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Thai court accepts dissolution case over princess nomination
BANGKOK - A Thai court said Thursday that it will take up the case of whether to dissolve a political party that nominated a member of the royal family as its candidate for prime minister in next mont...
Feb 14, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 12
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 12 --- BISSONNETTE SENTENCE TOO HARSH: PARENTS The parents of a man behind the deadly Quebec City mosque attack have issued an open letter que...
Feb 14, 2019
Case of cryptocurrency firm QuadrigaCX to return to a Halifax courtroom today
HALIFAX - The bizarre case involving the cryptocurrency firm QuadrigaCX is expected to return to a Halifax courtroom today. The Nova Scotia Supreme Court has been asked to determine whi...
Feb 14, 2019
Almost half of EI sickness-benefit recipients off work longer than help lasts
OTTAWA - An internal government survey of people who used federal sickness benefits has found that nearly half were unable to work for longer than the 15 weeks the benefits last. The newly released do...
Feb 14, 2019
Sailor shortage causing headaches for Royal Canadian Navy
OTTAWA - A shortage of sailors is making it hard for the Royal Canadian Navy to operate its ships and work on replacing them at the same time, according to a senior naval officer. The revelation by Co...
Feb 14, 2019
Drug users, advocates fear federal election may sideline safer opioids policy
VANCOUVER - The co-founder of a national group of parents whose children have died of overdoses fears the looming federal election will derail any policy changes that could make a safer supp...
Feb 14, 2019
Ducks top Canucks 1-0 in Murray's debut to end losing streak
ANAHEIM, Calif. - A fresh start was exactly what the Anaheim Ducks needed. Kevin Boyle made 35 saves in his first career start and the Ducks beat the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 Wednesday night in general m...
Feb 14, 2019
17 killed in fire at shoddy New Delhi hotel, 4 others hurt
NEW DELHI - A fire engulfed a shoddily built budget hotel in central New Delhi early Tuesday, killing 17 people and injuring at least four others, including a woman from Myanmar who leaped from an upp...
Feb 14, 2019
Airbus to stop making struggling A380 superjumbo in 2021
TOULOUSE, France - European aviation giant Airbus said Thursday it will stop making its superjumbo A380 in 2021 for lack of customers, abandoning the world's biggest passenger jet and one of the aviat...
Feb 14, 2019
Sharks light up goalie Mike DiPietro in NHL debut, trounce Canucks 7-2
VANCOUER, B.C. - It wasn't the NHL debut he imagined, but Mike DiPietro says starting in net for the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night was still a dream come true. The San Jose Sharks (34-16-7) took n...
Feb 13, 2019