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Trump to nominate Shanahan for top Pentagon post
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Patrick Shanahan to be his second secretary of defence, putting an end to months of speculation about the former Boeing executive'...
May 11, 2019
$5 billion laundered through B.C. real estate in 2018, drove up home prices
VICTORIA - A report that estimates $5 billion was laundered through British Columbia's real estate market last year also lifts the lid on the extent of illegal cash moving across Canada. Som...
May 11, 2019
Supreme Court has 'full confidence' in Gascon following mysterious absence
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't discuss why Justice Clement Gascon briefly disappeared this week, but says it has "full confidence" the reason does not af...
May 11, 2019
Prosecutors say synagogue gunman boasted of hate for Jews
SAN DIEGO - A gunman who killed a woman and wounded three during services at a Southern California synagogue later told a 911 dispatcher he had done it because "the Jewish people are destroying the wh...
May 11, 2019
Turkish opposition journalist hospitalized following attack
ANKARA, Turkey - A journalist critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government and its nationalist allies has been hospitalized after being attacked outside his home. The Yenicag newspaper says...
May 11, 2019
Leafs D Dermott to have shoulder surgery, will be out at least six months
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs say defenceman Travis Dermott will undergo shoulder surgery on Friday and is expected to be out of action a minimum of six months. The prognosis means Dermott will mi...
May 11, 2019
Pediatric society calls for access to free contraceptives for everyone under 25
OTTAWA - The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending that everyone under 25 should get confidential access to free birth control. In a position statement released Thursday, the society says a...
May 11, 2019
'Nerds' come together after vandals trash Nova Scotia role-playing camp
SYDNEY, N.S. - Police are investigating after a group of vandals trashed a Cape Breton business where people gather in the woods to enjoy live action role-playing dressed...
May 11, 2019
James Cameron salutes 'Endgame' for sinking 'Titanic' record
LOS ANGELES - Filmmaker James Cameron has no bad blood with the Avengers, even though "Endgame" has eclipsed "Titanic's" worldwide record and bumped the 1997 blockbuster to third place. Cameron tweete...
May 11, 2019
Refugee who lost fingers to frostbite pleads with MPs not to pass new asylum law
OTTAWA - A refugee from Ghana who lost all his fingers to frostbite crossing irregularly into Canada made an impassioned plea to MPs on Thursday to scrap proposed new asylum-seeker rules the Liberals ...
May 11, 2019
