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Plan to buy more fighter jets puts Canada on hook for bigger share of F-35 costs
OTTAWA - Canada is being forced to shoulder a bigger share of the costs of developing F-35 fighter jets even though it has not decided whether it will actually buy any. Canada is one of nine partner c...
Jan 30, 2019
Mother accused of murdering daughters says she has no memory of day they died
LAVAL, Que. - A Quebec mother charged in the deaths of her two daughters says she has no recollection of what happened the day they died. Adele Sorella is testifying in her own defence for a seco...
Jan 30, 2019
Police: No footage yet of alleged attack on 'Empire' actor
Chicago police say they've reviewed hundreds of hours of footage from downtown surveillance cameras but haven't found footage yet of the alleged attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. The departmen...
Jan 30, 2019
Amazon buys 'Brittany Runs a Marathon' at Sundance for $14M
PARK CITY, Utah - In its third major buy of the Sundance Film Festival, Amazon Studios has acquired the world rights for the inspirational comedy "Brittany Runs a Marathon " for $14 million. Deadline ...
Jan 30, 2019
Trapped in Gaza, star of Sundance doc misses film festival
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - A new documentary called "Gaza" is hitting the screens at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival this week, providing a colorful glimpse of life in the blockaded Hamas-ru...
Jan 30, 2019
Feds indict powerful Philly union boss, councilman, others
PHILADELPHIA - A powerful union boss who has long held a tight grip on construction jobs in the Philadelphia region and wielded political power in the city and Statehouse has been indicted on embezzle...
Jan 30, 2019
Five top public servants to warn of major meddling with next federal election
OTTAWA - The federal government is creating a new mechanism to warn Canadians if malicious actors try to manipulate the outcome of this fall's election. It is establishing a "critical election inciden...
Jan 30, 2019
Struggling seal pup receiving treatment after rescue off Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - A dehydrated, severely underweight northern fur seal pup is being treated at a rescue centre in Vancouver after being scooped from the waters off the northeast coast of Vancouver Isla...
Jan 30, 2019
Let the bell ring out: Moose Jaw city council clamps clapper replacement
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A clarion call has gone out in Moose Jaw, Sask., to repair a more than century-old bell that sits atop the city hall clock tower and some day make it&n...
Jan 30, 2019
Halifax councillors join Vancouver in declaring climate emergency
Halifax has become the second Canadian city to declare a climate emergency. Council voted Tuesday to pass a mostly symbolic acknowledgment that climate change is a serious and urgent threat....
Jan 30, 2019
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