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Couple who bought $120k banana art sense it will be iconic
MIAMI - A Miami couple who bought a headline-grabbing banana duct-taped to a wall have acknowledged the absurdity of the artwork, but say they believe it will become an icon and plan to gift it to a m...
Dec 12, 2019

Manitoba likely to intervene in court fight over Quebec law on religious symbols
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his government will likely intervene in a future court battle over Quebec's secularism law. In his annual state of the province speech, Pallister ...
Dec 12, 2019

Chile: Plane that vanished en route to Antarctica found
SANTIAGO, Chile - Searchers combing Antarctic seas have recovered parts of a military transport plane and human remains belonging to some of the 38 people aboard who vanished en route to the frozen co...
Dec 12, 2019

Andrew Scheer is resigning as Conservative leader. Here's what happens next.
OTTAWA - Now that Andrew Scheer has revealed his decision to resign as Conservative leader, the party will start getting ready for the race to replace him. "They will move as fast as reasonably possib...
Dec 12, 2019

Newspaper criticizes film's take on Olympic bombing coverage
ATLANTA - After a bomb exploded in a downtown Atlanta park midway through the 1996 Olympics, a security guard initially cast as a hero was recast as a villain virtually overnight. More than 20 years l...
Dec 12, 2019

New Zealand trying to recover bodies on volcanic island
WHAKATANE, New Zealand - New Zealand police and military specialists launched a risky operation Friday to recover the bodies of eight victims of a volcanic eruption on an island that has left at least...
Dec 12, 2019

Millions in Bebawi's accounts were bonuses authorized by SNC bosses: defence
MONTREAL - Millions of dollars that ended up in the accounts of a former SNC-Lavalin executive on trial for fraud and corruption were legitimate bonuses authorized by the company's president, the defe...
Dec 12, 2019

Scott Milanovich returns to CFL, named head coach of Edmonton Eskimos
EDMONTON - Scott Milanovich has been named head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos. The 46-year-old Milanovich was head coach of the Toronto Argonauts from 2012 to 2016. He led the Argonauts to a Grey Cup ...
Dec 12, 2019

NewsAlert: No suspension of Bill 21: Appeal Court
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected a request to suspend the central elements of the province's secularism law. A national Muslim organization, a civil liberties group and a u...
Dec 12, 2019

A timeline of Andrew Scheer's political career
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer has announced he will resign as Conservative leader as soon as a replacement is chosen. Here's a brief timeline of his career on Parliament Hill: June 28, 2004: Scheer...
Dec 12, 2019