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Area residents tearful, grieving after body of missing Saskatchewan girl found
NIPAWIN, Sask. - An Amber Alert and the frantic search for a seven-year-old girl ended in tragedy Thursday when her body was discovered in a home in northeastern Saskatchewan. The alert was issued by ...
Nov 10, 2016
Attack at Turkish government building in southeast wounds 3
ANKARA, Turkey - Kurdish militants attacked a government building in southeast Turkey on Thursday, wounding at least three people including a district governor, officials said. The state-run Anadolu A...
Nov 10, 2016
Trump shakes up transition team, elevates Pence's role
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump shook up his transition team Friday as he plunged into the work of setting up his administration, elevating Vice-President-elect Mike Pence to head the operat...
Nov 10, 2016
Leaderless Democratic Party in dire straits after GOP sweeps
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama hands over the White House to Republican Donald Trump in 71 days, leaving the Democratic Party leaderless and with few up-and-coming stars among its aging cast of s...
Nov 10, 2016
Trump, trade and immigration raised in Conservative leadership debate
SASKATOON - Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch says she’s not endorsing U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, but says they share ideas on immigration. Leitch said in the first party l...
Nov 10, 2016
Canadian soldier returns to homeland in WWI and fights at Passchendaele
PASSCHENDAELE, Belgium - Richard Van Neste was 35-years-old, married and had six kids when he volunteered for the Canadian Army on Jan. 4, 1916. As a native of Belgium, he no doubt wanted to help libe...
Nov 10, 2016
Some Canadians with dual citizenship restricted on using foreign passport
OTTAWA - A new rule requiring some Canadians with dual citizenship to use a Canadian passport to enter the country takes effect today. The federal government announced the rule earlier this year - it ...
Nov 10, 2016
Royal Ontario Museum apologizes for contributing to racist rhetoric in 1989 exhibit
TORONTO - The Royal Ontario Museum is apologizing for contributing to anti-African racism in a controversial exhibit nearly three decades ago. The exhibit, called Into the Heart of Africa, took place ...
Nov 10, 2016
How your portfolio should react to the economic uncertainty surrounding Trump
TORONTO - While stock markets have been surprisingly resilient following the victory of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, investors are still anxiously wondering what to expect with their portfolios ...
Nov 10, 2016
Latest U.S. marijuana votes could bolster Canada's legalization effort: law prof
OTTAWA - Canada’s effort to craft a legalized marijuana regime could be boosted by the move of four more U.S. states to approve recreational use of the drug, says a Halifax law professor. As it ...
Nov 10, 2016