Sarah Mills: Figuring out what went wrong for NDP isn't a difficult task
Sarah Mills says it shouldn't be too hard for the federal NDP to figure out why it did so poorly in the spring election....
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World's largest volunteer force fights Australia's wildfires
TOMERONG, Australia - The wildfire was behaving erratically last week, and Doug Schutz and his team needed to make a quick decision. So they moved a bulldozer from another job and used it to widen a f...
Jan 09, 2020
Mueller probe witness considers child sex trafficking plea
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is expected to plead guilty to charges of child sex trafficking and possessing child pornography. A criminal informati...
Jan 09, 2020
Trump boasts Iranian general's death was 'American justice'
TOLEDO, Ohio - President Donald Trump used his first campaign election rally of 2020 to argue that he served up "American justice" by ordering a drone strike to take out Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani,...
Jan 09, 2020
Canadian men draw Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti in Olympic soccer qualifying
Canada has been drawn in a pool with Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti for the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying tournament in Mexico in March. Group A features Mexico, the U.S., Costa Ri...
Jan 09, 2020
Iranians shot down airliner, Western leaders declare
WASHINGTON - It is "highly likely" that Iran shot down the civilian Ukrainian jetliner that crashed near Tehran late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board, U.S., Canadian and British officials decl...
Jan 09, 2020
How a missile might have shot a plane down in Iran, and what a probe will look for
OTTAWA - Commercial airline pilots flying out of Tehran's airport know a simple rule, says Ross Aimer, a former United Airlines captain who has flown there. You don't turn right, because that tak...
Jan 09, 2020
Taiwan leader gets election boost from unlikely place: China
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A year ago, Taiwan's leader was on the ropes. Then she got a boost from an unexpected corner: Chinese President Xi Jinping. Polls indicate that President Tsai Ing-wen is poised to win...
Jan 09, 2020
Drury, Blue Jays agree to $2.05 million, 1-year contract
TORONTO - Utilityman Brandon Drury and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a $2.05 million, one-year contract on Thursday, a raise of $850,000. The 27-year-old hit .218 with 15 homers and 41 RBIs over 447...
Jan 09, 2020
Suspected jihadists strike Niger military; 25 soldiers dead
NIAMEY, Niger - Islamic militants carried out another large assault on Niger's military Thursday, leaving at least 25 soldiers dead along with dozens of jihadists only a month after the worst attack o...
Jan 09, 2020
Group hopes to prevent “opossum dropping” on New Year’s Eve
RALEIGH, N.C. - A movement is growing in North Carolina to prevent the act of so-called "opossum dropping." The practice involves suspending an opossum in a transparent box on New Year's Eve and slowl...
Jan 09, 2020
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