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Three dead and two injured in Hamilton house fire, police say
HAMILTON - Three people are dead and three more were taken to hospital after a house fire near the industrial district of Hamilton, Ont., late Saturday night. Staff Sgt. Marco Del Conte of the Hamilto...
Oct 02, 2016
'The Art of Command:' Canada's Afghan mission leaders subject of new exhibit
CALGARY - They were the public faces of Canada in the Afghan war. Now an exhibit of those who led the mission is on display at The Military Museums in Calgary. “The Art of Command: Portraits and...
Oct 02, 2016
U.S. trade ambassador to meet with Canadian lumber execs before softwood deadline
MONTREAL - Canadian softwood lumber executives will meet this week with America’s trade ambassador as they brace for the prospect of U.S. tariffs that they say could result in mill closures and ...
Oct 02, 2016
Legal experts look at what might happen after verdict in murder trial questioned
EDMONTON - Legal experts say a judge who used an unconstitutional section of law to convict an Alberta man of murdering two missing seniors can take a few different avenues to fix the error, including...
Oct 02, 2016
52 confirmed dead in stampede at Ethiopia religious event
BISHOFTU, Ethiopia - Dozens of people were crushed to death Sunday in a stampede after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an anti-government protest that grew out of a massive religi...
Oct 02, 2016
Riding celebrity wave, Justice Ginsburg releasing anthology
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is riding the wave of her rock-star celebrity, releasing a compilation of her writings that range from a high school editorial to summaries of so...
Oct 02, 2016
Trump tax revelation punctuates week of political challenges
NEW YORK - Ever defiant, Donald Trump and his Republican allies embraced a report on Sunday that said the New York businessman may not have paid federal income taxes for nearly two decades after he an...
Oct 02, 2016
Akwesasne creates first indigenous court in Canada for and by indigenous people
MONTREAL - The Mohawk band council of Akwesasne has introduced what is considered the first indigenous legal system in Canada outside a federal framework. While First Nations band councils have been p...
Oct 02, 2016
Explosion at cafe injures 90 at festival in southern Spain
MADRID - An explosion at a cafe in southern Spain injured 90 people at a local festival, five of them seriously, authorities said Sunday. The Saturday night explosion occurred at around 7 p.m. in down...
Oct 02, 2016
In-Kyung Kim wins Reignwood LPGA Classic in China
BEIJING - In-Kyung Kim won the Reignwood LPGA Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory in six years, making an eagle and a birdie on the two late par 5s to lead a South Korean sweep of the to...
Oct 02, 2016