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Authorities annoyed by disaster selfie-seekers in flooded Montreal areas
Montreal first responders are warning against so-called disaster tourism after noting a spike in selfie-seekers in neighbourhoods threatened by swollen rivers. An operations chief with the Montre...
Apr 30, 2019
Man charged in synagogue attack was star scholar and athlete
POWAY, Calif. - The man accused of opening fire inside a Southern California synagogue was a star scholar, athlete and musician whose embrace of white supremacy and anti-Semitism has dumbfounded his f...
Apr 30, 2019
The winter of political philanthropy: parties rake in cash in first quarter
OTTAWA - The long Canadian winter of 2019 was good for at least one thing: lining the pockets of political parties. The Conservative Party of Canada's first-quarter haul of $8 million is mor...
Apr 30, 2019
Buddy system: Bond between Jokic, Murray showing on court
DENVER - Nikola Jokic got right to the point on his flourishing chemistry with teammate Jamal Murray. After all, he believes it's something to write home about. "We are playing really good together," ...
Apr 30, 2019
Deficit for last year to be $800 million more than Liberals predict, PBO says
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says last year's federal deficit was $800 million more than the Liberals said it was in their most recent budget. In a new report, the parliamentary budget...
Apr 30, 2019
Pass to the past: NFL applies for historic Duluth Eskimos trademark
EDMONTON - The National Football League may be bringing back a historic team name that will have a familiar - and occasionally controversial - ring to Canadian gridiron fans. Records from the U.S...
Apr 30, 2019
Jason Kenney officially sworn in as Alberta's 18th premier
EDMONTON - Former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney was officially sworn in as Alberta's premier on Tuesday, April 30.The United Conservative leader becomes the 18th person to head the province's ...
Apr 30, 2019 Alberta Government
Jury trial hears about killing of Indigenous woman found in shallow grave
WINNIPEG - A prosecutor says a Manitoba man on trial for killing a young Indigenous woman met her on a popular online dating site. Brett Overby, who is 32, is charged with second-degree murder in the ...
Apr 30, 2019
Richard Lugar, who helped in securing Soviet arsenal, dies
INDIANAPOLIS - Richard Lugar worked to alert Americans about the threat of terrorism years before "weapons of mass destruction" became a common phrase following the Sept. 11 attacks. The longtime Repu...
Apr 30, 2019
Liberals wouldn't take hidden SNC-Lavalin money now, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says today's federal Liberal party wouldn't accept political donations like those that got SNC-Lavalin in trouble in the late 2000s. Trudeau says the party ...
Apr 30, 2019