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Lindsay Lohan says she was profiled while wearing headscarf
FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2014, file photo, actress Lindsay Lohan performs a scene from the play, "Speed the Plow," during a photocall at the Playhouse Theatre in central London. Lohan told the Daily Mail on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, that Americans should come together to support President Donald Trump. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
2 more dead after Guinea announces deal with teacher unions
Philippines: framework of South China Sea pact possible soon
In this photo provided by Presidential Communications Operations Office ASEAN, Foreign ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) link arms during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Boracay, Aklan province, central Philippines, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. From left, Laos' Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, Malaysia's Foreign Minister AnifH Aman, Myanmar's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin, Thailand's Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, AMM Retreat Chair and Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Perfecto Yasay, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Brunei Darussalam's Minister at the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pehin Dato' Lim Jock Seng, Cambodia's Senior Minister and Minister for MFAIC Prak Sokhonn, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, and ASEAN Secretary-General, ASEAN Secretariat Le Luong Minh. (Presidential Communications Operations Office ASEAN via AP)
Nigerians starved of electricity access turn to solar
In this photo taken on Monday Feb. 20, 2017, vegetable vendors ply their wares by the light of locally-made lanterns in Lagos, Nigeria. In Nigeria, for the cost of powering a small generator for two hours, Dutch company Lumos offer enough solar power to light a house, cool a room with a fan and charge cell phones for about eight hours. For a country without a secure supply of electricity where people are dependent on candles, batteries, kerosene and fuel for generators, Lumos was surprised they spend more on power than solar options. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Seven skiers, snowboarders, found safe at B.C. ski resort
Almost 1.4 million children face 'imminent death:' UN agency
FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 file photo, a mother feeds her malnourished child at a feeding centre run by Doctors Without Borders in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The United Nations children's agency warned Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 that almost 1.4 million children are at "imminent risk of death" as famine threatens parts of South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
Female inmate accused of assaulting doctor sent to treat her in N.L. lockup
New Brunswick man charged with impaired driving causing death of 51-year-old man
Spanish police stop gas truck speeding against traffic
Police officers inspect a truck in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 after police fired gunshots to stop a Swedish man who stole a butane gas truck and drove it at high speed against traffic on a city highway, ramming several cars along the way. A police spokeswoman said the man was arrested and is being questioned. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
EU tries to keep multinationals from using tax loopholes
Lawyer: Portugal to extradite ex-CIA agent to Italian jail
FILE -- In this file photo taken on April 11, 2007, Egyptian cleric Osama Hassan Mustafa Nasr, known as Abu Omar, who was allegedly kidnapped by CIA agents off the streets of an Italian city and taken to Egypt where he said he was tortured, talks on his mobile as he walks at a Cairo street after attending Amnesty International press conference in Cairo, Egypt. A Portuguese court ordered police to extradite a former CIA agent Sabrina de Sousa to Italy, where she is due to serve a four-year prison sentence after being convicted of involvement in a U.S. program that kidnapped suspects for interrogation, her lawyer said Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2017. De Sousa was among 26 Americans convicted for kidnapping suspect Mustafa Nasr. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
Home Depot sees 4Q profit growth on strong housing market
Books on conservatism and rural whites up for Lukas Prize
The Latest: Obama official blasts Trump transgender plans
President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Trump returned from Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday after spending three weekends in a row at his Mara-a-Lago estate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Charge of mischief against religious property laid after Montreal mosque vandalism
Montenegro's ex-PM accuses Russia of "destructive" politics
63% of Canadians are concerned about food fraud, 'the big elephant in the room'
Feb. 21: The fentanyl problem, and other letters to the editor
Fentanyl pills are shown in an undated police handout photo. Politicians and public health officials say increasing access to overdose-fighting medication is key to tackling the fentanyl-fuelled opioid crisis that is moving across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT)
UN cites flaws in Libya trial of Gadhafi's son, others
The Latest: Far-right protests as refugee kids go to school
Prosecutors seek 8-year terms for tourists in Bali death
British national David Taylor, center, sits in a courtroom during his trial in Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Taylor and his Australian girlfriend Sara Connor are accused of murdering an Indonesian police officer in August 2016. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Police probe fatal shooting at Brampton motel
UN says upcoming Syria talks aimed at 'political transition'
FILE -- In this Jan. 23, 2017 file photo, U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives to attend the talks on Syrian peace in Astana, Kazakhstan. Chief of staff to de Mistura, Michael Contet, said Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, that their "main guidance" for the first intra-Syrian peace talks in 10 months will be a Security Council resolution that calls for political transition. Contet said that de Mistura is putting the "finishing touches on arrangements" for Thursday's start of talks in Geneva between government and opposition delegations, the fourth round since early last year. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
Define bubble: When ‘even pigs are flying’ in Toronto area housing market
Brexit official: Latvians in Britain will keep their rights
Milo Yiannopoulos apologizes for remarks, quits Breitbart
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, Milo Yiannopoulos speaks on campus in the Mathematics building at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. Right-wing provocateur Yiannopoulos was trying to clarify past comments on relationships between boys and older men after a conservative site posted a collection of edited video clips that set social media abuzz. After the polarizing Breitbart News editor was invited this weekend to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference sparked a backlash, the Reagan Battalion tweeted video clips Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017 in which Yiannopoulos discusses Jews, sexual consent, statutory rape, child abuse and homosexuality. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP, File)
Buffalo mayor announces re-election campaign
Alaska reality sues 'Life Below Zero' over safety claims
Panda express: Bao Bao on nonstop flight to China
Animal keepers wave goodbye to Bao Bao, the beloved 3-year-old panda at the National Zoo in Washington, as she leaves on a one-way flight to China to join a panda breeding program, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Edmonton businesses embrace winter
Office staging lets you imagine yourself working here
To find tenants more quickly and to differentiate one office area from another, landlords are leasing spaces with most of the amenities already installed.
