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'I want a future': Global youth protests urge climate action
NEW YORK - Young people afraid for their futures protested around the globe Friday to implore leaders to tackle climate change, turning out by the hundreds of thousands to insist that the warming worl...
Sep 22, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

Trojans open at home with win, new captain, and childhood dream
Swift Current Legionnaires 2 - Tisdale Trojans 5The new era of Tisdale Trojans hockey began on a winning note Saturday.The game against the Swift Current Legionnaires at the Tisdale RECplex was the Tr...
Sep 22, 2019 The 2019-20 Tisdale Trojans were introduced ahead of their season opener at the Tisdale RECplex against the Swift Current Legionnaires (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff).

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio drops 2020 presidential bid
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Friday after struggling to gain traction in a sprawling field of candidates. Announcing his dec...
Sep 22, 2019

Some facts and figures about the federal riding of Saint-Leonard—Saint-Michel
Saint-Leonard-Saint-Michel This Liberal stronghold located within Montreal's historic Italian community wasn't supposed to be a riding to watch. Since its creation in 1988, the riding has only been re...
Sep 22, 2019

Some facts and figures about the federal riding of Outremont
Outremont Tom Mulcair became the NDP's only Quebec MP when he won this Montreal riding in a 2007 byelection, the second person in party history to win a seat in the province. The victory was also...
Sep 22, 2019

Albania inspects quake damages, sees over 100 aftershocks
POGRADEC, Albania - Many Albanians in the capital of Tirana and the port city of Durres have not gone back home after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake injured 105 people and damaged hundreds of homes. Autho...
Sep 22, 2019

Hong Kong protesters trample Chinese flag, set fires
HONG KONG - Protesters in Hong Kong trampled a Chinese flag, vandalized a subway station and set a fire across a wide street on Sunday, as pro-democracy demonstrations took a violent turn once again. ...
Sep 22, 2019

Israeli president begins talks to form new government
JERUSALEM - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin began two days of crucial talks Sunday with party leaders before selecting his candidate for prime minister, after a deadlocked repeat election was set to m...
Sep 22, 2019

Bus crash kills 25 in northwest Pakistan, after brakes fail
ISLAMABAD - A bus crash on a mountainous road in northwest Pakistan Sunday killed 25 passengers and injured 20 others, police said. Abdul Wakil, a local police officer, said the accident happened in t...
Sep 22, 2019

Jagmeet Singh and the NDP face daunting odds in bid for Quebec voters
MONTREAL - Jagmeet Singh likes to point out that he's a fighter. In an ad aired only in Quebec, the NDP leader can be seen wrapping his turban and then his hands before punchi...
Sep 22, 2019