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Nun to Vatican abuse summit: "This storm will not pass by"
VATICAN CITY - A prominent Nigerian nun has blasted the culture of silence in the Catholic Church that has long sought to hide clergy sexual abuse, telling a Vatican summit that transparency and an ad...
Feb 23, 2019
Veteran NHLers Ryan Spooner, Luke Scheen seek fresh starts in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - This hasn't been the NHL season that Ryan Spooner expected. The 27-year-old forward started the year with the New York Rangers then was dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in November, only to be...
Feb 23, 2019
Prime minister decries profiling incident on Hill as 'anti-black racism'
HALIFAX - Justin Trudeau told an audience of African Nova Scotians on Thursday that an incident of apparent racial profiling on Parliament Hill shows that racism, unconscious bias and systemic discrim...
Feb 23, 2019
Funeral today for seven children killed in fast-moving Halifax fire
HALIFAX - Mourners will descend upon a large Halifax hall today for the funeral of seven children who died in a fast-moving house fire. The service for the Barho children will begin at 1:30 p.m. at th...
Feb 23, 2019
Searing testimony heard at Vatican sex abuse summit
VATICAN CITY - The day began with an African woman telling an extraordinary gathering of Catholic leaders that her priestly rapist forced her to have three abortions over a dozen years after he starte...
Feb 23, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 21
Four stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 21 --- MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING DAUGHTER HAS DIED: POLICE A man accused of killing his daughter on her 11th birthday died in hospital on W...
Feb 23, 2019
Gunfire heard in cities as Nigerians finally go to the polls
DAURA, Nigeria - Gunfire opened Nigeria's delayed election on Saturday as President Muhammadu Buhari seeks a second term in Africa's most populous nation. Police said the blasts in Maiduguri, the capi...
Feb 23, 2019
Laine scores 2 goals, Jets beat Golden Knights 6-3
LAS VEGAS - Patrik Laine scored twice and Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves to lead the Winnipeg Jets over the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3 on Friday night. The Central Division-leading Jets entered 2-4-2 i...
Feb 23, 2019
Duke star Williamson sprains knee after Nike shoe blows out
DURHAM, N.C. - Freshman sensation Zion Williamson was knocked out of the North Carolina-Duke rivalry game with a knee sprain after his Nike shoe blew out during the top-ranked Blue Devils' opening pos...
Feb 22, 2019
Silvernagle into playoffs after huge win over Ontario
Saskatchewan's Robyn Silvernagle needed a big win Friday to get into the playoffs at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in her last Championship Pool game in Sydney, N.S.She got exactly that as h...
Feb 22, 2019 Robyn Silvernagle. Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW
