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Trudeau takes personal hit amid SNC-Lavalin controversy: Leger poll for CP
OTTAWA - A recent survey conducted by polling firm Leger for The Canadian Press shows that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a personal hit in the SNC-Lavalin controversy. In a question abo...
Feb 20, 2019
Protesters across U.S. rail against Trump's emergency, demand Congress act
WASHINGTON - Americans furious with President Donald Trump's latest gambit for financing his long-promised border wall vented their frustrations Monday, gathering at protests ...
Feb 20, 2019
Rhode Island marks 16th anniversary of nightclub fire
WEST WARWICK, R.I. - Rhode Island is marking the 16th anniversary of a nightclub fire that killed 100 people and injured more than 200. The Feb. 20, 2003, fire was started when pyrotechnics for the ro...
Feb 20, 2019
Vandal topples wax statue of Sean 'Diddy' Combs
NEW YORK - Police say someone attacked a statue of Sean "Diddy" Combs at Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York, shoving the rap impresario's likeness so forcefully it lost its head. Investigators wer...
Feb 20, 2019
Stars on Ice Road Show
The Stars on Ice Road Show featuring Team Saskatchewan, local and regional skaters will be at the Affinity Credit Union Rec Centre, in Shellbrook, on Sunday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m.For full information,...
Feb 20, 2019
A look at rival Branson vs Maduro concerts for Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela - Dueling concerts are being staged this week on both sides of Venezuela's border with Colombia. After billionaire Richard Branson announced an aid concert in Colombia on Friday to ...
Feb 20, 2019
Chris Stapleton, Dan + Shay lead ACM nominations
NASHVILLE - Chris Stapleton and Dan + Shay lead the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards with six nominations each while Grammy album of the year winner Kacey Musgraves comes in with five nominations....
Feb 20, 2019
French judge refuses to block Catholic sex scandal movie
PARIS - A French judge refused Monday to block the release this week in French cinemas of a movie based on a Catholic sex scandal. French director Francois Ozon's film "Grace a Dieu" ("By the Grace of...
Feb 20, 2019
'Making this up:' Study says oilsands assessments marred by weak science
EDMONTON - Dozens of oilsands environmental impact studies are marred by inconsistent science that's rarely subjected to independent checks, says a university study. "It doesn't ...
Feb 20, 2019
Man accused in Amber Alert to learn sentence today
A young girl with autism and epilepsy was using a tablet in the back of a running Mercedes outside of a strip mall in North Battleford when Johnathan Gunville, wanting to go on a joy ride, hoped in th...
Feb 20, 2019
