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Police to charge W.Va. mom after abduction tale
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A woman will be criminally charged for falsely reporting that an Egyptian man tried to kidnap her daughter from a West Virginia shopping mall, a police detective told The Associate...
Apr 05, 2019
Alberta Election: Where the leaders are on April 5
Today NDP Leader Rachel Notley will begin her day in Edmonton for a leader's event. She will be at another leader's event in Sherwood Park early this afternoon, and will also be in Grande Prairie for ...
Apr 05, 2019
Harsch and Blades look to stun top ranked Raiders
When it comes to the 2nd round match-ups in the WHL playoffs, it does not get any bigger than the one in Saskatchewan between the Saskatoon Blades and the Prince Albert Raiders.Both clubs were in the ...
Apr 05, 2019 (photo credit to Rick Elvin/Saskatoon Blades)
With Brexit, Britain is in crisis and not for the first time
LONDON - Few would argue that Britain is in what is often referred to as a bit of a pickle. A crisis in fact, undoubtedly of historic proportions. With the country mired in confusion and recrimination...
Apr 05, 2019
Freeland says foreign election meddling in October federal vote is likely
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says it is likely that malign foreign actors will meddle in Canada's federal election in October. In fact, she says it is likely that efforts have a...
Apr 05, 2019
Two dead after salmonella outbreak at personal care home in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - An official at a personal care home in Winnipeg says two people have died after testing positive for salmonella during an outbreak of the bacterial infection. Joyce Kristjans...
Apr 05, 2019
Trump drops border shutdown threat and proposes auto tariffs
WASHINGTON - Abandoning his threat to immediately seal the southern border, President Donald Trump warned instead that he'd slap tariffs on cars coming to the U.S. from Mexico unless the Mexicans do m...
Apr 05, 2019
Biden to make 1st appearance since complaints about behaviour
WASHINGTON - In countless conversations over the past year, former Vice-President Joe Biden, his advisers and his broad network of friends and family have openly discussed the vulnerabilities he would...
Apr 05, 2019
Man's claim gives false hope in yearslong missing boy case
CINCINNATI - A day of false hope has given way to questions about why a man would claim to be an Illinois boy who disappeared eight years ago. The FBI declared the man's story a hoax Thursday one day ...
Apr 05, 2019
Gone in 6 minutes: an Ethiopian Airlines jet's final journey
From nearly the moment they roared down the runway and took off in their new Boeing jetliner, the pilots of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 encountered problems with the plane. Almost immediately, a dev...
Apr 05, 2019