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Two cranes brought in to Vancouver port for crane recovery effort
VANCOUVER - It's going to take two large floating cranes to try to lift another crane that collapsed over a container vessel at the Port of Vancouver early Monday. Louanne Wong, director of communicat...
Jan 30, 2019
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Nanaimo byelection tests strength of NDP's minority government in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - Voters in Nanaimo cast ballots today in a byelection that could leave British Columbia's legislature deadlocked and Premier John Horgan's minority New Democrat government on shaky grou...
Jan 30, 2019
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Duterte sees bombed church, tells army to crush Abu Sayyaf
MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte and his top security officials on Monday visited a Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines where suspected Islamic militants set off bombs that k...
Jan 30, 2019
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Trump doubts negotiators will strike budget deal he'd accept
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said the odds congressional negotiators will craft a deal to end his border wall standoff with Congress are "less than 50-50." As hundreds of thousands of furloughe...
Jan 30, 2019
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UK leader under new pressure to secure EU Brexit concessions
LONDON - Pro-Brexit British lawmakers were mounting a campaign Monday to rescue Prime Minister Theresa May's rejected European Union divorce deal in a parliamentary showdown, as major retailers warned...
Jan 30, 2019
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Taliban say they not looking to rule Afghanistan alone
ISLAMABAD - A spokesman for the Taliban says they are not seeking a monopoly on power in a future administration in Afghanistan but are looking for ways to co-exist with Afghan institutions. Wednesday...
Jan 30, 2019
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Searchers probe deep mud from Brazil dam breach; 65 dead
BRUMADINHO, Brazil - Brazilian firefighters and Israeli rescue workers poked sticks into treacherous mud Monday looking for bodies as pressure mounted on the mining company responsible for a dam that ...
Jan 30, 2019
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No more coal investments for Export Development Canada, new policy says
OTTAWA - Canada's export-development bank is getting entirely out of the coal game but will continue to fund the oil-and-gas sector as the world transitions towards cleaner sources of energy. Export D...
Jan 30, 2019
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Stan Lee to get superhero send-off at Hollywood memorial
LOS ANGELES - Among comics lovers, Stan Lee was as much a superhero as the characters he helped create. Those fans, along with Lee's friends and colleagues, will get to pay their final respects at a L...
Jan 30, 2019
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In the news today, Jan. 28
Five stories in the news for Monday, Jan. 28 --- MPS ON ELECTION FOOTING AS PARLIAMENT RESUMES Federal politicians will be on election footing as they resume parliamentary bus...
Jan 30, 2019