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Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule
WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food stamps, Medicaid a...
Jan 29, 2020
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years on
OSWIECIM, Poland - Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of its liberation, returning Monday to the place where they lost entire families a...
Jan 29, 2020
Avenatti greets prospective jurors for extortion trial
NEW YORK - California lawyer Michael Avenatti stood to greet 120 prospective jurors who came to a New York courtroom Monday to fill out questionnaires for his trial on charges he tried to extort milli...
Jan 29, 2020
Desmond fatality inquiry hears of former soldier purchasing rifle before killing
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An RCMP investigator has testified about the steps a former soldier took, including researching where to buy a rifle, before he shot three members of his f...
Jan 29, 2020
1 critically injured in Los Angeles high-rise apartment fire
Los Angeles firefighters rescued terrified residents from the rooftop of a 25-story high-rise apartment building where a fire broke out on a sixth-floor balcony and sent choking smoke billowing throug...
Jan 29, 2020
Trump hosts Israeli leaders who call his peace plan historic
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump hosted Israel's prime minister and his chief rival Monday at the White House on the eve of unveiling a long-awaited Mideast peace plan, expressing confidence that d...
Jan 29, 2020
Edmonton Eskimos sign returner Christion Jones to contact extension
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos signed American returner Christion Jones to a contract extension Monday. Details weren't immediately available. Jones was set to become a free agent next mont...
Jan 29, 2020
Thevenot and Team Silvernagle earn spot at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Prince Albert will once again have a local curler in one of the biggest women's curling events in the country.Kara Thevenot, lead for Team Silvernagle was thrilled to be part of the victory at the Pro...
Jan 29, 2020 Prince Albert Curler, Kara Thevenot (forth-from-left) posing with teammates following their victory at the Viterra Provincial Scotties Tournament in Melville. (CurlSask/ Facebook)
With a little help, new Canadians make a curling connection in Winnipeg
Samira Jahmoun had no idea what curling was when she and her family arrived in Canada in 2016 from Syria via Jordan. Jahmoun, her sister and a brother stepped on curling ice for th...
Jan 29, 2020
With a little help, new Canadians make a curling connection in Winnipeg
Samira Jahmoun had no idea what curling was when she and her family arrived in Canada in 2016 from Syria via Jordan. Jahmoun, her sister and a brother stepped on curling ice for th...
Jan 29, 2020
