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Authorities: Separate attacks in Afghanistan kill 48
KABUL - Separate attacks by suicide bombers - one targeting President Ashraf Ghani's election rally and a second that ripped through the centre of the Afghan capital - killed at least 48 people and wo...
Sep 19, 2019
'Time to take action:' Children advocates call for national youth suicide strategy
WINNIPEG - Children's advocates from across the country are urging the federal government to create a national strategy to deal with what they are calling a youth suicide crisis. "I've sat with parent...
Sep 19, 2019
'Oh my God, there's a photo': How 'brownface' bombshell hit Liberal campaign bus
HALIFAX - In the hours and minutes before everything changed, the mood on Justin Trudeau's campaign media bus was jovial. The journalists covering the Liberal leader's re-election bid were heading awa...
Sep 19, 2019
Fallout from Trudeau's brownface photo bombshell sure to dominate campaign
OTTAWA - It won't be campaigning as usual for Justin Trudeau today as the Liberal leader grapples with the fallout from a bombshell that landed on the campaign trail. An 18-year-old photo surfaced Wed...
Sep 19, 2019
Alberta couple charged in toddler son's death to learn fate from judge
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A judge is to rule today whether an Alberta couple who treated their son with herbal remedies rather than seek medical attention should be held responsible in his de...
Sep 19, 2019
Fallout from Trudeau's brownface photo bombshell sure to dominate campaign
OTTAWA - It won't be campaigning as usual for Justin Trudeau today as the Liberal leader grapples with the fallout from a bombshell that landed on the campaign trail. An 18-year-old photo surfaced Wed...
Sep 19, 2019
Trump strains to balance diplomacy, military threat to Iran
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration tried to balance diplomacy with fresh talk of military action Tuesday in response to the fiery missile and drone attack on the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industr...
Sep 18, 2019
UAE joins US-led coalition to protect Mideast waterways
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates says it has joined a U.S.-led coalition to protect waterways across the Mideast after an attack on Saudi oil installations. The state-run WAM new...
Sep 18, 2019
Flames winger Czarnik notches pair in exhibition win over Canucks in B.C.
VICTORIA - Forward Austin Czarnik says the Calgary Flames are starting the pre-season at full throttle, the speed the team needs to keep generating to be successful this year. Czarnik scored two goals...
Sep 18, 2019
Suicide bomb in southern Afghanistan, kills at least 20
KABUL - An Afghan official says a powerful suicide truck bombing outside a hospital in the capital of southern Zabul province has killed at least 20 and injured as many as 90 others. The head of the Z...
Sep 18, 2019

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