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'It's such a big loss': Sister says family in shock after brother killed in Quebec
Just hours after Marie-Jo Duchesne had shared laughs with her older brother, who'd been out hiking on a sunny Saturday in Quebec, the heartbreaking call came informing her of Francois Duchesne's death...
Nov 02, 2020
Sask. Poly victim of 'cybersecurity incident'
UPDATE: In an update Monday afternoon Saskatchewan Polytechnic said it continues to work with external experts and law enforcement to determine the extent of the security incident and to safely restor...
Nov 02, 2020
N.B. shooter returns to stand at Fredericton first-degree murder trial
FREDERICTON - Matthew Raymond is back on the witness stand today as his murder trial in connection with the 2018 mass shooting in Fredericton enters its eighth week. Raymond, 50, is charged with first...
Nov 02, 2020
Drive-thru voting tally already exceeds 2016 numbers
It can require plenty of patience from motorists, but the decision by Prince Albert election officials to make advance voting a drive-thru experience appears to have been an astute one.Over the first ...
Nov 02, 2020
Vatican breaks silence, explains pope's civil union comments
ROME - The Vatican says Pope Francis' comments on gay civil unions were taken out of context in a documentary that spliced together parts of an old interview, but still confirmed Francis' belief that ...
Nov 02, 2020
Sunset falls on a historic season for the drive-in
NEW YORK - Julia Wiggin was still shivering after running out to hang up the weekend's marquee - "Ghostbusters," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" - at her Northfield Drive-in near Hinsdale, New Hampshire. "I...
Nov 02, 2020
'American Idol' contestant Nikki McKibbin dies at 42
ARLINGTON, Texas - Nikki McKibbin, a singer from Texas best known for her third place finish in the first season of American Idol, has died. She was 42. McKibbin's husband, Craig Sadler, confirmed her...
Nov 02, 2020
What a fluke: Dutch whale tail sculpture catches metro train
SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands - This really was a fluke. The driver of a metro train escaped injury when the front carriage rammed through the end of an elevated section of rails and was caught by a sculpt...
Nov 02, 2020
Philippines: 16 dead, thousands of homes damaged in typhoon
MANILA, Philippines - At least 16 people were killed as Typhoon Goni lashed the Philippines over the weekend, and about 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away in the eastern island prov...
Nov 02, 2020
Thousands continue protests against Indonesia’s new jobs law
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Thousands of workers in Indonesia on Monday continued their protests against the country's new jobs law that critics say will erode labour rights and weaken environmental protecti...
Nov 02, 2020