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Airbus pulls out of fighter-jet competition following complaints
OTTAWA - Canada's multibillion-dollar effort to buy new fighter jets has taken another surprise turn with European aerospace giant Airbus announcing it has withdrawn from the high-stakes competition. ...
Sep 01, 2019
Reporters focus on Polanski's film, not his crime, at Venice
VENICE, Italy - Roman Polanski is not at the Venice International Film Festival, but his new film, "An Officer and a Spy" is. Yet, after much hand-wringing over its inclusion among the films in compet...
Sep 01, 2019
Sediments on glaciers act as sponge for contaminants: UNBC research
PRINCE GEORGE-Researchers out of UNBC have found that sediments on the surfaces of a glacier in BC, and glaciers around the world are acting as a sponge; absorbing large amounts of contaminants contai...
Sep 01, 2019 Sediments on the surfaces of a glacier in eastern B.C. and elsewhere in the world are acting as a sponge and absorbing large amounts of contaminants that are contained in glacial meltwater. Courtesy of UNBC
Court delays case against public servant charged in shipbuilding leak
OTTAWA - An Ottawa court has agreed to delay until November the case of a public servant accused of leaking cabinet secrets about a $700-million shipbuilding project, amid concerns about fairness and ...
Sep 01, 2019
Family of 3 injured by lightning in Polish Tatra Mountains
WARSAW, Poland - A couple and their seven-year-old child were hospitalized Friday after lightning hit a tree they were passing while trekking in the Tatra Mountains in southern Poland, where a thunder...
Sep 01, 2019
Djokovic, Federer seek US Open quarters; Gauff-McNally play
NEW YORK - Novak Djokovic would be a little closer to Roger Federer's record for men's Grand Slam singles titles if he'd done better against Stan Wawrinka. They meet Sunday for the first time since Wa...
Sep 01, 2019
Kristen Stewart wants to elevate Jean Seberg beyond haircut
VENICE, Italy - Kristen Stewart only knew Jean Seberg as an image. The picture of the waif with the pixie haircut and the New York Herald Tribune shirt embodied the effortless chic associated with the...
Sep 01, 2019
Saudi-led airstrikes kill at least 60 at rebel-run prison
SANAA, Yemen - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's rebels attacked a detention centre in the southwestern province of Dhamar with several airstrikes Sunday, killing at least 60 people and woundin...
Sep 01, 2019
Sacramento Kings guard Cory Joseph joins Canada's World Cup team in China
DONGGUAN, China - Two NBA players. A couple of Euroleague standouts. Five Canadian university grads. Canada's final roster for the FIBA World Cup looks nothing like what many people had predicted - an...
Sep 01, 2019
Cities urge federal leaders to wade into wastewater debate
OTTAWA - In Canada's largest city, raw sewage flows into Lake Ontario so often, Toronto tells people they should never swim off the city's beaches for least two days after it rains. Acr...
Sep 01, 2019