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Montreal animal shelter grappling with growing number of abandoned chickens
MONTREAL - Animal welfare officials in Montreal are adding chickens to the list of abandoned creatures landing at their doorstep. While dogs, cats and rabbits are par for the course, it appe...
May 06, 2019
UN environment report has strong message for Canada: co-author
A Canadian author of a mammoth UN report on the environment says its findings on the decline of nature has an important message for Canada. Kai Chan of the University of British Columbia says the repo...
May 06, 2019
Surprise threat from Trump to raise tariffs sinks stocks
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell sharply at the opening of trading Monday, following a sell-off in Europe and Asia, after President Donald Trump threatened to escalate a trade war between the world's two l...
May 06, 2019
Maximum Security out of Preakness; Derby DQ to be appealed
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Maximum Security's owner said Monday he will not run the horse in the Preakness and will appeal the disqualification as the Kentucky Derby winner. Gary West said by phone to The Asso...
May 06, 2019
Maximum Security out of Preakness; Derby DQ to be appealed
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Maximum Security's owner said Monday he will not run the horse in the Preakness and will appeal the disqualification as the Kentucky Derby winner. Gary West said by phone to The Asso...
May 06, 2019
WolfPack facing must win
KAMLOOPS - WolfPack baseball is in Abbotsford today for two games against Fraser Valley. Only the first game is a league game, and a must win for the WolfPack to finish in first place. A win would lea...
May 06, 2019 Image credit: cfjctoday
Another election in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Voters are heading to the polls today to elect a member of Parliament in the B.C. riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith in what could be an indicator of the fall federal election. The leaders of the L...
May 06, 2019
US dispatches aircraft carrier over unspecified Iran threats
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is dispatching an aircraft carrier and other military resources to the Middle East following "clear indications" that Iran and its proxy forces were preparing to possibly attack ...
May 06, 2019
New baby alters line of succession for the British throne
The birth of a royal baby boy to Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has changed the line of succession. The baby's name has not been released yet but here are the first 10 people...
May 06, 2019
Springsteen, Scorsese talk Catholicism, films and creativity
LOS ANGELES - With a friendship going back to a fateful meeting at The Roxy in 1975, Bruce Springsteen and Martin Scorsese shared the stage in Los Angeles Sunday night for a wide-ranging conversation ...
May 06, 2019
