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Trump hosts Israeli leaders who call his peace plan historic
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump hosted Israel's prime minister and his chief rival Monday at the White House on the eve of unveiling a long-awaited Mideast peace plan, expressing confidence that d...
Jan 29, 2020
Edmonton Eskimos sign returner Christion Jones to contact extension
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos signed American returner Christion Jones to a contract extension Monday. Details weren't immediately available. Jones was set to become a free agent next mont...
Jan 29, 2020
With a little help, new Canadians make a curling connection in Winnipeg
Samira Jahmoun had no idea what curling was when she and her family arrived in Canada in 2016 from Syria via Jordan. Jahmoun, her sister and a brother stepped on curling ice for th...
Jan 29, 2020
With a little help, new Canadians make a curling connection in Winnipeg
Samira Jahmoun had no idea what curling was when she and her family arrived in Canada in 2016 from Syria via Jordan. Jahmoun, her sister and a brother stepped on curling ice for th...
Jan 29, 2020
Justice Sotomayor teases new picture book on civics, heroes
MIAMI - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wants young children to think of citizenship in a different way. The justice sat down with Grammy Award winning singer Gloria Estefan in Miami and told a ...
Jan 29, 2020
Canadian oil producers prepared for temporary price slump as virus spreads
OTTAWA - Canada's energy industry is not overly alarmed as the new coronavirus coming out of China is taking a bite out of world oil prices. Brad Herald, a vice-president at the Canadian Association o...
Jan 29, 2020
Putin pardons Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned an Israeli woman who had been jailed on drug charges, the Kremlin said Wednesday. A presidential decree pardoning Naama Issachar on "humanitarian...
Jan 29, 2020
Endangered southern resident orca, a senior male, feared dead by researchers
VANCOUVER - The Center for Whale Research says an endangered southern resident killer whale is missing and presumed dead in the Pacific Northwest, dropping the population to 72. The centre in Was...
Jan 29, 2020
Gov't wasting billions on 'failed' projects through outsourcing, says union
OTTAWA - Outsourcing of work that could be done by federal government employees is costing taxpayers billions of dollars, and has created an unaccountable shadow public service, says a report fro...
Jan 29, 2020
Italian town where Bryant played as a kid mourns - again
ROME - For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant's death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti. Nicknamed "the centre of Italy" for its geographic...
Jan 29, 2020