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Regimental funeral and procession for Calgary officer fatally injured in traffic stop
CALGARY - A regimental funeral for a Calgary police officer killed in the line of duty is to be held this afternoon in the city and a procession following the service is to include a flypast by two CF...
Jan 09, 2021
They stayed the blazes home: Why East Coast politicians avoided COVID travel scandal
HALIFAX - While much of the rest of Canada was consumed with stories about politicians ignoring pandemic protocols and jetting south to sunny climes, Atlantic Canadians this week were puzzling over a ...
Jan 09, 2021
No surprise: Trump left many clues he wouldn't go quietly
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump left plenty of clues he'd try to burn the place down on his way out the door. The clues spread over a lifetime of refusing to acknowledge defeat. They spanned a pre...
Jan 09, 2021
Biden calls Trump 'unfit' but doesn't endorse impeachment
WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden says that President Donald Trump isn't "fit for the job," but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls to impeach him a second time. House...
Jan 09, 2021
Fire in western Indian hospital kills 10 infants, 7 rescued
NEW DELHI - A fire broke out in the intensive care unit of a government-run hospital in western India early Saturday, killing 10 infants, police and news reports said. A preliminary investigation sugg...
Jan 09, 2021
Asia Today: China asks residents in 2 cities to stay home
BEIJING - Chinese authorities have asked residents in two cities south of Beijing to stay home for seven days as they try to stamp out a COVID-19 outbreak in which more than 300 people have tested pos...
Jan 09, 2021
Blizzard covers Spain in white, brings Madrid to standstill
MADRID - An unusual and persistent blizzard has blanketed large parts of Spain with snow, freezing traffic and leaving thousands trapped in cars or in train stations and airports that had suspended al...
Jan 09, 2021
Pakistani Shiites end protests, hold funeral for 11 miners
QUETTA, Pakistan - Hundreds of Pakistani Shiites gathered Saturday to bury 11 coal miners from the minority Hazara community who were killed by the Islamic State group, ending over a week of protests ...
Jan 09, 2021
'He's on his own': Some Republicans begin to flee from Trump
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's steadfast grip on Republicans in Washington is beginning to crumble, leaving him more politically isolated than at any other point in his turbulent administration. ...
Jan 09, 2021
Virus collides with politics as German election year starts
BERLIN - The coronavirus pandemic is colliding with politics as Germany embarks on its vaccination drive and one of the most unpredictable election years in the country's post-World War II history. Af...
Jan 09, 2021