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US border agency says it's made biggest-ever fentanyl bust
PHOENIX - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Thursday their biggest fentanyl bust ever, saying they captured nearly 254 pounds (114 kilograms) of the deadly synthetic opioid from a...
Jan 31, 2019
Burst pipe in Parliament's West Block floods Trudeau out of meeting
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are used to raising a political stink as part of their job. But there was an odour of a different kind Tuesday coming out of the newly renovated West Block building that...
Jan 31, 2019
Apple opens new chapter amid weakening iPhone demand
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple hoped to offset slowing demand for iPhones by raising the prices of its most important product, but that strategy seems to have backfired after sales sagged during the holiday sh...
Jan 31, 2019
AP sources: Knicks agree to trade Porzingis to Dallas
NEW YORK - People with knowledge of the deal tell The Associated Press that the New York Knicks have agreed to trade Kristaps Porzingis to the Dallas Mavericks, parting with their young All-Star forwa...
Jan 31, 2019
Former Canadian basketball captain campaigning against police brutality
TORONTO - Barely a week before Chris Egi arrived at Harvard for his freshman basketball season, Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. Egi and Brown were both 18. They ...
Jan 31, 2019
Israeli cyberexpert detects China hack in Ottawa, warns against using Huawei 5G
OTTAWA - A Chinese telecommunication company secretly diverted Canadian internet traffic to China, particularly from Rogers subscribers in the Ottawa area, says an Israeli cybersecurity specialis...
Jan 31, 2019
Federal court blocks San Francisco warning on soda ads
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sugary drinks in a victory for beverage and retail groups...
Jan 31, 2019
'I take full responsibility': Sidhu tells victims of Humboldt Broncos collision
After three days of emotional statements, the gallery of the Kerry Vickar Centre braced for one more. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the man whose semi the Humboldt Broncos team bus collided with, stood to spe...
Jan 31, 2019
Judge rejects possible 'do-over' of Rams-Saints playoff game
NEW ORLEANS - A quest by two New Orleans Saints ticketholders to force a full or partial do-over of this year's NFC championship game because of a blown "no-call" by game officials was rejected Thursd...
Jan 31, 2019
First responders gather in B.C. to call for end to stigma in jobs full of trauma
VANCOUVER - Eighteen years as a firefighter had exposed Greg Gauthier to endless trauma but a call involving a tour bus hitting a family triggered his descent into mental illness&n...
Jan 31, 2019