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Police going door to door in northern Manitoba hunt for B.C. homicide suspects
GILLAM, Man. - More personnel and equipment are being poured into the gruelling hunt for two B.C. homicide suspects in the bug infested and bog strewn landscape surrounding the tiny nor...
Jul 28, 2019
Verstappen wins chaotic German GP, Vettel goes 20th to 2nd
HOCKENHEIM, Germany - Max Verstappen won a chaotic and rain-soaked German Grand Prix on Sunday, while championship leader Lewis Hamilton finished 11th and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas crashed...
Jul 28, 2019
Feds take digital step to reshape benefits system for expat seniors
OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to trade, in bulk, information on expatriate seniors with other countries to save time and money when one of them dies. About three million Canadians liv...
Jul 28, 2019
A Tour for the ages getting its first South American winner
PARIS - A Tour de France for the ages is getting a champion of an unusually young age: 22-year-old Egan Bernal, set to become South America's first winner of cycling's greatest race when he rides to t...
Jul 28, 2019
Venezuelan Cruz-Diez, pioneer in kinetic art, dies in Paris
CARACAS, Venezuela - Carlos Cruz-Diez, a leading Venezuelan artist and a pioneering figure in the style known as kinetic art, has died in Paris at age 95. Cruz-Diez's official website said Sunday the ...
Jul 28, 2019
AP Interview: Indonesia's Widodo to push unpopular reforms
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said in an interview Friday that he will push ahead with sweeping and potentially unpopular economic reforms, including a more business-friendly l...
Jul 28, 2019
'Yes the bridges are cut': Kanesatake Grand Chief refuses talks with Oka mayor
MONTREAL - A war of words between a First Nations grand chief and a small-town Quebec mayor instigated hours of meetings Friday with federal and provincial officials, but the underlying conflict ...
Jul 28, 2019
Supreme Court of Canada says military's no-juries justice system constitutional
OTTAWA - Military members accused of serious offences under military law do not have a constitutional right to jury trials, the Supreme Court ruled Friday. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guar...
Jul 28, 2019
Swedish court documents give details on A$AP Rocky case
HELSINKI - Swedish authorities have released court documents in the assault case in which American rapper A$AP Rocky and two other men are charged, with prosecutors saying that the victim was punched ...
Jul 28, 2019
Fatal collision south of Coaldale claims lives of two Taber seniors
COALDALE -- A section of Highway-4 was shut down for about six hours Saturday (July 27) evening, to allow RCMP traffic reconstruction members to investigate a fatal two vehicle collision. The incident...
Jul 28, 2019 RCMP vehicle -- LethbridgeNewsNOW