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Academic detained in Iran for 2 years returns to Australia
CANBERRA, Australia - Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert has arrived back in Australia and will soon reunite with her family after more than two years in an Iranian prison. Moore-Gilbert was met by public h...
Nov 27, 2020
Brazilians mourn death of Argentinian archrival Maradona
SAO PAULO - Brazil and Argentina are long rivals for soccer supremacy in South America, and Brazilians naturally think of their own Pel as the best footballer in history. But they are putting aside th...
Nov 26, 2020
Trump says he'll leave if Electoral College seats Biden
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden's victory - even as he insisted such a decision would...
Nov 26, 2020
Tory MP Duncan pushes Health Minister to finally end the gay blood ban
OTTAWA - Eric Duncan, the first openly gay Conservative MP, laced into the federal health minister Thursday over the Liberals failure to end a ban on gay men donating blood. In a heated and emotional ...
Nov 26, 2020
Venezuela judge convicts 6 American oil execs, orders prison
CARACAS, Venezuela - Six American oil executives held for three years in Venezuela were found guilty of corruption charges by a judge Thursday and immediately sentenced to prison, defence lawyers said...
Nov 26, 2020
'No crying': Venezuelan refugee Kenney cited says interaction was less dramatic
EDMONTON - The Venezuelan woman who believes she was used as part of Jason Kenney's argument not to lockdown restaurants in the province remembers her encounter with the premier as less dramatic than ...
Nov 26, 2020
The Daily with LNN – November 26, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been workin...
Nov 26, 2020
As Alberta's COVID-19 cases rise, so does tension over world junior championship
Alberta's spike in COVID-19 infections and the virus's infiltration of Canada's team is concerning for the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton, according to a health and law expert and an epi...
Nov 26, 2020
Alberta underscores Critical Health Alert by way of an Emergency Alert
EDMONTON, AB. -- Alberta has declared a Public Health Emergency to protect the health care system from COVID-19. On Tuesday, Nov 24, Alberta Health Services issued a list of new restrictions aimed at ...
Nov 26, 2020
Boy dead, officer hurt in Kawartha Lakes, Ont.; police watchdog investigating
A one-year-old boy was fatally shot and his father and a provincial police officer injured Thursday following an alleged abduction in central Ontario, the province's police watchdog says. The Special ...
Nov 26, 2020