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Consensus comes 30 years later that Montreal massacre was an anti-feminist act
MONTREAL - Thirty years after the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, official acknowledgment has come that what happened on Dec. 6, 1989 at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique was an attack on f...
Dec 07, 2019

Chinese ambassador warns Canada against adopting motion calling for sanctions
MONTREAL - China's new ambassador to Canada is threatening "very firm countermeasures" if Parliament adopts a motion calling for sanctions over alleged Chinese human rights abuses again...
Dec 07, 2019

Cale Makar making early run at Calder Trophy: 'I haven't seen anybody like him'
TORONTO - It was pointed out to Cale Makar back in September he didn't seem at all daunted by sky-high expectations. The defenceman had announced his arrival in the NHL some five months...
Dec 07, 2019

Laughton leads Flyers past Senators 4-3
PHILADELPHIA - Scott Laughton had a goal, an assist and a hard check in a chippy contest to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Ivan Provorov, Travis Ko...
Dec 07, 2019

Pensacola naval base shooting tests US relations with Saudi
WASHINGTON - Just months after senior U.S. officials delivered substantial military aid to Saudi Arabia to counter threats from Iran, America's relationship with the kingdom is being tested by a Saudi...
Dec 07, 2019

Turkey trouble: Quebec village looks to dump wild bird running afoul in town
MONTREAL - In the small Quebec town of St-Prosper-de-Champlain - population 552 - a newly arrived resident has been trotting around like it owns the place. Mayor France Bedard said its ...
Dec 07, 2019

Saudi Aramco plans $25.6B share sale in biggest ever IPO
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco on Thursday set a share price for its IPO - expected to be the biggest ever - that puts the value of the company at $1.7 tri...
Dec 07, 2019

Welcome back: Humphries wins her debut bobsled race with USA
Kaillie Humphries won her World Cup women's bobsled debut for the United States on Saturday, prevailing in the season-opener at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, New York. Humphries teamed with Lau...
Dec 07, 2019

SpaceX launches beer malt, caring robot and 'mighty mice'
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched a 3-ton shipment to the International Space Station on Thursday, including "mighty mice" for a muscle study, a robot sensitive to astronauts' emotions and a mini...
Dec 07, 2019

House Speaker Pelosi rebukes reporter: 'Don't mess with me'
WASHINGTON - Finger pointing and voice hoarse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday delivered a broadside to a reporter that might well apply to all of impeachment-era Washington: "Don't mess with m...
Dec 07, 2019