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Funeral plans announced for seven Syrian children killed in Halifax fire
HALIFAX - The funeral for seven Syrian children who died in a fast-moving house fire will be held on Saturday. A Facebook post from the Ummah Masjid and Community Center says the service will beg...
Feb 22, 2019
Allegations against son led to Time's Up CEO's resignation
LOS ANGELES - The gender equality initiative Time's Up says its president and CEO resigned because of sexual misconduct allegations against her son. The group on Friday issued a statement explaining w...
Feb 22, 2019
Gory details emerge about missing woman's suspected demise
DENVER - After months of mostly silence from authorities investigating the disappearance of a Colorado mother on Thanksgiving Day, grim details about her suspected demise emerged this week, including ...
Feb 22, 2019
UK's May, EU chief call latest Brexit talks 'constructive'
BRUSSELS - After the resignations of three of her party's lawmakers over Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May came away from more talks on preventing the U.K. from crashing out of the European U...
Feb 22, 2019
French court hits Swiss bank UBS with $5.1 billion penalty
PARIS - A French court ordered Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, to pay 4.5 billion euros ($5.1 billion) in fines and damages for helping wealthy French clients evade tax authorities, sending a stern w...
Feb 22, 2019
Possible peace declaration looms large over Trump-Kim summit
TOKYO - With their second summit fast approaching, speculation is growing that U.S. President Donald Trump may try to persuade North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to commit to denuclearization by giving h...
Feb 22, 2019
Arsenic, lead in water pouring out of former US mine sites
RIMINI, Mont. - Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the U.S. and into surrounding strea...
Feb 22, 2019
Final Crown witnesses to take stand in Oland trial as prosecutors near end
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Legal arguments dominated the second-degree murder trial of Dennis Oland on Wednesday and led to an early adjournment before a key prosecution witness could take the stand. Crown pr...
Feb 22, 2019
Japanese-Canadian baseball team, internment highlighted in new heritage minute
VANCOUVER - A new heritage minute is sharing the story of a pioneering baseball team in British Columbia and the shameful government policy that tore them apart. Composed of Japanese Canadian pla...
Feb 22, 2019
Japanese-Canadian baseball team, internment highlighted in new heritage minute
VANCOUVER - A new heritage minute is sharing the story of a pioneering baseball team in British Columbia and the shameful government policy that tore them apart. Composed of Japanese Canadian pla...
Feb 22, 2019