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Magnitude 5.9 shock rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing further damage along the island's southern coast, where previous recent quakes have toppled homes and schools. The ...
Jan 11, 2020
Freezing temperatures 'not seen in years' expected for North and South Thompson
KAMLOOPS - According to Environment Canada, temperatures within the North and South Thompson will plummet to 'values not seen in years' this weekend. A special weather statement has been issued for th...
Jan 11, 2020 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds)
ROTHENBURGER: Crapstorm blowing in City Hall over Westsyde pipeline motion
HERE'S A STRAIGHT-FORWARD question.Supposing, five or 10 years from now, the oil pipeline that runs through Westsyde splits a seam or whatever it is pipelines do when they break, and there's a major l...
Jan 11, 2020 Trans Mountain pipeline marker in Westsyde. (Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger)
Questions surrounding cause of plane crash stir fear, confusion among mourners
Mounting questions surrounding the circumstances of a plane crash outside Tehran that left no survivors fuelled confusion, fear and anger Thursday among those grieving the deaths of doz...
Jan 11, 2020
10 years after, Michaelle Jean laments flawed response to devastating Haiti quake
MONTREAL - Former governor general Michaelle Jean vividly remembers the shock of seeing the country of her birth after it was hit by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. "It was as if...
Jan 11, 2020
Intelligence says Iranian missile downed airliner, perhaps by mistake: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canadian and foreign intelligence indicates dozens of Canadians were killed by a potentially errant Iranian missile that downed their jetliner near Tehran this week, sparking a quest for answ...
Jan 11, 2020
Lawmakers approve Brexit bill, UK on course for Jan 31 exit
LONDON - Britain passed a long-elusive milestone on the road to Brexit on Thursday when the House of Commons approved a bill authorizing the country's departure from the European Union at the end of t...
Jan 11, 2020
R Kelly girlfriend charged after fight at singer's condo
CHICAGO - A fight between two of R. Kelly's girlfriends inside the embattled singer's Trump Tower condominium led to a domestic battery charge against one of them and sent the other to the hospital, C...
Jan 11, 2020
Fashion retailer Aritzia shares climb as earnings rise, beats expectations
VANCOUVER - Shares in Aritzia Inc. jumped 17 per cent Thursday to a record close after the company's latest financial results topped expectations and it signalled continued expansi...
Jan 11, 2020
A look at some of the victims of the Iran plane crash who had roots in Canada
Dozens of people with ties to Canada were among the 176 who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. Prime Minister...
Jan 11, 2020
