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Corey Hart calls Canada's Walk of Fame induction 'most meaningful career event'
TORONTO - Even with his collection of smash hits, millions in worldwide album sales and countless awards, Corey Hart says his induction into Canada’s Walk of Fame is the ultimate honour. “...
Oct 06, 2016
Safety, water, economics come before climate for foes of local energy projects
OTTAWA - New research suggests that polarizing debates over the impacts of climate change are not the driving force behind local opposition to major energy projects. And that’s something governm...
Oct 06, 2016
Teary RCMP commissioner apologizes, announces harassment suit settlement
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson has delivered an abject apology to hundreds of current and former female officers and employees who were subjected to bullying, discrimination and harassment dat...
Oct 06, 2016
Sheriff: Los Angeles County sergeant shot execution-style
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant was the victim of “a calculated execution” by a parolee with a long history of arrests who pumped bullets into his body as he la...
Oct 06, 2016
Allegations jobs smoothed with cash payments at Trump Tower
NEW YORK - Six years after George Gjieli left federal prison, where he’d been sent for trying to break out a triple murderer, Donald Trump gave him a job running Trump Tower, where the billionai...
Oct 06, 2016
Trump, once a data skeptic, spending millions on data
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump once called data “overrated” in politics. But with Election Day swiftly approaching, the Republican presidential nominee is spending millions of dollars on data a...
Oct 06, 2016
UN Syria envoy warns Aleppo could be 'destroyed' this year
GENEVA - The U.N. envoy for Syria called on al-Qaida-linked militants to leave the embattled city of Aleppo in exchange for an end to government and Russian bombardment, warning Thursday that thousand...
Oct 06, 2016
'A monster': A deadly Hurricane Matthew closes in on Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Hurricane Matthew pelted Florida with heavy rains as the deadly storm steamed ever closer to the coast with potentially catastrophic winds of 130 mph Thursday. Two million peopl...
Oct 06, 2016
Nats Strasburg, Ramos among injured sidelined for NLDS, ALDS
WASHINGTON - Back in 2012, the Washington Nationals drew all sorts of attention - and criticism - for deciding to shut down Stephen Strasburg ahead of the playoffs to protect his surgically repaired r...
Oct 06, 2016
Kelowna Rockets double the Hurricanes 6-3 at the Enmax
LETHBRIDGE – Heading into Lethbridge on Wednesday with an early season standing of 1-and-4 may have been the impetus for a hungry charge on the ice for Kelowna. The Rockets started slow, but too...
Oct 05, 2016