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Older couples unable to escape wildfires embrace a last time
Some had just celebrated marriages of half a century or longer. They spent their time volunteering and playing with grandchildren. A few had lived through both world wars. The vast majority of the 42 ...
Oct 19, 2017
Facebook bug puts Pittsburgh users in Philadelphia for a day
PITTSBURGH - Facebook users Pittsburgh and other western and central Pennsylvania locations have found themselves transplanted to Philadelphia for a day. A glitch on the social media site caused Pitts...
Oct 19, 2017
Beijing forms 'snow affairs work team' for 2022 Olympics
Beijing, host of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, has a snow problem: Hardly any of the white stuff falls on the Chinese capital despite freezing temperatures. Taking the matter in hand, the games organ...
Oct 19, 2017
Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes to perform at MTV Europe Awards
LONDON - Pop star Demi Lovato, singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes, rockers The Killers and grime artist Stormzy are set to perform at MTV’s Europe Music Awards in London. The EMAs will also feature ...
Oct 19, 2017
US unemployment claims fall to 222,000, lowest in 44 years
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since Richard Nixon was president. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that claims ...
Oct 19, 2017
EU leaders to May: Match Brexit promises with real proposals
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders told British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday to match her goodwill pledges to boost Brexit negotiations with concrete proposals if she really wants to start di...
Oct 19, 2017
Bobcaygeon honours late Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie with candlelight vigil
BOBCAYGEON, Ont. - When Dave Bailey first heard last year that Gord Downie had terminal brain cancer, he knew he needed to head to Bobcaygeon, Ont., after the Tragically Hip frontman died. The Pickeri...
Oct 19, 2017
Police in Newfoundland defend national undercover operation aimed at sex trade
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police in Newfoundland and Labrador are defending a national police operation aimed at finding victims of human trafficking working in the sex trade. Last week, the St. John&#...
Oct 19, 2017
Baloney Meter: Does the United States protect its dairy producers too?
OTTAWA - “We believe it’s important to point out to our U.S. friends that dairy producers in the U.S. also receive subsidies from the government, very significant subsidies.” - Forei...
Oct 19, 2017
Canadian planet hunter seeking alien life: 'The shifting line of what is crazy'
HALIFAX - Sara Seager has pledged to spend the rest of her life searching for another Earth among the billions of stars that inhabit our night sky. “That’s our goal: to find life out there...
Oct 19, 2017