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U.S. won't allow performance of Newfoundland play about man with disability
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland playwright says his failed two-year battle for a visa to perform in the United States speaks to the barriers facing independent artists telling diverse stor...
Feb 24, 2019
UN: Last year saw highest number of Afghan civilian deaths
KABUL - More civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year than in any of the previous nine years of the increasingly bloody conflict, according to a U.N. report released Sunday, which blamed the spi...
Feb 24, 2019
Stars play spoiler in Estevan, nab first shootout win
Coming off a 5-1 win over Weyburn Friday to start the weekend, the Battlefords North Stars kept their momentum rolling. They defeated the Estevan Bruins at Affinity Place in Estevan Saturday 3-2 in a ...
Feb 24, 2019 Stars' forward, Owen Lamb is greeted by teammates following his shootout winning goal Saturday against the Estevan Bruins. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW) : Martin Martinson
Plan to bring grieving mother's relatives to Halifax 'moving quickly'
HALIFAX - Federal officials are closer to bringing as many as 10 relatives of a grieving Syrian refugee to Nova Scotia, as Halifax residents prepared to gather Saturday for the funeral of her sev...
Feb 24, 2019
Trump vows veto as Democrats try to block emergency order
WASHINGTON - Democrats controlling the House have teed up a vote next week to block President Donald Trump from using a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, acce...
Feb 24, 2019
Japan's emperor marks 30th year of reign at Tokyo ceremony
TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito attended a ceremony on Sunday to mark the 30th year of his reign while calling for the country to embrace openness in a more globalized world. The government-sponsored ...
Feb 24, 2019
R. Kelly met underage girl while on trial for child porn
CHICAGO - While on trial for child pornography in 2008, R. Kelly still found time to talk to fans, give autographs and to meet an underage girl he later invited to his home, according to prosecutors w...
Feb 24, 2019
Prime Minister talks about addressing 'anxiety' in Newfoundland visit
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stressed the economic importance of supporting research and innovation in a time of economic uncertainty as he wrapped up a East Coast tour i...
Feb 24, 2019
Celebrities, athletes, others accused of lying to the public
CHICAGO - Actor Jussie Smollett is accused of staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in Chicago in January in a celebrity scandal that has captured attention online and in the media. Smollett is...
Feb 24, 2019
Defence lawyer raises new questions about timing of Richard Oland's killing
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A tense cross-examination of the final prosecution witness at the Dennis Oland murder trial has raised new questions about the time Richard Oland was killed. John Ainsworth, the own...
Feb 24, 2019