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Inuit combine nine different scripts for writing Inuktitut into one
Inuit are hoping to use the alphabet to help keep their far-flung people together. Canada's national Inuit organization recently decided on a standard way to write their language that could be underst...
Oct 06, 2019
Hello Lucy! A reporter shares the emotional story of bonding with her guide dog
TORONTO - For most people, a blind date is not a life or death matter. But as I pace around my bedroom, icy hands clenched in pockets, all I can think about is the fact that this one truly i...
Oct 06, 2019
Mexican actress Aparicio named UNESCO ambassador
PARIS - The United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO has appointed Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio as its goodwill ambassador for indigenous peoples. The 25-year-old actress made history as the first i...
Oct 06, 2019
Iran says Chinese state oil firm withdraws from $5B deal
TEHRAN, Iran - China's state oil company has pulled out of a $5 billion deal to develop a portion of Iran's massive offshore natural gas field, the Islamic Republic's oil minister said Sunday, an agre...
Oct 06, 2019
Ginger Baker, Cream's volatile drummer, dies at 80
LONDON - Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive British musician who was best known for his time with the power trio Cream, has died at 80, his family says. Baker's family said on Twitter that he d...
Oct 06, 2019
Some facts and figures about the federal riding of Laurier-Sainte-Marie
Laurier-Sainte-Marie This Montreal riding is shaping up to be a true three-way race for the NDP, Liberals and Bloc Quebecois. The NDP's Helene Laverdiere rode the "orange wave" to victory in 2011, han...
Oct 06, 2019
Some facts and figures about the federal riding of Beloeil-Chambly
Beloeil-Chambly If it's true the Bloc Quebecois has rebuilt and regained its footing following eight years in the political wilderness, then party leader Yves-Francois Blanchet needs to win his seat, ...
Oct 06, 2019
Some facts and figures about the federal riding of Becancour-Nicolet-Saurel
Becancour-Nicolet-Saurel The longest-serving member of the House is from a party that was only supposed to be around for the time it took to sever Quebec's ties with the rest of Canada. But 28 years l...
Oct 06, 2019
How the Bloc Quebecois hopes to cash in on sovereigntists' collective guilt
MONTREAL - Support for Quebec independence is at or near historic lows, and yet the Bloc Quebecois - a federal party working to break the province off from Canada - is feeling good about its chan...
Oct 06, 2019
Scheer, Trudeau draw blinds on foreign policy and focus on pocket-book politics
OTTAWA - Monday's English-language debate may open a window on how the major party leaders would try to steer Canada through a world of economic and political turbulence. Not a moment too soon, say fo...
Oct 06, 2019