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Mohawk grand chief and Oka mayor shake hands after weeks of tension in land dispute
QUEBEC - Following weeks of tension over a land dispute, a Mohawk grand chief and the mayor of Oka, Que., shook hands Friday and agreed to put their differences behind them. Since July, Kanesatake Gra...
Sep 01, 2019
Israeli army says multiple targets hit by fire from Lebanon
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military on Sunday said that Lebanese militants fired a barrage of anti-tank missiles at an Israeli army base, scoring a number of direct hits on Israeli targets. Israel respon...
Sep 01, 2019
Airbus pulls out of fighter-jet competition following complaints
OTTAWA - Canada's multibillion-dollar effort to buy new fighter jets has taken another surprise turn with European aerospace giant Airbus announcing it has withdrawn from the high-stakes competition. ...
Sep 01, 2019
Week in Review — Week of August 26, 2019
Welcome to Week in Review.This week, we take a look into school board priorities, and what the Kamloops Thompson School District has planned for a new school year.Compost in Kamloops? Some residents a...
Sep 01, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly)
Reporters focus on Polanski's film, not his crime, at Venice
VENICE, Italy - Roman Polanski is not at the Venice International Film Festival, but his new film, "An Officer and a Spy" is. Yet, after much hand-wringing over its inclusion among the films in compet...
Sep 01, 2019
Court delays case against public servant charged in shipbuilding leak
OTTAWA - An Ottawa court has agreed to delay until November the case of a public servant accused of leaking cabinet secrets about a $700-million shipbuilding project, amid concerns about fairness and ...
Sep 01, 2019
Family of 3 injured by lightning in Polish Tatra Mountains
WARSAW, Poland - A couple and their seven-year-old child were hospitalized Friday after lightning hit a tree they were passing while trekking in the Tatra Mountains in southern Poland, where a thunder...
Sep 01, 2019
Djokovic, Federer seek US Open quarters; Gauff-McNally play
NEW YORK - Novak Djokovic would be a little closer to Roger Federer's record for men's Grand Slam singles titles if he'd done better against Stan Wawrinka. They meet Sunday for the first time since Wa...
Sep 01, 2019
Kristen Stewart wants to elevate Jean Seberg beyond haircut
VENICE, Italy - Kristen Stewart only knew Jean Seberg as an image. The picture of the waif with the pixie haircut and the New York Herald Tribune shirt embodied the effortless chic associated with the...
Sep 01, 2019
Saudi-led airstrikes kill at least 60 at rebel-run prison
SANAA, Yemen - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's rebels attacked a detention centre in the southwestern province of Dhamar with several airstrikes Sunday, killing at least 60 people and woundin...
Sep 01, 2019
