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U.S. airports hit by shutdown-fuelled shortage of air traffic controllers
WASHINGTON - Two of the busiest airports in the United States are reporting flight delays due to a shortage of air-traffic controllers, believed to be a direct result of a federal government shutdown ...
Jan 25, 2019
U.S. hunters use duck hunting ruse to bag illegal quarry in Canada: ministry
REGINA - Several charges related to illegal hunting in Saskatchewan have been laid against two men from Missouri who were found guilty last month in one of that state's largest deer-poaching cases. Th...
Jan 25, 2019
Canada's archive buys 1944 book that hints at Nazi plans for North America
OTTAWA - Canada's national archive has acquired a rare book it believes could have served as a blueprint for a Nazi purge of Jews in North America. Once part of Adolf Hitler's personal ...
Jan 25, 2019
Canada pulling refuelling plane from anti-ISIL mission
OTTAWA - More than four years after it started, Canada is ending its air-to-air refuelling support to the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. Rear Admiral Brian Sant...
Jan 25, 2019
Canada China envoy assailed for assessing merits of Meng extradition case
OTTAWA - Canada's envoy to China faced criticism Wednesday for opining on how a Huawei executive might avoid extradition to the United States, fuelling speculation his remarks were a political ploy to...
Jan 25, 2019
Ethics czar warns Liberal-named CEO of investment body over conflict of interest
OTTAWA - Canada's ethics czar is ordering the head of a federal investment-promotion agency - and former national director of the Liberal Party of Canada - to resign from...
Jan 25, 2019
Murder trial hears Richard Oland's steamy text exchanges with mistress
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The cellphone of murdered multimillionaire Richard Oland was never found, but steamy messages and text exchanges with his mistress were captured on a computer backup program. "I nee...
Jan 25, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 23
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 23 --- TRUDEAU MAKING FREQUENT STOPS IN SASKATCHEWAN Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to visit Saskatchewan for a seventh time in the last yea...
Jan 25, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 25
Four stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 25 --- MOUNTIES TO GIVE UPDATE ON KINGSTON, ONT., ARRESTS RCMP are expected to give an update today on a national security investigation that s...
Jan 25, 2019
'Who is the shooter?' Closing arguments in case of slain football player
CALGARY - The lawyer for a man accused in the fatal shooting of a professional football player says the case highlights the dangers of eyewitness testimony. Nelson Lugela, 21, is charged with sec...
Jan 25, 2019
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