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Raped and tortured by IS, Yazidi women recover in Germany
VILLINGEN-SCHWENNINGEN, Germany - The Yazidi girl had been in the safety of a refugee camp in Iraq for two weeks when she imagined she heard the voices of Islamic State fighters outside her tent. Petr...
Aug 24, 2016
Health staff aware inmate who died of overdose 'intoxicated', took pills:report
A police report says a man who died from a drug overdose in a Cape Breton jail told a prison nurse he had taken five “nerve pill(s)” and appeared intoxicated, raising questions for an addi...
Aug 24, 2016
Star quarterback Ray to return to Argos after missing 3 games with knee sprain
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts will have star quarterback Ricky Ray under centre when they host the B.C. Lions next week. Head coach Scott Milanovich announced Wednesday that Ray will be back for the...
Aug 24, 2016
Victim satisfied with Quebec election shooter's 2nd-degree murder conviction
MONTREAL - Four years after being seriously wounded by the same bullet that killed his friend outside the Metropolis nightclub in 2012, Dave Courage says justice has finally been done. “Everyone...
Aug 24, 2016
Trudeau urged to outline directives, actions on ministerial spending
OTTAWA - The political pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to outline specific measures to control spending among his cabinet ministers, now that two of them find their own practices...
Aug 24, 2016
Italy earthquake kills dozens, reduces towns to rubble
AMATRICE, Italy – A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, killing at least 73 people and injuring hundreds more as rescue crews raced ...
Aug 24, 2016
AFI postpones 'The Birth of a Nation' screening, Parker Q&A
LOS ANGELES - The American Film Institute has cancelled plans to screen writer-director Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” for students this week amid controversies surrounding a ...
Aug 24, 2016
Defenceman Cody Ceci ready for bigger role with Senators after signing new deal
Cody Ceci has had a taste, and now he wants more. He wants more points, more time on the power play, all the things that come with being a top-level offensive defenceman. Ceci signed a new two-year de...
Aug 24, 2016
'It's a lit fuse:' Release of ancient carbon from melting permafrost measured
Researchers have confirmed the widespread release of ancient carbon from melting Arctic permafrost in what could be the lit fuse on a climate-change bomb. A paper published this week in Nature Geoscie...
Aug 24, 2016
Royal Bank 'closely monitoring' housing markets in Vancouver, Toronto: CEO
TORONTO - Royal Bank CEO David McKay says the lender is “closely monitoring” the real estate markets in Vancouver and Toronto, where home prices have been climbing at a breakneck pace. ...
Aug 24, 2016