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Diego Rivera painting sells privately for $15.7 million
NEW YORK – A Diego Rivera painting has sold privately for $15.7 million, setting a…
Djokovic and Nadal could meet in French Open semifinals
PARIS – In his quest to complete a career Grand Slam, Novak Djokovic could have…
Consumer price index up 1.7% compared with year ago: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA – The annual pace of inflation in Canada picked up in April as the…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Bestsellers
Copyright 5/8/2016 Publishers Weekly. Week ending 5/15/2016, powered by Nielsen Bookscan 5/8/2016 The Nielsen Company.…
Q&A: George Takei on Canada as an LGBT rights leader and meeting with PM Trudeau
TORONTO – The branches of George Takei’s family tree extend to Canada with relatives in…
Tentative return dates announced for fire evacuees, and area gets a little rain
EDMONTON – Fort McMurray residents got some good news this weekend as their municipality announced…
Saturday’s Games
Saturday’s Games World Hockey Championship Semifinals Canada 4 United States 3 Finland 3 Russia 1…
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO – Five things to watch this week in Canadian business: Trudeau in Japan: Prime…
Trudeau heads to Japan to begin Ottawa’s efforts to deepen business ties in Asia
Justin Trudeau makes his first major push into Asia this week in Japan, where he…
Top US commander makes secret visit to Syria
SYRIA, Syria – On a secret trip to Syria, the new commander of U.S. forces…
Vancouver-bound flight diverted in Hamburg for passenger’s medical issue
VANCOUVER – Lufthansa officials say a Vancouver-bound flight from Munich was diverted to Hamburg after…
Peace Corps coming to Vietnam for first time
HANOI, Vietnam – The Peace Corps is at last coming to Vietnam. President Barack Obama…
Quotations in the News
“Peace is what we want. Mansour was a threat to that effort. He also was…
Haitian woman visits hospital where doctors rebuilt her face
MIAMI – A Haitian woman who attracted widespread media attention 10 years ago for a…
Tajikistan vote allows president to rule indefinitely
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – People in the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan have voted overwhelmingly to…
Retired police officers warn Quebec against starting costly gun registry
MONTREAL – Retired Montreal police officer Marc Brisebois remembers always being grateful for any gun-related…
Hong Kong axes provocative skyscraper art installation
HONG KONG – Days after it was launched, organizers have cancelled an art installation on…
Telecommuting growing as companies look to save money, respond to employees
MONTREAL – Like many Canadians, Carla Holub has gladly given up commuting for the ease…
GMA meteorologist Ginger Zee hurt ahead of ‘Dancing’ finale
LOS ANGELES – Ginger Zee has suffered a pelvic injury ahead of the “Dancing With…
Feherty to offer prime-time commentary for NBC at Olympics
STAMFORD, Conn. – NBC Sports golf analyst David Feherty will offer commentary during the network’s…
New Mexico joining effort to rehabilitate historic theatres
RATON, N.M. – For years, the Shuler Theater in this once-booming New Mexico mining town…
Duterte OKs Filipino dictator’s burial at heroes’ cemetery
MANILA, Philippines – The presumptive Philippine president-elect said Monday he will allow the immediate burial…
Sudan effectively expels top UN humanitarian official
The United Nations says the government of Sudan has effectively expelled a top U.N. official…
Obama signs bill striking offensive terms from US laws
WASHINGTON – Federal laws will no longer include outdated and offensive terms used to describe…