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A new Canadian city flirts with the dream: heated downtown sidewalks
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A winter-weary city councillor in St. John's, N.L., is hoping to resurrect an idea that has been tried, tested and mostly abandoned in other Canadian cities: heated sidewalks. Sandy...
Jan 30, 2019
Underwater search for plane to begin in Channel this weekend
LONDON - The man leading a private search of the missing plane carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala said on Monday there was a "very good chance" of finding the aircraft. David Mearns, an Am...
Jan 30, 2019
Two cranes brought in to Vancouver port for crane recovery effort
VANCOUVER - It's going to take two large floating cranes to try to lift another crane that collapsed over a container vessel at the Port of Vancouver early Monday. Louanne Wong, director of communicat...
Jan 30, 2019
Nanaimo byelection tests strength of NDP's minority government in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - Voters in Nanaimo cast ballots today in a byelection that could leave British Columbia's legislature deadlocked and Premier John Horgan's minority New Democrat government on shaky grou...
Jan 30, 2019
Duterte sees bombed church, tells army to crush Abu Sayyaf
MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte and his top security officials on Monday visited a Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines where suspected Islamic militants set off bombs that k...
Jan 30, 2019
Trump doubts negotiators will strike budget deal he'd accept
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said the odds congressional negotiators will craft a deal to end his border wall standoff with Congress are "less than 50-50." As hundreds of thousands of furloughe...
Jan 30, 2019
UK leader under new pressure to secure EU Brexit concessions
LONDON - Pro-Brexit British lawmakers were mounting a campaign Monday to rescue Prime Minister Theresa May's rejected European Union divorce deal in a parliamentary showdown, as major retailers warned...
Jan 30, 2019
Taliban say they not looking to rule Afghanistan alone
ISLAMABAD - A spokesman for the Taliban says they are not seeking a monopoly on power in a future administration in Afghanistan but are looking for ways to co-exist with Afghan institutions. Wednesday...
Jan 30, 2019
Searchers probe deep mud from Brazil dam breach; 65 dead
BRUMADINHO, Brazil - Brazilian firefighters and Israeli rescue workers poked sticks into treacherous mud Monday looking for bodies as pressure mounted on the mining company responsible for a dam that ...
Jan 30, 2019
No more coal investments for Export Development Canada, new policy says
OTTAWA - Canada's export-development bank is getting entirely out of the coal game but will continue to fund the oil-and-gas sector as the world transitions towards cleaner sources of energy. Export D...
Jan 30, 2019