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Officials say 14 killed, 35 hurt in Kazakhstan plane crash
MOSCOW - A Kazakhstan plane with 100 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 14 people while at least 35 others survived with injuries, officials in Almaty said. The...
Dec 26, 2019
Liverpool goes 13 points clear of Leicester with 4-0 win
LEICESTER, England - First came the Champions League title, then the Club World Cup last week. Now, with a 13-point lead, Liverpool will surely be champions of England again by May. Leicester, the clo...
Dec 26, 2019
No injuries in B.C. train derailment, environmental crews assessing impacts: CN
VALEMOUNT, B.C. - Canadian National says crews responded to a train derailment in eastern British Columbia on Thursday. The railway company said early reports suggest 26 railcars derailed along the tr...
Dec 26, 2019
Kevin Clark with a hat trick, Canada beats Trinec 4-1 to open Spengler Cup
DAVOS, Switzerland - Kevin Clark had a hat trick as the Canadian men's team opened the 2019 Spengler Cup with a 4-1 win over HC Ocelari Trinec on Thursday. Kris Versteeg also scored while Zachary Fuca...
Dec 26, 2019
World Junior Hockey Championship Roundup: Host Czechs open with 4-3 win over Russia
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Jan Jenik had a goal and an assist as the host Czech Republic opened the world junior hockey championship with a 4-3 win over Russia on Thursday. The 19-year-old Jenik -...
Dec 26, 2019
Canada roars back to beat the U.S. at world juniors
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Alexis Lafreniere scored seven seconds after the United States tied the game late in the third period as Canada beat its North American rival 6-4 on Thursday in the...
Dec 26, 2019
Feds, Alberta set to clash over cash for new rent supplement
OTTAWA - Alberta is pushing back against the Trudeau Liberals' expectation that provinces and territories pick up half the cost of a new rent supplement, asking instead to substitute federal funding f...
Dec 26, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN
Feds hurried to spend $50M social-finance cash, documents show
OTTAWA - Internal government documents show that federal officials moved quickly before the fall election campaign to dole out $50 million aimed at transforming the delivery of social services.The ide...
Dec 26, 2019 Prime Minis Justin Trudeau -- The Canadian Press
Erdogan: Turkey lawmakers to vote on sending troops to Libya
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's president said Thursday that the U.N.-supported government in Libya has asked Ankara to send troops to help authorities in Tripoli defend the city from an offensive by rival ...
Dec 26, 2019
Afghan activist says Taliban freed 27 members of his group
KABUL - The Taliban released 27 peace activists Thursday, a day after they were abducted in an ambush on their convoy in western Afghanistan, a leader of the activist organization said. Phone lines we...
Dec 26, 2019