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Pope vows to end abuse coverups but victims disappointed
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis closed out his extraordinary summit on preventing clergy sex abuse by vowing Sunday to confront abusers with "the wrath of God" felt by the faithful, end the coverups by th...
Feb 24, 2019

Trojans finish regular season on a high, shut out Blazers 4-0
The Tisdale Trojans potentially saved their best effort of the regular season for last.In their final regular season game, the Trojans shutout the top offensive team in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hoc...
Feb 24, 2019 The Tisdale Trojans (white) shake hands with the Saskatoon Blazers after their final games of the SMAAAHL 2018-19 regular season. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW)

Trudeau tells Canadians to listen to clerk in SNC-Lavalin matter
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be pressured Monday to testify at a House of Commons committee looking into allegations the prime minister and his staff pressured former attorney gene...
Feb 24, 2019

Mueller report looming, new attorney general in hot seat
WASHINGTON - William Barr has been attorney general for just one week but is on the cusp of staring down what will almost certainly be the most consequential decision of his long career: how much of t...
Feb 24, 2019

Canada a leader, but more must be done for women in conflict zones: UN official
OTTAWA - Canada is a trailblazer when it comes to assisting women in humanitarian crises around the world, but far more needs to be done to improve outcomes for women and girls in conflict zones,...
Feb 24, 2019

U.S. won't allow performance of Newfoundland play about man with disability
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland playwright says his failed two-year battle for a visa to perform in the United States speaks to the barriers facing independent artists telling diverse stor...
Feb 24, 2019

UN: Last year saw highest number of Afghan civilian deaths
KABUL - More civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year than in any of the previous nine years of the increasingly bloody conflict, according to a U.N. report released Sunday, which blamed the spi...
Feb 24, 2019

Plan to bring grieving mother's relatives to Halifax 'moving quickly'
HALIFAX - Federal officials are closer to bringing as many as 10 relatives of a grieving Syrian refugee to Nova Scotia, as Halifax residents prepared to gather Saturday for the funeral of her sev...
Feb 24, 2019

Trump vows veto as Democrats try to block emergency order
WASHINGTON - Democrats controlling the House have teed up a vote next week to block President Donald Trump from using a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, acce...
Feb 24, 2019

Japan's emperor marks 30th year of reign at Tokyo ceremony
TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito attended a ceremony on Sunday to mark the 30th year of his reign while calling for the country to embrace openness in a more globalized world. The government-sponsored ...
Feb 24, 2019