Study says people are worried about unreliable information and ‘fake news’
A smartphone user shows the Facebook application on his phone on May 2, 2013.
Budget day in B.C.: Here’s what you need to know
Finance Minister Michael de Jong tries on his newly-soled shoes at Olde Towne Shoe Repair in Victoria as owner Mike Waterman looks on. The photo-op has become a yearly ritual ahead of the provincial budget.
Gene editing has far more promise than peril
André Picard
Canadian banks, police following money trail to target human trafficking
Canada’s financial watchdog has sent more than 100 disclosures to police in the past year on human trafficking in a quiet new initiative that targets traffickers by following their money.
Inflation hike would throw a wrench into retirement portfolios
More elderly clients are starting to embrace alternative assets in their retirement portfolios, says Vikram Rajagopalan, vice-president of retail sales and national accounts at Trez Capital in Toronto.
Canadian growth companies hurting from lack of capital, TMX study finds
Canadian growth companies face a $4-billion funding shortfall compared to U.S. rivals that should be filled by tapping the country’s pension plans, banks and insurers, according to a study due to be released Tuesday and backed by TMX Group Ltd.
Sentencing of Israeli soldier in shooting deepens fissures
Italy's Renzi brushes off schism, positions self for future
Bill ending Nova Scotia teachers' contract dispute passed by Liberal majority
Azerbaijan's leader names his wife as 1st vice-president
Burundi ex-deputy leader returns home, criticizes opposition
Riot in Stockholm suburb after drug suspect is arrested
In this picture taken on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, firefighters survey the scene in the suburb of Rinkeby outside Stockholm. Police in Sweden said Tuesday they were investigating riots that broke out overnight in a predominantly immigrant Stockholm suburb after officers arrested a suspect on drug charges. Spokesman Lars Bystrom said unidentified people, including some wearing masks, threw rocks at police, set cars on fire and looted shops in Rinkeby, north of Stockholm. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Eurozone growth seen running at near 6-year high
President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi arrives prior to a round table meeting of Eurogroup finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. The eurozone's 19 finance ministers will be looking to defuse the risk of another Greek crisis as they try to agree Monday on what reforms Greece must still take to qualify for more loans. (AP Photo/Thierry Monasse)
Bodies of 74 migrants heading to Europe wash up in Libya
This Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 photo provided by The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), shows the bodies of people that washed ashore and were recovered by the Libyan Red Crescent, near Zawiya, Libya. The Libyan Red Crescent says at least 74 bodies of African migrants have washed ashore in western Libya, the latest tragedy at sea along a perilous trafficking route to Europe. It says the bodies were found on Monday, and that more may yet surface. (IFRC via AP)
Six stories in the news today, Feb. 21
Flowers lay at the men's entrance of the Quebec mosque on February 1, 2017 in Quebec City. The man charged in last month's mosque shootings in Quebec City returns to court today on six counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder using a restricted firearm.Alexandre Bissonnette faces the charges in the Jan. 29 deaths of Mamadou Tanou Barry, Ibrahima Barry, Azzeddine Soufiane, Abdelkrim Hassane, Khaled Belkacemi and Aboubaker Thabti. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
France slaughtering all ducks in key region due to bird flu
In Trump's future looms a familiar shutdown threat
Iran's leader calls Israel a 'fake' nation, 'dirty chapter'
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives to a conference titled "International Conference in Support of Palestinian Intifada," in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Iran's supreme leader has used the podium of the pro-Palestinian gathering in Tehran to call Israel a "fake" nation and a "dirty chapter" of history. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Supreme Court seems split in case of boy's death near border
In this Feb. 14, 2017 photo, The Supreme Court is seen at day's end in Washington. The Supreme Court on Tuesday is hearing an appeal to a case involving a 2010 shooting of a Mexican boy by a U.S. Border Patrol Agent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Family believes Vietnamese suspect in Kim's death was duped
Doan Van Thanh, the father of a Vietnamese woman arrested in the death of Kim Jong Nam in Malaysia, looks at an image of his daughter, during an interview at his home in Nghia Binh village in northern province of Nam Dinh, Vietnam, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. The family of Doan Thi Huong arrested in the death of the half brother of North Korea’s ruler, confirmed she is their relative, but believes she didn’t knowingly participate in the killing. Thanh said he is the father of Huong, but cannot believe she would do such an “Earth-shaking” thing. (AP Photo/Duong Minh Hoang)
Man who discussed attack like Dylann Roof's to stay in jail
