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Tradition versus technology: Northerners debate use of drones in caribou hunting
YELLOWKNIFE - Tradition and technology are clashing on the tundra where Indigenous groups are debating the use of drones to hunt caribou. The issue arose during public consultations on new wildli...
Jul 09, 2019
Flood victims in Grand Forks, B.C., in limbo more than one year after disaster
More than one year after rescuers swam from home to home in a low-income neighbourhood devastated by flooding in Grand Forks, B.C., some residents say they were rattled to learn the property buyo...
Jul 09, 2019
Chasing an 8th Wimbledon title, Williams next plays Riske
WIMBLEDON, England - Serena Williams will face fellow American Alison Riske in the quarterfinals at the All England Club as she chases an eighth Wimbledon title and a 24th major overall. Riske upset t...
Jul 09, 2019
Trump lashes out at Britain's ambassador for a second day
LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out for a second day at Britain's ambassador to the United States on Tuesday, describing him as "wacky" and a "pompous fool," after a leak of emails critica...
Jul 09, 2019
Tom Steyer launches 2020 campaign after saying he wouldn't
WASHINGTON - Tom Steyer, the billionaire investor and activist, said Tuesday he's joining the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, reversing course after deciding earlier this year that he...
Jul 09, 2019
Missing man from Muskoday First Nation
The Prince Albert RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing man from the Muskoday First Nation.Waylon Daniels, 24, was last seen Monday, July 8 at approximately 6:30 a.m.Daniel...
Jul 09, 2019 Waylon Daniels, 24, has been missing since early Monday morning. (submitted photo/ Prince Albert Police Service)
Afghan officials say car bomb kills 12, wounds scores
KABUL - The Taliban carried out a devastating suicide car bombing in central Afghanistan Sunday that killed 12 people and wounded over 150 others, said Afghan officials. The attack came as an all-Afgh...
Jul 09, 2019
US bomb from WWII defused in Germany after mass evacuation
FRANKFURT - A 500-kilo (1,100-pound) World War II bomb was defused near the Frankfurt headquarters of the European Central Bank hours after thousands of people were evacuated from the surrounding dist...
Jul 09, 2019
UK ambassador called Trump administration 'clumsy and inept'
LONDON - Britain's ambassador to the United States described the Trump administration as "diplomatically clumsy and inept" and said he doubted it would become "substantially more normal," according to...
Jul 09, 2019
Conservative party wins Greek election, ousts left-wing PM
ATHENS, Greece - Conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis comfortably won Greece's parliamentary elections Sunday, delivering a stinging blow to leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after a...
Jul 09, 2019
