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Google digitizes artworks in Puerto Rico for 1st time
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The 1953 painting by Rafael Tufio Figueroa features his mother with a red scarf on her head, a determined look on her face and heavy expression lines, a depiction of a working-...
Nov 07, 2019
Human rights ruling says Manitoba must offer gender-neutral birth certificates
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has been ordered to start offering non-binary sex designations on its birth certificates. A human rights adjudicator has also ordered the province to pay $50,00...
Nov 07, 2019
Gap CEO steps down amid slumping sales
NEW YORK - Gap's announced Thursday that CEO Art Peck is stepping down as the company struggles to turn around a long-standing sales slump. The San Francisco-based retailer also slashed its earnings o...
Nov 07, 2019
Hopes rise that lifting tariffs could allow US-China accord
BEIJING - The prospects for a preliminary breakthrough in the U.S.-China trade war improved Thursday after the two sides agreed to reduce some punitive tariffs on each other's goods, though the full e...
Nov 07, 2019
Stasiuk family appeals for information on missing Stanley Cup Rolex
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A important piece of sports history has gone missing, and the family of a local hockey legend is hoping to find it once again. Two -time Stanley Cup winner and former NHL head coach V...
Nov 07, 2019 A copy of Vic Stasiuk's hockey card when he played for the Boston Bruins
Interior proposes coveted deal to ex-client of agency head
WASHINGTON - The Interior Department is proposing to award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity to a powerful rural water district that had employed Secretary David Bernhardt as ...
Nov 07, 2019
Bittersweet Conservative post-election gathering set for Ottawa Wednesday
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer knows more Latin than most. And at this week's first Conservative caucus meeting following the Oct. 21 election, many will be listening for ho...
Nov 07, 2019
Trudeau defends NATO as French president warns of alliance's 'brain death'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending NATO after France's president suggested a lack of U.S. leadership is causing the 70-year-old military alliance's "brain death." Trudeau, who met Thu...
Nov 07, 2019
Eskimos say ready to take on explosive run and gun Als' QB Vernon Adams Jr.
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos have a healthy, rested Trevor Harris back at quarterback for the CFL East semi-final against Montreal, but their fate may hinge on containing the explosive running...
Nov 07, 2019
Michael Bloomberg opens door to 2020 presidential campaign
WASHINGTON - Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is opening the door to a 2020 presidential campaign. Bloomberg announced earlier this year that he would not seek the Dem...
Nov 07, 2019