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'It will get worse': Perilous times for kids hit by cyclone
BEIRA, Mozambique - Her name is Chuva, which in Portuguese means rain. For four days that was all she saw as she clung to her rooftop in the cyclone's aftermath and prayed to be saved. Maria Chuva cla...
Mar 27, 2019
UN makes urgent appeal to help victims of Mozambique cyclone
BEIRA, Mozambique - The United Nations is making an emergency appeal for $282 million for the next three months to help Mozambique start recovering from the devastation of Cyclone Idai. The U.N. fundi...
Mar 27, 2019
Shakira defends her song against plagiarism in Spanish court
MADRID - Colombian singers Shakira and Carlos Vives have appeared in a Madrid court to answer allegations by a Cuban-born singer and producer that they plagiarized his work in their award-winning hit ...
Mar 27, 2019
P.A. family prepares to face another sad anniversary
Another year has passed and a Prince Albert woman says she is no closer to finding out who killed her younger brother.John Moses Bird, 49, was struck and killed by a vehicle April 3, 2011. At the time...
Mar 27, 2019 John Moses Bird. (submitted photo/Gloria Naytowhow)
Toronto Blue Jays prepared to be underestimated for upcoming 2019 season
MONTREAL - Randal Grichuk is OK with the experts and pundits who've counted out the Toronto Blue Jays this season. "It's one of those (teams) where people are underestimating the talent that we have a...
Mar 27, 2019
Street checks should be strictly limited - or banned outright, N.S. report says
HALIFAX - A new report on street checks and racial profiling by Halifax-area police has found they have a disproportionate and negative impact on the African Nova Scotia community, contributing t...
Mar 27, 2019
US trade gap falls 15 per cent to $51.1 billion in January
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit tumbled nearly 15 per cent in January as imports fell and exports rose. Shipments of American goods to China skidded to the lowest level in more than eight years as...
Mar 27, 2019
China ratchets up pressure on Canada by suspending another canola exporter
BEIJING - China says it suspended a second major Canadian canola exporter over alleged safety concerns as the diplomatic row between the two countries deepens further following the detention of a top ...
Mar 27, 2019
Chinese student Wanzhen Lu found safe after abduction Saturday:police
Chinese student Wanzhen Lu, who was violently taken from an underground parking garage in Markham, Ont., north of Toronto on Saturday, has been found safe and in good health. Const. Andy Pat...
Mar 27, 2019
In the news today, March 27
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, March 27 --- ABDUCTED CHINESE STUDENT WANZHEN LU FOUND SAFE Chinese student Wanzhen Lu, who was violently taken from an underground parking ...
Mar 27, 2019
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