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B.C. father accused of killing daughters denies stabbing self in throat, chest
VANCOUVER - The Crown suggested Tuesday that a Vancouver Island father accused of killing his daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 hesitated before stabbing himself in the throat. Crown attorn...
Aug 28, 2019
Canada ends pre-FIBA World Cup schedule with tough 84-68 loss to United States
SYDNEY, Australia - Canada men's basketball coach Nick Nurse says his team needs to "flush" its last exhibition performance after ending World Cup preparations with an ugly 84-68 loss to the Unit...
Aug 28, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Shame on Equestrian Canada for not letting Kyra compete
Image Credit: Jim BradburyKAMLOOPS - A BUREAUCRAT is commonly defined as an official who is -as the Oxford dictionary says - "perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of...
Aug 28, 2019 Image Credit: Jim Bradbury
This time, Trudeau keeps low profile at G7 as election campaign looms
BIARRITZ, France - He may have spent the weekend an ocean away from home, rubbing elbows with world leaders during tense talks on international crises, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Aug 28, 2019
Hong Kong: Split emerges in Chinese-Canadian community amid protests
VANCOUVER - Images of police using rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters in Hong Kong in early June spurred Joel Wan to pick up the phone and call the United Nations human rights office from ...
Aug 28, 2019
Hong Kong: Split emerges in Chinese-Canadian community amid protests
VANCOUVER - Images of police using rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters in Hong Kong in early June spurred Joel Wan to pick up the phone and call the United Nations human rights office from ...
Aug 28, 2019
Epstein accuser says Prince Andrew should 'come clean'
LONDON - One of the many women who have accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse has kept Britain's Prince Andrew uncomfortably at the centre of the ongoing investigation. Virginia Roberts Giuffre, spe...
Aug 28, 2019
Toyota, Suzuki partnering in self-driving car technology
TOKYO - Japan's top automaker, Toyota, and smaller rival Suzuki are partnering in the development of self-driving car technology, as manufacturers around the world grapple with innovations in the indu...
Aug 28, 2019
Iran says oil on tanker pursued by US sold; buyer unnamed
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Monday announced that the 2.1 million barrels of crude aboard an Iranian oil tanker pursued by the U.S. has been sold to an unnamed buyer as the ship, at the centre of a crisis ...
Aug 28, 2019
In the news today, Aug. 28
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 28 --- FIRST INTERIOR SHOTS OF HMS TERROR RELEASED Parks Canada has released the first pictures from inside the HMS Terror, one of the two sh...
Aug 28, 2019
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