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Liberals pull plug on decade-old plan to move elite Joint Task Force 2 unit
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is pulling the plug on a decade-old plan to move the military's elite Joint Task Force 2 to a new base, ending years of speculation and uncertainty for the comm...
Feb 12, 2020
A Canadian evacuee describes life under quarantine at CFB Trenton
CFB TRENTON, Ont. - It's the little luxuries that make all the difference to Myriam Larouche. Back in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the Canadian graduate student said she felt trapped i...
Feb 12, 2020
Ex-Hasidic couple take Quebec to court over religious school education
MONTREAL - An ex-Hasidic Jewish couple who were educated in a private religious school graduated without knowing how to speak French and hardly being able to speak English, a lawyer said Monday at the...
Feb 12, 2020
Climate change could open new land to farming, but caution needed: study
Climate change could open a whole different area in Canada to farming, says newly published research. But Evan Fraser of the University of Guelph, a co-author of the international study, warns that si...
Feb 12, 2020
Michael Kors reminds that staying in can be chic, glamorous
NEW YORK - Michael Kors is so over leggings and sports bras. He used Wednesday's fall collection as a reminder that staying in and cozying up by the fire can still be chic and glamorous. Blake Lively,...
Feb 12, 2020
Team B.C. revved up for the Scotties
KAMLOOPS --- Moose Jaw will be the centre of the curling universe starting the weekend for the Scotties.Sixteen rinks from, one from each of the 10 provinces, along with the Territories, Yukon, Nunavu...
Feb 12, 2020 Image credit: Curl BC
Gunman dead, 2 officers hurt in shooting at Arkansas Walmart
FORREST CITY, Ark. - Two police officers were wounded and a gunman was killed Monday morning in an exchange of gunfire at a Walmart store in Forrest City in eastern Arkansas, authorities said. Forrest...
Feb 12, 2020
2 officers injured, suspect dead in Baltimore shooting
BALTIMORE - Two law enforcement officers with a fugitive task force were injured and a suspect died in a shooting Wednesday in Baltimore, the U.S. Marshals Service said. One officer was injured in the...
Feb 12, 2020
Chargers QB Rivers will enter free agency after 16 seasons
COSTA MESA, Calif. - Philip Rivers' 16-year career with the Chargers has come to an end. The franchise announced Monday that Rivers will enter free agency and won't return to Los Angeles for the upcom...
Feb 12, 2020
Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice agrees to extension with club
Winnipeg head coach Paul Maurice has signed a multi-year extension with the Jets. In his seventh season as Jets coach, Maurice has guided Winnipeg to the playoffs three times, including a run to the W...
Feb 12, 2020
