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Trudeau denies report his office pressured attorney general to help SNC-Lavalin
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has denied a potentially incendiary allegation that his office told former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help SNC-Lavalin avoid a criminal prosec...
Feb 09, 2019
'I will never let you down,' Trump tells prayer breakfast
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump told attendees at the annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday that he stands behind them, even as speakers bemoaned the level of division in the country and wh...
Feb 09, 2019
Wilson-Raybould entered federal politics hoping to be a bridge builder
OTTAWA - As the frigid air of an Ottawa winter howled outside in January 2013, Jody Wilson-Raybould stood at the centre of a mass of national media, trying to be a peacemaker as First Nations chiefs f...
Feb 09, 2019
Police confirm Sala's body recovered from plane wreckage
LONDON - Police have confirmed that the body recovered from a plane in the English Channel is that of Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala. Dorset police made the announcement on Thursday evening aft...
Feb 09, 2019
Gronk gets bonked by beer can during Super Bowl parade
BOSTON - Gronk got bonked. Rob Gronkowski, the New England Patriots' star tight end, says he got hit in the face by a can of beer thrown during Tuesday's Super Bowl victory parade in Boston. Gronkowsk...
Feb 09, 2019
Ivanka Trump project seeks to help women in developing world
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump threw his weight behind his daughter's latest White House effort Thursday, backing her initiative to provide an economic boost to women in the developing world. The...
Feb 09, 2019
South hopeful, wary, but nuke talks crucial for Korean ties
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Koreans, always deeply divided over how best to deal with their often-belligerent northern neighbour, are reacting with both hope and wariness to President Donald Tru...
Feb 09, 2019
Police confirm Sala's body recovered from plane wreckage
LONDON - More than two weeks after the plane carrying Emiliano Sala to a new career in the English Premier League crashed into the sea, police confirmed Thursday that the body recovered from the wreck...
Feb 09, 2019
Blackface photo is a reminder of Virginia's racist history
RICHMOND, Va. - The discovery last week of a racist photo on Gov. Ralph Northam's 1984 medical school yearbook page has served as a glaring reminder that Virginia - a former bastion of slavery and whi...
Feb 09, 2019
Turkey leader attends funeral, visits building collapse site
ISTANBUL - Turkey's president was among hundreds of mourners who attended the funeral Saturday for nine members of a family killed in the apartment building collapse in Istanbul as the overall death t...
Feb 09, 2019