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Thunberg slams Davos elites on climate as Trump takes stage
DAVOS, Switzerland - Young climate activists including Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg told business and political elites gathered Tuesday at the World Economic Forum that they aren't doing enough to ...
Jan 21, 2020
Winfrey chooses the novel "American Dirt" for her book club
NEW YORK - Jeanine Cummins' "American Dirt," one of the year's most anticipated and debated novels, is Oprah Winfrey's new pick for her book club. "American Dirt," published Tuesday, tells of a bookst...
Jan 21, 2020
Pitt, Dern, 'Fleabag' win at Screen Actors Guild Awards
Brad Pitt, Laura Dern and "Fleabag" took home awards in the early going at the 26th Screen Actors Guild on Sunday. In an awards season with plenty of question marks, little has been more certain than ...
Jan 21, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: The case for naming a mountain after ‘a white dude’
KAMLOOPS - WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT honouring people who have contributed to the development of the province would become so controversial?A mountain on the edge of Wells Gray Park is in need of a name, and...
Jan 21, 2020 Image Credit: Contributed
CFL reaches co-operative partnership agreement with Brazilian federation
TORONTO - Add Brazil to the CFL 2.0 initiative. The league announced Tuesday it has reached a partnership with the Confederacao Brasileira de Futebol Americano (CBFA). Brazil becomes th...
Jan 21, 2020
Iran has asked for technical help on black boxes in downed plane
Iran needs technical assistance from France and the United States to analyze data from the Ukrainian jetliner that was accidentally shot down, says a preliminary report r...
Jan 21, 2020
St. John's still digging out and James Dean back to life; In The News for Jan. 21
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 21 ... What we are wa...
Jan 21, 2020
Meng extradition case back in court for second day on double criminality test
VANCOUVER - The second day of a court hearing gets underway today in Vancouver over a request from the United States to extradite an executive of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei o...
Jan 21, 2020
Meng extradition case back in court for second day on double criminality test
VANCOUVER - The second day of a court hearing gets underway today in Vancouver over a request from the United States to extradite an executive of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei o...
Jan 21, 2020
Fire at Czech asylum for mentally ill kills 8 patients
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - A fire swept through a Czech asylum for the mentally ill on Sunday, killing eight male patients, officials said. Prokop Volenik, spokesman for the regional rescue service, sai...
Jan 21, 2020
