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Ukraine has 44 presidential candidates in all-time record
KIEV, Ukraine - Election officials in Ukraine said Friday that 44 candidates have registered to compete in the March presidential election - a record for the nation. The latest polls show that comedia...
Feb 10, 2019
Canada's Andreescu to play singles and doubles against Dutch side in Fed Cup
Canadian captain Heidi El Tabakh will go with the hot hand at this weekend's Fed Cup World Group II first-round tie in the Netherlands. She has selected rising star Bianca Andreescu to play two single...
Feb 10, 2019
Quebec City mosque killer Bissonnette sentenced to life, no parole for 40 years
QUEBEC - Alexandre Bissonnette was driven by "racism and hatred" when he stormed into a Quebec City mosque and gunned down six worshippers in 2017, a judge said Friday as he sentenced him to 40&n...
Feb 10, 2019
Ex-judge who advised Forces on sex assaults says reforms slow
OTTAWA - The Canadian military has been slow to change its highly sexualized culture, says former Supreme Court judge Marie Deschamps, who wrote a major report on the problem four years ago. Testifyin...
Feb 10, 2019
'Strategic messaging': Russian fighters in Arctic spark debate on Canada's place
Recent Russian moves in the Arctic have renewed debate over that country's intentions and Canada's own status at the top of the world. The newspaper Izvestia reported late last month that Russia's mil...
Feb 10, 2019
Saskatchewan, Ottawa carbon tax case 'monumental' for Constitution: expert
REGINA - Legal experts, government officials and industry leaders will all watch this week as Saskatchewan and Ottawa head to court over the constitutionality of a federally imposed car...
Feb 10, 2019
Manitoba premier down south while his social media marvels at Winnipeg snow
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister appeared to marvel on social media in recent days at Winnipeg's wintry weather, but in reality he was at his vacation home in tropical Costa Rica, his ...
Feb 10, 2019
Anti-India protests erupt in Kashmir after 5 rebels killed
SRINAGAR, India - Five rebels were killed in fighting with government forces in disputed Kashmir on Sunday, the Indian army said, triggering anti-India clashes in which at least 10 civilians were inju...
Feb 10, 2019
From 'Tom Jones' to 'Skyfall': star Albert Finney dies at 82
LONDON - Albert Finney, one of the most respected and versatile actors of his generation and the star of films as diverse as "Tom Jones" and "Skyfall," has died. He was 82. From his early days as a st...
Feb 10, 2019
'This Is Us' star Milo Ventimiglia honoured at Harvard
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - "This Is Us" actor Milo Ventimiglia was Friday as Man of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Farkas Hall in Cambridge. The Emmy-nominated actor received th...
Feb 10, 2019