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Ebola treatment centre in Congo is attacked again; 1 dead
KINSHASA, Congo - Heavily armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment centre in the heart of eastern Congo's deadly outbreak on Saturday, with one police officer killed and health workers injur...
Mar 11, 2019
Wonder Woman to the rescue: Gal Gadot takes on Netanyahu
JERUSALEM - Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has come to the rescue of a fellow Israeli celebrity in a spat with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Gadot, who typically shies away from politics, is rallyin...
Mar 11, 2019
Traditional healing effective in combatting youth suicides
The issue of youth suicide continues to be a challenge, but a spokesperson for a northern Saskatchewan health agency says the use of traditional healing techniques is showing some positive results.Gle...
Mar 11, 2019 (file photo/ paNOW Staff)
NewsAlert: UNHCR says employee died in Ethiopia crash
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees says one of its Canadian-born employees was among the victims of the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane. The UNHCR has identified the...
Mar 11, 2019
NewsAlert: UNHCR says employee died in Ethiopia crash
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees says one of its Canadian-born employees was among the victims of the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane. The UNHCR has identified the...
Mar 11, 2019
Time on his hands: John Scott changes the time on Toronto's clock towers
Every spring and fall, John Scott climbs up clock towers across Toronto to change time. "The keymaster, the time master - I've been called a lot of titles," says the 61-year-o...
Mar 11, 2019
UK official says EU playing games over Brexit
LONDON - With tensions escalating, Britain's House of Commons leader said Saturday that European Union officials need to take seriously British proposals for ending the Brexit impasse before a crucial...
Mar 11, 2019
AP source: Trump to seek money for border wall, Space Force
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to stand up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being...
Mar 11, 2019
Calgary judge to deliver verdict in case of Stampeder player killed at nightclub
CALGARY - A judge is expected to deliver a verdict today in the trial of a man accused of killing a football player with the Calgary Stampeders. Nelson Lugela, who is 21, is charged with second-d...
Mar 11, 2019
In the news today, March 11
Five stories in the news for Monday, March 11 --- CANADIANS MOURN PLANE CRASH VICTIMS A mother and daughter from Edmonton, a renowned Carleton University professor and an accountant with the City...
Mar 11, 2019