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Power play: Papal aide's manhole act angers Italy's Salvini
ROME - Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has taken aim at a Vatican cardinal who climbed into a utility manhole to restore electricity to squatters in a state-owned building, pitting far-right ...
May 15, 2019
June Jones leaves Hamilton Tiger-Cats for XFL head coaching position
HAMILTON - June Jones is leaving the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the XFL. The Ticats confirmed Monday that Jones has stepped down as their assistant head coach/offensive co-o...
May 15, 2019
'Fire and Fury' author has new Trump book out in June
NEW YORK - The author of "Fire and Fury" has more inside stories on the Trump administration. Michael Wolff's "Siege: Trump Under Fire" comes out June 4, Henry Holt and Company announced Wednesday. Li...
May 15, 2019
Federal fire officials update forecast for this year's wildfire season
EDMONTON - Officials say the wildfire danger is already high to extreme in areas of Western Canada. Natural Resources Canada's Northern Forestry Centre in Edmonton is providing a briefing today o...
May 15, 2019
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques announces winners of science contest
FREDERICTON - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques took time from his busy schedule on the International Space Station today to encourage young students to pursue science - telling them th...
May 15, 2019
Tanya Tagaq, Joshua Whitehead among finalists for Indigenous Voices Awards
VANCOUVER - The Indigenous Voices Awards are building on their inaugural success as a launching pad for Indigenous literary talent with a fresh crop of finalists, an organizer says. Tanya Tagaq and Jo...
May 15, 2019
Health authorities say 66 died in Montreal during last year's heat wave
Montreal health authorities now say 66 people died in the city during a heat wave between June 30 and July 8 last year. An investigation has shown two-thirds of the victims were over th...
May 15, 2019
Julianne Moore on gender parity: 'I believe in quotas'
CANNES, France - Julianne Moore says that for the movie industry to reach gender parity, it's necessary to implement quotas. Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, Moore said measures are ...
May 15, 2019
End of U.S. tariffs on Canadian, Mexican steel and aluminum close: Mnuchin
OTTAWA - A top Trump administration cabinet member says the end of punishing steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada and Mexico is close at hand. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sa...
May 15, 2019
Leap of faith: Cavs sign Michigan's Beilein to 5-year deal
CLEVELAND - John Beilein has spent a coaching lifetime taking ordinary programs and turning them into consistent winning ones. All in college. He's getting his NBA shot. The Cavaliers ended a monthlon...
May 15, 2019
