue teams on Sunday found the bodies of nine construction workers who were trapped inside a burning potash mine in Russia’s Ural Mountains. A fire erupted Saturday at the mine operat...
Dec 23, 2018
French police defend pulling out gun against protesters
PARIS - French authorities on Sunday defended aggressive police actions to contain violence at yellow vest protests after a policeman was seen briefly brandishing a gun at a surging crowd in Paris. Fr...
Dec 23, 2018