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Five-year-old polar bear showing signs of illness dies at Winnipeg zoo
WINNIPEG - An orphaned polar bear rescued in northern Manitoba has died at a zoo in Winnipeg after being put under anaesthetic to investigate an apparent illness. The five-year-old bear...
Jan 31, 2019

History museum plucks Georges St-Pierre title belt for its public collection
OTTAWA - A national museum has gone to the mat for fighter Georges St-Pierre to pluck one of his title belts from auction and put it on public display. The Canadian Museum of History says it acqu...
Jan 31, 2019

Comedian takes lead in Ukraine presidential race, polls show
KIEV, Ukraine - A comedian has taken the lead in Ukraine's presidential race, according to the latest polls. A poll by the Razumkov Center shows comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who played the president ...
Jan 31, 2019

ISET execute warrants, make arrests
Three people are in custody following two investigations by the Integrated Street Enforcement Team (ISET), which lead to two separate search warrants on residences in Prince Albert Wednesday.Just afte...
Jan 31, 2019

Murder trial hears of lover's panicked attempts to reach Richard Oland
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The woman Richard Oland was having an extramarital affair with has described the anger and then the panic she felt as she tried in vain to reach her multimillionaire lover in the ho...
Jan 31, 2019

Murder trial hears of Richard Oland's wealth - and son's mounting debts
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - While Dennis Oland was dealing with mounting debt in 2011, his father Richard was living the life of a multi-millionaire, travelling the world in pursuit of new sailboats and the pa...
Jan 31, 2019

Peruvian emigre gives US voice to Venezuela hard-liners
MIAMI - An emigre who once fled a right-wing strongman in Peru has made his U.S.-based television program a forum for hardline opponents of Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro - including som...
Jan 31, 2019

'Kraken', 'The Boss' among Defence Dept codenames for Mark Norman, court hears
OTTAWA - The Boss. MN3. C34. The Kraken. Those are some of the "codenames" that officials at the Department of National Defence used to refer to Vice-Admiral Mark Norman in internal communications, a ...
Jan 31, 2019

Magpies moving to La Ronge could reduce bird numbers
The arrival of black-billed magpies in La Ronge could lead to a reduction in the overall bird population.That's what winter bird count coordinator John Schisler stated as he noted several magpies, inc...
Jan 31, 2019

FBI finds no specific motive in Vegas attack that killed 58
LAS VEGAS - The high-stakes gambler responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history sought notoriety in the attack but left his specific motive a mystery, the FBI said Tuesday as it...
Jan 31, 2019