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Four Canadians named to CONCACAF Best 11 at Olympic qualifying tournament
Teenager Jordyn Huitema, who led the tournament in scoring, is one of four Canadians named to the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Championship Best 11. The 18-year-old striker is joined by goalkeeper Stephan...
Feb 12, 2020

'Never happened': Model denies trapping Weinstein accuser
NEW YORK - In the strongest defence testimony yet, a Mexican model and actress denied a Harvey Weinstein accuser's claim that she stood by and did nothing while the once-powerful movie mogul groped he...
Feb 12, 2020

Cdn troops won't return to Iraq without Iraq's explicit approval, Champagne says
ALI AL-SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait - Canada's troops are eager to get back to work training Iraqi security forces but it won't happen unless Canada is certain of their safety and Iraq invites them to retur...
Feb 12, 2020

Canada to host Lima Group ministers meeting on Venezuela crisis next week
OTTAWA - Canada will host a meeting of its Lima Group partners next week in an attempt to build new momentum in their effort to bring democracy to Venezuela. The gathering of foreign ministe...
Feb 12, 2020

German filmmaker Vilsmaier, known for 'Stalingrad,' dies
BERLIN - Joseph Vilsmaier, a German filmmaker whose striking portrayal of the Battle of Stalingrad brought home the horrors of war to a new generation, has died. He was 81. His agent confirmed Wednesd...
Feb 12, 2020

Longtime newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford dead at 68
TORONTO - Longtime newspaper columnist, author and firebrand Christie Blatchford, a hardnosed scribe known for deep-sourced scoops and biting opinion pieces, has died. She was 68. Blatc...
Feb 12, 2020

LPS issues Canada-wide warrant for suspect in Lethbridge homicide
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of a 29-year-old man charged in connection with the city's first homicide in two years.Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe, 29, of...
Feb 12, 2020 Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)

One dead after officer-involved shooting in Blairmore
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - RCMP have confirmed that one person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Blairmore.According to an RCMP release, at around 5:00 p.m. on February 11, two Blairmore RCM...
Feb 12, 2020

More businesses reopen in China, but many people stay home
BEIJING - More offices and stores in Beijing and other parts of China finally reopened Monday after the Lunar New Year break was extended to discourage travel and contain the new coronavirus, but many...
Feb 12, 2020

Trump's $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits rejected cuts
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan on Monday that recycles deep, previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps, Medicaid, and housi...
Feb 12, 2020