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Quebec backtracks on changes to immigration program aimed at students
QUEBEC - The Quebec government is backtracking on proposed changes to a popular immigration program aimed at university students that would've seen many of them sent home. Immigration Minist...
Nov 06, 2019
UK reduces its terror threat level to 'substantial'
LONDON - Security officials downgraded Britain's terrorism threat level on Monday from "severe" to "substantial," with officials saying the country now sees an attack as "likely" rather than "highly l...
Nov 06, 2019
Toronto FC general manager Ali Curtis wants to win the right way
TORONTO - General manager Ali Curtis is happy to stay in the background as the MLS Cup final spotlight shines on Toronto FC. He wants just one thing Sunday when Toronto takes on the hometown Seattle S...
Nov 06, 2019
Alec Baldwin sues man who accused him of parking spot rage
NEW YORK - Alec Baldwin filed a defamation lawsuit Friday against the man who says Baldwin hit him in the face during an argument over a New York City parking space. Baldwin wrote in his lawsuit that ...
Nov 06, 2019
Russia, US go toe-to-toe at anti-doping meeting
KATOWICE, Poland - The fight was about doping. The United States delivered haymakers. Russia came back with jabs. The proverbial blows were delivered Wednesday in a vast conference room in Poland duri...
Nov 06, 2019
Armed robbery suspect sought
PRINCE GEORGE-Prince George RCMP are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with an armed robbery at a convenience store in the 15 hundred block of 20th Avenue early Monday morning. The lone suspe...
Nov 06, 2019 Courtesy RCMP
US productivity falls for first time in nearly 4 years
WASHINGTON - American workers were less efficient in the July-September quarter, pushing down productivity for the first time since late 2015. The Labor Department said Wednesday that productivity, a ...
Nov 06, 2019
US child survivors of Mexico ambush saved by courage, mother
GALEANA, Mexico - The eight children, some mere infants, who survived the ambush in northern Mexico not only escaped the drug cartel gunmen who killed their mothers but managed to hide in the brush, w...
Nov 06, 2019
From Gander to Winnie: Remembering those animals who served Canada
OTTAWA - While Remembrance Day is intended to remember those members of Canada's armed forces who gave their lives in defending the country, it is also an important moment to reflect on the cost of wa...
Nov 06, 2019
Erdogan: Turkey captures slain IS leader al-Baghdadi's wife
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Erdogan made the announcement while delive...
Nov 06, 2019