This police booking photo released Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 by the Horry County Police Department in Conway, S.C., shows Benjamin McDowell. McDowell is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to a sworn FBI statement, agents began investigating McDowell after he threatened a synagogue on Facebook and told an undercover agent he wanted to commit an attack in the "spirit of Dylann Roof." (Horry County Sheriff's Office via AP)
San Jose mayor admits failures in flood evacuation order
Residents walk down a flooded road on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Salinas, Calif. Forecasters issued flash flood warnings Monday throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in Northern California as downpours swelled creeks and rivers in the already soggy region. (Nic Coury/Monterey County Weekly via AP)
Ontario legislature to resume following winter break
Case of accused in Quebec City mosque shootings to resume March 30
Alexandre Bissonnette is escorted to a van after appearing in court for the deadly shooting at a mosque on January 30, 2017 in Quebec City. The man charged in last month's mosque shootings in Quebec City returns to court today on six counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder using a restricted firearm.Alexandre Bissonnette faces the charges in the Jan. 29 deaths of Mamadou Tanou Barry, Ibrahima Barry, Azzeddine Soufiane, Abdelkrim Hassane, Khaled Belkacemi and Aboubaker Thabti. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Man bent on killing as many co-workers as he could at Edmonton warehouse: Crown
Jayme Pasieka, 29-years-old, is shown in this undated police handout photo. A jury trial is to begin today for an Edmonton man accused of killing two co-workers and wounding several others in a bloody knife attack at a grocery warehouse. Jayme Pasieka, who is 32, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons-related counts. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Edmonton Police Services
Tom Petty highlights Ottawa Bluesfest lineup
Money-losing Toshiba selling medical leasing unit to Canon
UNICEF, French president urge protection for children of war
FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2015 file photo, a serviceman teaches children to operate weapons at a military training ground of Ukraine's National Guard outside the village of Stare, the Kiev region, Ukraine. Child soldiers, underage sex slaves, orphaned adolescent refugees _ France's president and UNICEF are urging Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 the international community to do more to protect the more than 200 million children of today's conflict zones. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
Trump's new national security adviser a soldier-scholar
Zimbabwe's Mugabe praises Trump's 'America First' policy
FILE - In this Saturday, Dec, 17, 2016 file photo, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses people at an event before the closure of his party's 16th Annual Peoples Conference in Masvingo, south of the capital Harare. Mugabe celebrates his 93 birthday Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, with celebrations set for Saturday. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)
Dozens of headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in Missouri
People search for loved ones' graves at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Authorities in Missouri are investigating after dozens of headstones were tipped over at the Jewish cemetery near St. Louis. (Robert Cohen /St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Chinese premier appeals to Washington to avoid 'trade war'
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves next to French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve after a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Cazeneuve is in China for a three-day official visit. (Wu Hong/Pool Photo via AP)
Police: Suspects in N. Korean death coated hands with poison
Special Task Force On Organised Crime (STAFOC) police sand guard in front of the National Forensic Institute at Kuala Lumpur Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. North Korea's ambassador to Malaysia on Monday denounced the country's investigation into the death of the exiled half brother of North Korea's ruler, calling it politically motivated and demanding a joint probe amid increasingly bitter exchanges between the once-friendly nations. (AP Photo/Alexandra Radu)
Police: Gunman robs man of 'grandma's favourite' chocolates
Official: Reforms didn't cut sentence of suspect in killing
Theresa Mendoza, who said she had been formerly homeless and knew the officer, adds a rose to a growing memorial for Whittier, Calif., Police Officer Keith Boyer in Whittier Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Boyer was killed in a shootout during a traffic stop Monday. Boyer and Officer Patrick Hazell didn't know that the motorist allegedly had killed his cousin hours earlier in neighboring East Los Angeles and stolen his car. Boyer died and Hazell and the suspected gunman were wounded and hospitalized. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
NASA aims to measure vital snow data from satellites
Suicide bombers kill 6 outside court in northwest Pakistan
People light candles and oil lamps in tribute to the victims of Thursday's suicide attack at Lal Shahbaz Qalander shrine in Sehwanshrine, in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. Pakistani authorities shut down a second key border crossing into Afghanistan, halting trade supplies to the neighboring landlocked country and increasing tensions between the two nations in the wake of a bloody suicide bombing at the beloved shrine in Pakistan, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
