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12 Indian soldiers killed, 40 wounded by car bomb in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India - At least 12 soldiers were killed and 40 others wounded Thursday in a car bomb attack on a paramilitary convoy along a key highway in Indian-controlled Kashmir, security officials sai...
Feb 14, 2019
Ukraine: Comedian surges ahead in presidential election poll
MOSCOW - The latest opinion poll in Ukraine shows a popular comedian holding a strong lead in campaigning for the presidential election. The survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Soc...
Feb 14, 2019
Ottawa, environmentalists to make their case for a carbon tax in Saskatchewan
REGINA - Lawyers for the federal government and its supporters are to make their case today in a Regina court on why they believe Ottawa has the legal power to impose a carbon tax on&nb...
Feb 14, 2019
RCMP says dismantled network laundered tens of millions in drug money
MONTREAL - A sophisticated money laundering ring with international tentacles was behind hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions until it was dismantled this week, federal authorities said Tue...
Feb 14, 2019
CONCACAF creates club competition opening for Canadian Premier League team
TORONTO - It appears FC Edmonton, Hamilton's Forge FC or any other Canadian Premier League team could rule Central American and Caribbean club soccer or even take part in the FIFA Club World Cup,...
Feb 14, 2019
Thai court accepts dissolution case over princess nomination
BANGKOK - A Thai court said Thursday that it will take up the case of whether to dissolve a political party that nominated a member of the royal family as its candidate for prime minister in next mont...
Feb 14, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 12
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 12 --- BISSONNETTE SENTENCE TOO HARSH: PARENTS The parents of a man behind the deadly Quebec City mosque attack have issued an open letter que...
Feb 14, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 14
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 14 --- QUADRIGACX CASE TO RETURN TO HALIFAX COURT TODAY The bizarre case involving the cryptocurrency firm QuadrigaCX is expected to return to...
Feb 14, 2019
Case of cryptocurrency firm QuadrigaCX to return to a Halifax courtroom today
HALIFAX - The bizarre case involving the cryptocurrency firm QuadrigaCX is expected to return to a Halifax courtroom today. The Nova Scotia Supreme Court has been asked to determine whi...
Feb 14, 2019
Almost half of EI sickness-benefit recipients off work longer than help lasts
OTTAWA - An internal government survey of people who used federal sickness benefits has found that nearly half were unable to work for longer than the 15 weeks the benefits last. The newly released do...
Feb 14, 2019
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