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Peruvian emigre gives US voice to Venezuela hard-liners
MIAMI - An emigre who once fled a right-wing strongman in Peru has made his U.S.-based television program a forum for hardline opponents of Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro - includi...
Jan 31, 2019
Murder trial hears of Richard Oland's wealth - and son's mounting debts
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - While Dennis Oland was dealing with mounting debt in 2011, his father Richard was living the life of a multi-millionaire, travelling the world in pursuit of new sailboats and the pa...
Jan 31, 2019
Crown seeks 8 years in prison for woman found guilty of terrorism charges
TORONTO - A woman found guilty of terror charges after attacking workers at a Canadian Tire with a golf club and a butcher knife should be sentenced to eight years behind bars, prosecutors argued Thur...
Jan 31, 2019
Antoine Vermette announces retirement after 14 NHL seasons
TORONTO - Antoine Vermette has retired from the NHL after 14 seasons. The 36-year-old made the announcement through the NHL Players’ Association on Thursday. Vermette scored 228 goals and regist...
Jan 31, 2019
Program reductions and pool closure date at YMCA Stafford Branch announced
LETHBRIDGE - With construction on the Cor Van Raay YMCA at the ATB Centre moving steadily along, the decommissioning plan for the downtown Stafford branch has been revealed. Officials at the branch ou...
Jan 31, 2019
Lebanon factions form government, ending nine-month deadlock
BEIRUT - Lebanese political factions agreed Thursday to form a new government, breaking a nine-month deadlock that only deepened the country’ economic woes. Rival political groups had been locke...
Jan 31, 2019
Coerced sterilizations not only an Indigenous concern, Commons committee hears
OTTAWA - Indigenous women are probably not the only ones who have been coerced into being sterilized without wanting to be, an assistant deputy minister at Health Canada told the House of Commons̵...
Jan 31, 2019
Supreme Court rules bankrupt energy companies can't abandon old wells
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says the trustee for a bankrupt Alberta energy company cannot simply walk away from unprofitable wells on agricultural land without having to clean up. The h...
Jan 31, 2019
Gone but not forgotten: Some of Sebastian Giovinco's most memorable moments
TORONTO - Italian striker Sebastian Giovinco, sold to Saudi Arabia club Al-Hilal FC on Wednesday, scored 83 goals (adding 64 assists) in 142 appearances for Toronto FC across all competitions. Here is...
Jan 31, 2019
Silicon Valley eatery bans 'Make America Great Again' hats
SAN MATEO, Calif. - Patrons won’t be served at a Silicon Valley restaurant if they wear a “Make America Great Again” baseball cap. J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, a chef-partner of the Wursthall...
Jan 31, 2019