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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau praises veterans, reopens support office
SYDNEY, N.S. - Justin Trudeau paid tribute to Canada’s veterans Thursday during an emotional visit to a Royal Canadian Legion branch in Cape Breton, where the prime minister chatted and posed fo...
Nov 10, 2016
Five stories in the news Thursday, Nov. 10
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Nov. 10 --- US ELECTION MIGHT BOOST LEGALIZED MARIJUANA LAWS IN CANADA: PROFESSOR SAYS A Halifax law professor says Canada’s attempt to craft a legalized m...
Nov 10, 2016
Late-night hosts mark Trump's election with jokes, therapy
LOS ANGELES - Late-night hosts pivoted from candidate Donald Trump to President-elect Trump, combining punchlines and audience group counselling after the billionaire’s defeat of Hillary Clinton...
Nov 10, 2016
Australia ratifies greenhouse gas targets agreed on in Paris
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia on Thursday ratified its greenhouse gas emission targets agreed upon last year at the U.N. climate meeting in Paris. Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull told Parliament that...
Nov 10, 2016
Across Asia, targets of Trump rhetoric look to the future
NEW DELHI - Throughout his campaign, Asian nations were a regular target of President-elect Donald Trump’s speeches: China is a trade manipulator; Japan and Korea don’t contribute enough f...
Nov 10, 2016
Syrian teens tell UNICEF envoy Liam Neeson about tough exile
AMMAN, Jordan - Liam Neeson got a little break from being famous. Sitting on the floor of a community centre courtyard with two dozen local teens, he listened attentively as young Syrian refugees - wh...
Nov 10, 2016
Police search for gunman after 5 injured in Seattle shooting
SEATTLE - A man opened fire on a crowd outside a convenience store in downtown Seattle, wounding five people and setting off an intense police search, authorities said. Seattle Assistant Police Chief ...
Nov 09, 2016
Taiwan set to legalize same-sex marriages, a first in Asia
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Su Shan and her partner are raising 5-month-old twins together, but only one of the women is their legal parent. That could soon change as Taiwan appears set to become the first place...
Nov 09, 2016
Japan says Prime Minister Abe to meet with Trump next week
TOKYO - A Japanese official says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump next week. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters Thursday that Abe and Trump...
Nov 09, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games NHL Columbus 3 Anaheim 2 (OT) Ottawa 2 Buffalo 1 (SO) Chicago 2 St. Louis 1 (OT) — AHL Milwaukee 5 Chicago 4 (OT) Grand Rapids 5 Cleveland 4 (SO) San Antonio 5 Ontario 1 ...
Nov 09, 2016