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Despite Ottawa's LRT woes, experts say don't judge right away
OTTAWA - The sleek red-and-white train sat beside a platform at the western end of Ottawa's new light rail line on Friday morning, shadowed from the autumn sun as riders walked aboard. And then the tr...
Oct 12, 2019
Turkish forces capture centre of key Syrian border town
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey - Turkish forces captured a key Syrian border town under heavy bombardment Saturday, the Turkish military and a Syrian war monitor said, as Turkey's offensive against Syrian Kurdis...
Oct 12, 2019
The Liberals broke their promise on electoral reform. Will it hurt them in 2019?
OTTAWA - Andrew Cash thinks the Liberal promise to bring in electoral reform might have cost him his job. He also believes the fact that the Liberals abandoned the pledge, which he said is one of many...
Oct 12, 2019
Heavy rain, winds lash Tokyo as powerful typhoon approaches
FUJISAWA, Japan - A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast as the worst in six decades approached landfall, with streets and tra...
Oct 12, 2019
Vipers break out of scoring drought
It didnt take long for the Vernon Vipers to end their scoreless drought against the Merritt Centennials.After getting held off the scoresheet the last three games, the Vipers stormed out of the gate F...
Oct 12, 2019
Knife-wielding man wounds Indonesia's security minister
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A knife-wielding man suspected of belonging to a radical Islamic group wounded Indonesia's security minister, a local police chief and another person in an attack in western Indon...
Oct 12, 2019
Nirvana and the Nordiques; for the Oct. 10 In-The-News we go Unplugged
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 10. What we are watching i...
Oct 12, 2019
Ukraine president: 'No blackmail' in conversation with Trump
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's president insisted Thursday that he faced "no blackmail" from President Donald Trump in their phone call that led to an impeachment inquiry, distancing himself from the U.S. ...
Oct 12, 2019
RCMP shuns lie-detector tests for top security clearances despite federal rules
OTTAWA - The RCMP does not give lie-detector tests to employees undergoing top-level security screenings despite federal rules that require such examinations, The Canadian Press has lea...
Oct 12, 2019
2 Nobel literature prize winners expose Europe's fault lines
STOCKHOLM - Nobel Prizes for literature were awarded Thursday to two writers enmeshed in Europe's social and political fault lines: a liberal Pole who has irked her country's conservative government a...
Oct 11, 2019

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