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Canada pulling refuelling plane from anti-ISIL mission
OTTAWA - Coalition warplanes will no longer turn to the Canadian military for mid-air fill ups over Iraq and Syria. The Canadian Forces will bring home its Polaris air-to-air refuelling plane on Satur...
Jan 27, 2019
'Everybody's going to feel it:' Broncos families prepare for sentencing hearing
The hardest thing Chris Joseph ever had to do was get through the first 48 hours after his son died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. The second hardest, he says, happens this wee...
Jan 27, 2019
Who is William Shrubsall? Spotlight on a high-IQ, 'chameleon' sex predator
HALIFAX - William Chandler Shrubsall was a hockey star. He was a pre-med student. He was a devoted son grieving the tragic loss of parents. All false stories the high-IQ sexua...
Jan 27, 2019
Mother whose 11-year-old son died in school bus accident calls for seatbelts
OTTAWA - Denna Weston was among the first on the scene of a school bus collision that killed her 11-year-old son in Alberta 19 years ago. It was a Friday in October. Jared, a Gra...
Jan 27, 2019
Ethics czar warns Liberal-named CEO of investment body over conflict of interest
OTTAWA - The head of a federal investment-promotion agency - and former national director of the Liberal Party of Canada - resigned last week from the board of a holding&...
Jan 27, 2019
With Quebec opening up adoption records, one woman finds answers about her roots
MONTREAL - A Quebec woman who was put up for adoption shortly after her birth in 1955 and spent decades seeking answers about her roots says she can finally rest easy. Raymonde Thibeault&nbs...
Jan 27, 2019
Puppy from Iran that had acid thrown on her face to have surgery in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - On a chilly January afternoon, Mugsy zipped across a green lawn like a whitish-brown arrow playing catch. Her owner, Sam Taylor, a resident of Burnaby, B.C., threw a brown, stuff...
Jan 27, 2019
Trans Mountain pipeline work destroyed salmon habitat, scientist says
VANCOUVER - Work on a Trans Mountain pipeline crossing in a British Columbia stream has destroyed salmon habitat, raising concerns about the Crown corporation's ability to build infrastructure through...
Jan 27, 2019
20 dead as bombs target Sunday Mass in Philippine cathedral
JOLO, Philippines - Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 20 people and wounding 111 other...
Jan 27, 2019
Some national parks open to visitors post-shutdown
MINNEAPOLIS - Park rangers were once again greeting visitors at some national parks across the United States and flight operations at major airports were returning to normal on Saturday, one day after...
Jan 27, 2019
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