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MAKKOVIK, N.L. - A Belgian pilot sheltering in his smashed aircraft on a Labrador mountainside was surprised and grateful to see nine rescuers emerge from a blinding blizzard to save him, says the man...
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OTTAWA - Barack Obama’s former envoy to Ottawa has pulled back the veil on how the previous Conservative government of Stephen Harper froze him out over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. B...
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OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives want the RCMP to look into whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the law by accepting family vacations on the Aga Khan’s private Caribbean island. In a l...
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The bankruptcy of an energy company that plans to walk away from thousands of gas wells may be a sign lenders are changing how they look at the industry in light of a recent Supreme Court ruling. R...
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Toronto researchers say they’ve shown for the first time that the body’s own immune system likely plays a role in both the decay of teeth and the breakdown of fillings. Bacteria remain the...
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Hockey Hall of Famer Red Kelly packed several careers into his lifetime - sometimes at the same time. But hockey was always at the heart of the things for the smooth-skating Kelly. Kelly won eight Sta...
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VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld an American Indigenous man’s right to hunt in Canada because his ancestors traditionally did so. Richard Desautel was originally charg...
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MONTREAL - A man charged in the stabbing of a Catholic priest was back briefly in a Montreal courtroom today only to have his case put off to a later date. Vlad Cristian Eremia faces charges of attemp...
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OTTAWA - Canada’s garbage is coming home from the Philippines. A spokesman for Global Affairs Canada told The Canadian Press on Thursday Canada made a formal offer earlier this week to have more...
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REGINA - As she was being hit with an aluminum baseball bat, Lani Elliott saw flashes of her little boy’s future she feared she wouldn’t live to see, such as his graduation and wedding day...
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