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Real-life tsunami threat in Port Alberni, B.C., prompts evacuation updates
VICTORIA - When tsunami-alert sirens rang out in the dead of night in Port Alberni 14 months ago, most people fled for higher ground but some didn't recognize the emergency signal, says a new study. A...
Mar 23, 2019
Barbra Streisand under fire for Michael Jackson remarks
Barbra Streisand is coming under intense criticism on social media for telling a British newspaper that two men who say they were molested as children by Michael Jackson were "thrilled to be there" an...
Mar 23, 2019
Cruise ship off Norway evacuates passengers by helicopter
HELSINKI - A cruise ship with engine problems sent a mayday call off Norway's western coast on Saturday, then began evacuating its 1,300 passengers and crew amid stormy seas and heavy winds in a high-...
Mar 23, 2019
The hard life of a wild Sable Island horse:'Eking out a living on this sandbar'
HALIFAX - Researchers studying the carcasses of Sable Island's fabled wild horses have discovered many had unusual levels of parasites and sand, suggesting they are tougher than most horses, even as m...
Mar 23, 2019
Sir John A. Macdonald statue vandalized again in downtown Montreal
MONTREAL - Vandals struck a Sir John A. Macdonald statue in downtown Montreal once again, spray painting the imposing bronze monument to the country's first prime minister early Thursday. Montreal pol...
Mar 23, 2019
Ethiopian Airlines chief questions Max training requirements
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The warning and training requirements set for the now-grounded 737 Max 8 aircraft may not have been adequate, in light of the Ethiopian plane crash that killed 157 people, the ...
Mar 23, 2019
Ex-President Temer arrested in Brazil on corruption charges
RIO DE JANEIRO - Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was arrested Thursday on corruption charges, a dramatic development in a sprawling graft probe that has roiled Latin America's largest nation a...
Mar 23, 2019
Cummings concerned about Jared, Ivanka private emails, texts
WASHINGTON - Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter and a powerful White House aide, did not preserve all of her official emails as required by federal law, and her husband, Jared Kushner, used a mess...
Mar 23, 2019
Ferry packed with Iraqis celebrating holiday sinks; 94 die
MOSUL, Iraq - A ferry overloaded with people celebrating the Kurdish new year and Mother's Day capsized in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing nearly 100 people, includi...
Mar 23, 2019
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges gets creditor protection in $15B Quebec lawsuit
MONTREAL - Rothmans, Benson & Hedges has become the third tobacco company to receive a temporary reprieve from compensating 100,000 Quebec smokers after securing creditor protection in a...
Mar 23, 2019