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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked…
B.C. replaces Saskatchewan as fossil fuel thorn in Trudeau’s side
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lost the harshest critic of his plan to impose…
Poll: Most say time to stop trying to repeal ‘Obamacare’
WASHINGTON – Message to President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans: Stop trying to scuttle the…
The Latest: Democrats’ bus tour targets GOP over health care
RED OAK, Iowa – The Latest on Democrats’ national bus tour (all times local): 1:35…
Train collision in northern Egypt kills at least 40
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt – Two passenger trains collided on Friday just outside Egypt’s Mediterranean port city…
Harm reduction workers post list of demands to combat opioid crisis in Toronto
TORONTO – Harm reduction workers in Toronto are calling for the immediate opening of interim…
Lawsuit claims teenage detainees were wrongly tied to gangs
NEW YORK – Some teenagers who entered the United States under the unaccompanied-children program are…
Whales, border-crossers, private clinics: how politics touched us this week
OTTAWA – There was nothing left to do except crack bitter Armageddon jokes. Disbelief turned…
Doughnut shop blamed for Ohio norovirus outbreak to reopen
MAUMEE, Ohio – Health officials in Ohio say a doughnut shop blamed for a norovirus…
Concussion symptoms force St-Gelais out of short track team trials
MONTREAL – Short-track speed skater Marianne St-Gelais withdrew from the Canadian team trials on Saturday…
Canadian pastor freed from North Korean prison ‘on his way home’: family
TORONTO – Relatives of a Canadian pastor released this week after more than two years…
Battle starts over $200M estate of Hawaiian royal descendant
HONOLULU – The $200 million estate of a 91-year-old descendant of Hawaiian royalty has become…
Nationals’ Harper suffers left knee injury
WASHINGTON – Bryce Harper injured his left knee when he slipped on a wet first…
Kuwait battles oil spill in Persian Gulf waters
KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait battled Sunday to control an oil spill off its southern coast…
Health care divide leaves tax on path to reinstatement
BOSTON – The industry that makes medical devices from artificial hips to miniature pumps for…
Romania: Former chief of Ceausescu’s Securitate dies at 86
BUCHAREST, Romania – Tudor Postelnicu, a Romanian politician who headed the country’s secret police and…
Pastor freed from North Korean prison has landed in Canada, government says
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The son of a Canadian pastor who was imprisoned for more than…
Democratic attorneys escalate legal fight against Trump
NEW YORK – The Trump resistance movement cheered when Democratic attorneys general in several states…
Graham says GOP in trouble if Obama’s health care law stands
WASHINGTON – A GOP senator says all Republicans are in trouble politically if they’re unable…
Daily Mail branches into TV with syndicated US show
LONDON – The Daily Mail is branching into television, hiring ESPN football analyst Jesse Palmer…
New life for Medicaid after GOP’s health care debacle
WASHINGTON – It may not equal Social Security and Medicare as a “third rail” program…
First Nation sues CN Rail over northern Ontario oil spills
TORONTO – A northern Ontario Indigenous community is suing CN Rail for alleged environmental and…
Inquiry into missing, murdered women makes N.S. ‘visits’ as it seeks fresh start
HALIFAX – The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is making…
Veterans see need for deep, flexible spending in new homeless strategy
OTTAWA – An emergency fund overseen by federal officials has doled out almost $38,000 in…