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Cummings, powerful congressman leading Trump probe, has died
BALTIMORE - Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of Pre...
Oct 19, 2019
Attawapiskat musician releases protest song with Justin Trudeau in mind
TORONTO - Attawapiskat singer Adrian Sutherland says he was thinking of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau when he wrote a protest song ahead of the federal election about broken political promises. B...
Oct 19, 2019
Bloc election strategy struck chord with appeal to Quebec pride, not sovereignty
MONTREAL - Elyse Bodnar, a long-time Liberal voter, says she thinks Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is just "terrific." Bodnar, who was in the audience when Blanchet visite...
Oct 19, 2019
UK's Prince William, Kate tour Pakistani cultural hub Lahore
LAHORE, Pakistan - Britain's Prince William and wife Kate toured Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, where they undertook an emotional visit to a cancer hospital previously visited by Willi...
Oct 19, 2019
Attention everyone: Something's fishy with In-The-News for Oct. 17
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. 17. What we are watching i...
Oct 19, 2019
Farrow books sells across Australia despite legal threat
CANBERRA, Australia - Ronan Farrow's new book is being sold in Australia despite threats of defamation lawsuits that the Pulitzer-winning journalist believes led some Australian retailers to drop the ...
Oct 19, 2019
Scheer, Trudeau, Singh haggle over potential minority government outcome
OTTAWA - Four days before Canadians go to the polls, the leaders of Canada's three largest federal parties argued Thursday over how the country will be governed if there is no clear win...
Oct 19, 2019
Scheer, Trudeau, Singh haggle over potential minority government outcome
OTTAWA - Four days before Canadians go to the polls, the leaders of Canada's three largest federal parties argued Thursday over how the country will be governed if there is no clear win...
Oct 19, 2019
Boris Johnson gets EU Brexit deal; next hurdle is Parliament
BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's career of disdain for the European Union was a thing of the past on Thursday as he and the bloc's leaders celebrated their long-sought Brexit deal. He...
Oct 19, 2019
Clippers winning streak ends with 4-1 loss in Trail
TRAIL - The Clippers lost the battle of the two teams with the longest BCHL win streaks on Friday night.The Smoke Eaters won their ninth straight game by a 4-1 score, and ended Nanaimo's seven game st...
Oct 18, 2019 Josh Bourne had the only goal in a 4-1 Nanaimo setback in Trail. The loss ended the Clippers seven game winning streak. (Gary Dorland)