OHL Roundup: Alex DeBrincat scores twice, leads Otters to 14th win in a row
Connecticut home invasion killer seeks new trial
In Kuwait, 'too many foreigners' becomes a frequent refrain
School district teams with Sandy Hook mom to teach empathy
In this Feb. 14, 2017, photo Nelba Marquez-Greene helps 10-year-old Araceli Buchko put her hand print inside a giant paper heart as part of the Love Win's campaign's Friendship Day, a social and emotional learning activity at the Chamberlain Elementary School in New Britain, Conn. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)
Circus lionized for cutting animal acts will bring them back
In this May 1, 2014 photo, an elephant waits to entertain the opening night crowd at the Melha Shrine Circus at the Eastern States Coliseum in West Springfield, Mass. After earning praise from animal rights groups for dropping animal performances in 2016, the Melha Shrine Circus will bring back the animal acts for seven performances over four days in May 2017. (David Molnar/The Republican via AP)
Court considers constitutionality of Ohio execution process
FILE – In this November 2005 file photo, Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio. Legal arguments over the constitutionality of Ohio's lethal injection process, and specifically the effectiveness of the sedative midazolam, are set to be heard by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Cincinnati, months before the state hopes to start carrying out executions again. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
Police: 4 teens wounded in 2 separate shootings in Cleveland
Calgary woman asks for the return of items belonging to her dead son
HSBC warns of risks to world economic growth as profit dives
People walk past a branch of HSBC bank in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. London-based bank HSBC reported Tuesday that annual profit slumped following a year it said would be remembered for "unexpected economic and political events" and warned of risks in 2017 to the global economy's continuing recovery. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Prep school grad in court for hearing on possible new trial
FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2015, file photo, Owen Labrie listens to prosecutors before being sentenced in Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H. Labrie was convicted of sexually assaulting a younger prep school classmate in 2014 and was sentenced to jail. A hearing is scheduled to start Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2107, to determine if he school should get a new trial on charges of using a computer to lure the underage student for sex and assaulting her. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, Pool, File)
Canada drops 5-0 decision to Mexico at CONCACAF men's under-20 championship
Rio Carnival revelers hunt for bargains amid economic crisis
In this Feb. 8, 2017 photo, women work on costumes for the upcoming Carnival at the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilians are bargain-hunting ahead of Rio's world famous party, which is about to kick off amid a prolonged economic crisis that is impacting pocketbooks and the myriad of businesses that depend on the bash for a large part of their annual incomes. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Ecuador election cliff-hanger: Leader near outright victory
Opposition presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso's supporters protest outside Ecuador's National Electoral Council to demand the official results of the presidential elections, in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. The hand-picked candidate of socialist President Rafael Correa headed to victory in the opening round of Ecuador's presidential election, although it was uncertain whether he would get enough votes to avoid a runoff against Lasso, his nearest rival. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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Skiers, snowboarders missing near Kamloops, B.C., ski resort
Man with cancer wants new treatment but Saskatchewan government says it can't
Prefecture in China's Xinjiang to track cars by satellite
In this Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, vehicles run on the snow-covered road in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. A prefecture in China's Xinjiang region is requiring all vehicles to install satellite tracking systems as part of stepped-up measures against violent attacks. Traffic police in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture announced the regulation on Sunday, shortly after thousands of heavily armed police paraded in Urumqi and Communist Party officials vowed to ramp up their campaign against separatists and Islamic militants. (Wang Fei/Xinhua via AP)
Noted movie critic Richard Schickel dies at 84
South Africa honours more than 600 dead in WWI ship sinking
In this photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, a woman, left, walk near a memorial for the SS Mendi, right, in Simon's Town, South Africa. South Africa will mark the centenary of the Feb. 21, 1917, Mendi sinking disaster when a British steamship accidentally rammed the smaller SS Mendi vessel in the channel between Britain and France, killing more than 600 southern African troops on board, most of them black. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
Jazz fusion guitarist Larry Coryell dies in NYC at age 73
Floods inundate thousands of homes in Indonesian capital
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