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Call me by my new name: Balkan nation is North Macedonia now
Enter North Macedonia. The small Balkan country of Macedonia officially changed its name Tuesday by adding a geographic designation that ends a decades-old dispute with neighbouring Greece and secures...
Feb 14, 2019
Jeremy Lin does his homework before making successful Raptors debut
TORONTO - Jeremy Lin came prepared for the Raptors. The nine-year-veteran did his homework in advance of his Toronto debut Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards. It showed in the un...
Feb 14, 2019
Dennis Oland murder trial: Cellular expert delivers blow to defence
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - An expert on cellphone towers says the chances are "very small" that Richard Oland's cell phone was still in his Saint John office when it received a final text message on the day t...
Feb 14, 2019
Notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman convicted
NEW YORK - Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style ...
Feb 14, 2019
United We Roll convoy hits the road to Ottawa
Over 150 vehicles left Red Deer bound for Ottawa Thursday morning in their bid to gain support for the oil and gas industry from the federal government.The United We Roll, Official Convoy for Canada l...
Feb 14, 2019
Committee chair says probe of Wilson-Raybould affair a possibility
OTTAWA - The Liberal chair of the House of Commons justice committee is open to probing whether the Prime Minister's Office tried to influence the former justice minister not to proceed...
Feb 14, 2019
Blood found 'in all directions' in Richard Oland's office, expert testifies
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Richard Oland's final moments as he was bludgeoned to death in his office are being traced in court through the patterns of bloodstains and spatter that radiated around his body. RC...
Feb 14, 2019
Business to develop in former Hudson Bay school
The former Stewart Hawke School in Hudson Bay will soon be vacant no more.The building has been empty since Hudson Bay Community School was built in 2015, and the town had submitted a request for prop...
Feb 14, 2019
Shot fired at suburban Albuquerque high school, no injuries
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - A shot was fired Thursday on the grounds of a suburban Albuquerque high school on the first anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, high school massacre, but police and school officia...
Feb 14, 2019
Winnipeg transit rejects signage in memory of driver killed on job
Winnipeg Transit drivers have been told they cannot display messages on their buses in memory of a colleague murdered on the job two years ago. Transit officials issued a...
Feb 14, 2019