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Taiwan’s leader reelected as voters back tough China stance
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tsai Ing-wen was reelected as Taiwan's president by a landslide Saturday in a victory that signalled strong support for her tough stance against China among voters determined to defen...
Jan 12, 2020
Ray Shero is out as New Jersey Devils' general manager
NEWARK, N.J. - Ray Shero has been fired as the New Jersey Devils' general manager after a four-plus year tenure that saw the three-time Stanley Cup champions make the playoffs only once. Owner Josh Ha...
Jan 12, 2020
Pettersson, Markstrom help Canucks beat Wild 4-1
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Elias Pettersson scored his 21st goal and fellow All-Star Jacob Markstom stopped 23 shots in the Vancouver Canucks' 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. Bo Horvat added two...
Jan 12, 2020
Russia scores victory for ally Syria in UN vote cutting aid
CAMEROON, Cameroon - Russia scored a victory for its close ally Syria on Friday, using its veto threat to force the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution significantly reducing the delivery of c...
Jan 12, 2020
Sask. man relives Haiti earthquake 10 years later
Melvin Brundage felt the world shaking beneath his feet as he hugged his baby boy on a third story balcony that could have collapsed at any second.Brundage and his wife Melanie were in a small town ju...
Jan 12, 2020 Melvin and Melanie Brundage of Nipawin, Sask. with their sons (left-to-right) Ritchie and Mike in a 2014 family photo. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Canada's newest astronauts finish basic training at NASA in Texas
It's a small step toward the moon, but a giant leap for two Canadians. Joshua Kudryk and Jenni Sidey-Gibbons graduated Friday along with 11 Americans from NASA's basic astronaut training and will ...
Jan 12, 2020
Haitian-Canadians commemorate 10 year anniversary of deadly earthquake
MONTREAL - Haitian Canadians are marking the 10th anniversary of a catastrophic earthquake that devastated Haiti. Many gathered at a ceremony in Montreal to commemorate the more th...
Jan 12, 2020
Texas governor to reject new refugees, first under Trump
HOUSTON - Texas will no longer accept the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order, Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday. Abbott's announ...
Jan 12, 2020
Prime Minister Trudeau to attend Edmonton memorial service for crash victims
OTTAWA - Eight more Canadian officials will travel Monday to Iran to help investigate the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner and assist families of the 57 Canadians who perished in the cra...
Jan 12, 2020
Ex-SNC-Lavalin exec Sami Bebawi gets 8.5 years for fraud, corruption
MONTREAL - Former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison Friday, wrapping up the last of the criminal cases brought against the engineering g...
Jan 12, 2020