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Trudeau offers Canadian lumber, steel to help rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral
PARIS - Canada is offering homegrown softwood lumber and steel to help with the reconstruction of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral, which was partially destroyed by fire in mid-April. In a lett...
May 15, 2019
Facebook takes down anti-vaxxer page that used falsified image of girl who died
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The mother of a young Newfoundland girl says she's relieved a social media company has disabled a site that used images of her dead daughter to promote an anti-vaccination campaign....
May 15, 2019
Their caliphate gone, hidden militants wage nighttime war
BADOUSH, Iraq - It was a chilly January evening, and Khadija Abd and her family had just finished supper at their farm when the two men with guns burst into the room. One wore civilian clothes, the ot...
May 15, 2019
Felicity Huffman pleads guilty in college admissions scheme
BOSTON - "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty Monday in the college admissions bribery scheme, the biggest name to do so in a scandal that has exposed the lengths to which some ...
May 15, 2019
Public safety, civil rights groups battle over face ID tech
San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies, reflecting a growing backlash against a technology that's creeping into ...
May 15, 2019
Tankers reported damaged off UAE on major oil trade route
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates - As many as four oil tankers anchored in the Mideast were damaged in what Gulf officials described Monday as a "sabotage" attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirat...
May 15, 2019
CP NewsAlert: CFL, CFL Players' Association reach agreement on new contract
TORONTO - There's labour peace in the CFL. The league and CFL Players' Association have come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement. The tentative deal replaces a five-year contract th...
May 15, 2019
Alabama ban on nearly all abortions in GOP governor's hands
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama legislators have given final approval to a ban on nearly all abortions, and if the Republican governor signs the measure, the state will have the strictest abortion law in t...
May 15, 2019
37-year-old B.C. woman among six killed in Alaska floatplane crash
KETCHIKAN, Alaska - A 37-year-old woman from Richmond, B.C., has been identified as the Canadian killed when two sightseeing floatplanes crashed midair in Alaska earlier this week. Elsa Wilk is one of...
May 15, 2019
Updated fisheries law could stem loss of stocks, biodiversity: supporters
Significant changes could be coming to the way fisheries are managed in Canada, giving hope for the rebound of some species and the protection of others, says an ocean conservation group. Josh Laughre...
May 15, 2019
