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Danger subsiding after B.C. properties threatened by several weekend wildfires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An evacuation order has been downgraded to an alert as crews in north-central British Columbia make progress battling a significant wildfire. The blaze broke out Saturday near th...
May 13, 2019
Danger subsiding after B.C. properties threatened by several weekend wildfires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An evacuation order has been downgraded to an alert as crews in north-central British Columbia make progress battling a significant wildfire. The blaze broke out Saturday near th...
May 13, 2019
Quebec's youth protection agencies need help, managers say after girl's death
MONTREAL - Quebec youth protection managers say the province has a shortage of qualified case workers, and the system must change to meet the realities of 2019. They have issued an open letter am...
May 13, 2019
Houthi rebels claim to begin withdrawal from key Yemen ports
SANAA, Yemen - Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday began a long-delayed withdrawal of forces from the port facility in the key city of Hodeida, the group said, following the terms of a December cease-fi...
May 13, 2019
Scientists challenge claim that Labrador is site of planet's oldest life
A team of geological researchers is challenging claims that some of the earliest forms of known life existed in northern Labrador. The argument that a rocky outcrop showed evidence of life going ...
May 13, 2019
Kakko scores 3 as Finland beats Slovakia; Czechs rout Norway
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Kaapo Kakko scored a hat trick to lift Finland to a 4-2 win over host Slovakia at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. Kakko, who led Finland with two goals in an upse...
May 13, 2019
Poland shaken by documentary about pedophile priests
WARSAW, Poland - A new documentary revealing new cases of pedophilia by priests has deeply shaken Poland, one of Europe's most Roman Catholic societies, eliciting an apology from the church hierarchy ...
May 13, 2019
'Empire' will go 1 more season, Smollett's future is unclear
NEW YORK - The Fox network says "Empire" will be back this fall for its final season. But Fox executives in announcing the 2019-20 season say that Jussie Smollett's future in the show is unclear. Fox ...
May 13, 2019
UK halts export of 'Lady Chatterley' copy from famous trial
LONDON - The British government has used its powers to preserve the nation's cultural treasures to halt the export of a tattered paperback copy of "Lady Chatterley's Lover." The copy of the once-scand...
May 13, 2019
NBC bets on comedy next year, 'This Is Us" for years to come
NEW YORK - NBC didn't invoke its "must-see TV" 20th-century marketing slogan in announcing a renewed emphasis on sitcoms next season, but it could have. Calling comedy the "heart" of its brand, the ne...
May 13, 2019
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