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Images suggest Iran launched satellite despite US criticism
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran appears to have attempted a second satellite launch despite U.S. criticism that its space program helps it develop ballistic missiles, satellite images released Thur...
Feb 06, 2019
Muzzin, Johnsson lead Maple Leafs to 6-1 rout of free-falling Ducks
TORONTO - Jake Muzzin couldn't have asked for a smoother transition to his new team. He was also happy to heap more misery on an old foe. The defenceman scored once and added two assists for his ...
Feb 06, 2019
Trump guests include freed drug offender, bullied student
WASHINGTON - A woman freed from federal prison after President Donald Trump cut short her life sentence for drug offences and a Delaware boy allegedly bullied because his last name is Trump headline a...
Feb 06, 2019
Federal prosecutors subpoena Trump's inaugural committee
NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors in New York issued a subpoena Monday seeking documents from Donald Trump's inaugural committee, furthering a federal inquiry into a fund that has faced mounting scrutiny...
Feb 06, 2019
Report calls for standardized security at hospitals and medical facilities
A report into security at hospitals and medical facilities in Saskatchewan is calling for standardized safety measures across the province. A consultant review of current hospital security measures ma...
Feb 06, 2019
Milwaukee officer killed serving warrant; suspect arrested
MILWAUKEE - A 17-year police veteran was shot and killed as he served a warrant on Milwaukee's south side Wednesday, becoming the city's third officer to be killed in the line of duty in eight months,...
Feb 06, 2019
Paul Dewar, former NDP foreign-affairs critic, dies of cancer
OTTAWA - Paul Dewar, a teacher and union leader from Ottawa who became the New Democratic Party's foreign-affairs critic, died Wednesday after contending with brain cancer for a year. Despite struggli...
Feb 06, 2019
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques' helped repair leaky space toilet: NASA
MONTREAL - NASA says Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques' duties aboard the International Space Station recently included fixing a leaking space toilet. The space agency sa...
Feb 06, 2019
Some workers still unpaid after shutdown, dread what's next
Nearly two weeks after the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S history, many federal workers still have not received their back pay or have only gotten a fraction of what they are owed as go...
Feb 06, 2019
Montreal in running to receive United Nations administrative office
Montreal has been chosen as one of four cities to host United Nations service offices under a proposal that would see the international body spread administrative operations around the globe. Ste...
Feb 06, 2019