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Pizza shared with media camped outside Vancouver home of Huawei CFO

December 12, 2018

VANCOUVER — A pizza delivery to the Vancouver home of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou turned into an unexpected lunch on Wednesday for members of the media camped outside.When ...

Huawei exec details health problems in affidavit submitted to B.C. court

December 12, 2018

VANCOUVER — Huawei's chief financial officer says she has suffered a lifetime of health problems, including thyroid cancer, sleep apnea and high blood pressure, but she is ...

Second Canadian missing in China after questioning by authorities: Freeland

December 12, 2018

OTTAWA — A second Canadian is missing in China after alerting foreign affairs officials that he was being questioned by Chinese authorities, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia...

Actor, director Ron Howard visits Oklahoma birthplace

December 12, 2018

DUNCAN, Okla. — Oscar-winning director and actor Ron Howard returned to his home state of Oklahoma and the now-closed hospital where he was born.Howard's Instagram site this ...

Argentine actor in anti-sex abuse video accused of rape

December 12, 2018

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine television actor who participated in a video asking women to denounce sexual assaults is himself being accused of rape.Actress Thelma ...

UK Prime Minister Theresa May wins party no-confidence vote, but troubles remain

December 12, 2018

LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a brush with political mortality Wednesday, winning a no-confidence vote by Conservative lawmakers that would have ended ...

N.W.T. plans reforms to child services after scathing report by auditor general

December 12, 2018

YELLOWKNIFE — The government of the Northwest Territories has delivered a plan for major reforms to child services after a scathing report by the federal auditor general."We ...

Wish comes true: Ontario teen becomes prime minister for the day

December 12, 2018

OTTAWA — Fifteen-year-old Aiden Anderson wants potential voters to remember his name because one day, he says, he will be prime minister.The Ontario teen wanted to know what ...

MPs bid farewell to their Parliamentary home for at least 10 years

December 12, 2018

OTTAWA — As he does almost every day before attending question period, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bounded down the stairs between his third-floor office in Parliament ...

Canadian diplomats in China told to take care amid anger over Huawei CFO arrest

December 12, 2018

OTTAWA — Canadian diplomats in China have been advised to take extra precautions because of Chinese criticism, including on social media, over the arrest of a Chinese ...

Edmonton truck attack suspect had encrypted device cops couldn't crack: ex-chief

December 12, 2018

Edmonton's former police chief says a man charged in a truck attack in the city last year had an encrypted device police couldn't crack.Rod Knecht was at an international ...

Safer opioids actively being reviewed for epidemic: chief public health officer

December 12, 2018

OTTAWA — The need to increase access to a safer supply of opioids is being "actively reviewed" with provinces and territories, Canada's chief public health officer Dr. ...

Federal minister feuds with N.B. premier after dramatic project cuts

December 12, 2018

FREDERICTON — The federal intergovernmental ...

Firm says trees obstructing vision at Humboldt Broncos crash intersection

December 12, 2018

REGINA — A consulting firm says sight lines are a...

Canada pressured to match tough climate talk with leadership at key meeting

December 12, 2018

OTTAWA — The Canadian government is under intense...

Ethics watchdog chides capital commission CEO for 12 violations of rules

December 12, 2018

OTTAWA — The federal ethics watchdog says the head of an agency overseeing important federal sites in and around Ottawa violated conflict-of-interest rules a dozen ...

Hungarian director Ferenc Kosa, winner in Cannes, dies at 81

December 12, 2018

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Ferenc Kosa, winner of the best director award at the 1967 Cannes film festival, has died at 81, the Hungarian Academy of Arts said Wednesday.Kosa was ...

Six-year-old girl lured from playground, sexually assaulted: Vancouver police

December 12, 2018

Vancouver police say a man lured a six-year-old girl from an elementary school playground and sexually assaulted her.Police say it happened on Dec. 5 when the girl was in the...

Schilling criticizes Ocasio-Cortez, provoking Cicilline

December 12, 2018

BOSTON — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has gone after Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter, drawing the ire of U.S. Rep. David Cicilline.The Boston Globe ...

Toyota recalls 70,000 vehicles to replace air bag inflators

December 12, 2018

DETROIT — Toyota is recalling about 70,000 Toyota and Lexus brand vehicles in North America to replace air bag inflators that could explode and hurl shrapnel at drivers and ...

Dennis Oland murder trial focuses on his father's missing iPhone

December 12, 2018

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — One of the most baffling aspects of the Richard Oland murder case was the focus of attention at his son's trial on Wednesday: What happened to the ...

Accused in murders of Calgary woman and her daughter denies the killings

December 12, 2018

CALGARY — A man accused of killing a Calgary woman and her daughter says he didn't do it.Edward Downey, who is 48, has pleaded not guilty in the deaths of Sara Baillie and ...

B.C. court upholds extradition of pair accused of 'honour killing' in India

December 12, 2018

VANCOUVER — Two British Columbia residents accused of hiring assailants to kill a relative in India because she married a poor rickshaw driver must be extradited to face ...

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