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Mormon missionary from Chile dies in Guatemala
Jordan king to visit West Bank after Jerusalem shrine crisis
Netherlands wins women's European soccer championship
South Carolina authorities identify man shot by officer
Dennis Oland’s lawyers expected to ask for delay setting date for new murder trial
Dennis Oland heads from the Court of Appeal in Fredericton, N.B. on Monday, March 7, 2016.
'Dark Tower' tops slow weekend, 'Detroit' disappoints
This image released by Sony Pictures shows Idris Elba in the Columbia Pictures film, "The Dark Tower." (Ilze Kitshoff/Columbia Pictures/Sony via AP)
Bodies of 2 paratroopers killed in Afghanistan return to US
The Latest: Governor condemns Minnesota mosque bombing
Rights group: Israel bans Gazans from travelling with laptops
Lawyers to ask New Brunswick court for delay in setting Oland murder trial date
Dennis Oland heads from a bail hearing after being released from custody in Fredericton on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. Prosecutors and lawyers for Oland will be back in New Brunswick court Tuesday for a hearing to set a date for a new second-degree murder trial, but it's expected they'll ask for a month-long delay. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
NYC's long war on storefront porn reaches new tipping point
FILE - This March 6, 1998, file photo shows a detail from a neon sign above a strip club in New York's Times Square photographed after a judge concluded the city had the legal right to force most of the city's X-rated shops to relocate. New York City's two-decade legal war on storefront pornography businesses has reached a new tipping point. While many of the provocative attractions were swept out years ago - especially ones in the now neon-lit, retail-filled Times Square - the state's highest court recently issued a ruling that would force the surviving ones to clear out. (AP Photo/Michael Schmelling, File)
Andrew Scheer laying groundwork for federal election in summer travels
Leader of the Official Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Andrew Scheer, makes an announcement and holds a media availability at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Thursday, July 20, 2017.
Scheer keeps eye on next election in debut cross-country summer tour
Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer, right, speaks during the opening of the Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting in Regina, Sask., Tuesday July 25, 2017. Rest and relaxation might top the agenda for most Canadians right now but newly-minted Conservative Leader Scheer is going full-tilt on the barbecue circuit in a bid to introduce himself and boost his party's prospects before 2019.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
Woman arrested in fatal Arkansas shooting of Italian tourist
Galveston's 1st community pool now open in $4.1M complex
In this Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 photo, Mia Washington, 7, laughs as her friend jumps toward her at Lasker Park Community Swimming Pool in Galveston, Texas. Entry for the pool will be free until after the grand opening ceremony Tuesday, Aug. 15. (Kelsey Walling/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)
Gay man says leaders tried to run him out of Oklahoma town
In this Feb. 24, 2016 photo, Randy Gamel is photographed at Maudrie M. Walton Elementary in Fort Worth, Texas. Gamel, a retiree who moved with his husband to a tiny western Oklahoma town alleges he was routinely harassed by townspeople, but was ignored by law enforcement until his home was burned. Gamel acknowledges that before moving to Oklahoma, his criticism of staff and teachers at his son's Fort Worth elementary school became so heated that district officials prohibited him last year from visiting the school. He filed a lawsuit Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, that suggests he was targeted in part because he and his partner brought a black child into the nearly all-white town of Hitchcock, Okla. (Khampha Bouaphanh/Star-Telegram via AP)
Canadian deported from Kenya says officials gave 'flimsy' excuse for detention
A supporter of opposition leader Raila Odinga wears oranges, the party's symbol and color, and holds a placard of Odinga, at his final electoral campaign rally in Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. A Canadian deported from Kenya on Saturday while working for the opposition party says he was initially given a "flimsy" excuse about a visa issue, but officers eventually dropped "any pretence" that he was being kicked out for legal reasons. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Ben Curtis
Sen. Warren honing campaign pitch as GOP eyes 2018 campaign
FILE - In this March 3, 2017, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, smiles during a small business roundtable discussion in Lawrence, Mass. At left is Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., and at right is Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera. The Senator won't face re-election until November2018, but two Republicans have announced their candidacies, two others are said to be weighing runs and conservative political groups are chipping away at the candidate. Still, Warren enjoys enormous advantages, including a national base of support, a fat campaign account and solid poll numbers. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
EU envoy in Yemen for talks over UN plan to run key port
Deaths of 2 Texas toddlers left in hot car ruled homicides
Sidney Crosby welcomes Stanley Cup to Halifax for third hometown celebration
Sidney Crosby, right, visits with three-year-old Harper Saunders, who is being treated for leukemia, at a Halifax hospital in a Sunday, August 6, 2017, handout image. Crosby spent about an hour and a half roaming from room to room, visiting with kids and families and taking photos with "Stanley." THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Tensions rise as Kenya’s election could be decided on a digital battlefield
A Kenyan election tallying officer stuffs voting material into ballot boxes before they are transported to different polling stations in the Kibra Constituency at a tallying center in Nairobi, Kenya August 6, 2017.
Insider Q&A: Assessing the stock market boom
This photo provided by Principal shows Robert Baur, chief global economist for Principal Global Investors. Baur analyzes worldwide trends that help explain why the U.S. stock market has done so well in the past year and what might happen in the near future. (Jose Calderon/Principal via AP)
Wolfpack rebound from loss with 68-0 win over Workington in second round
Pence: Story on possible 2020 presidential run 'disgraceful'
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Young America's Foundation's 39th annual National Conservative Student Conference, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
White House: Trump 'not discussing' firing Mueller
FILE - In this June 21, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington. Mueller is using a grand jury in Washington as part of an investigation into potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to a person familiar with the probe. The use of a grand jury, a standard prosecution tool in criminal investigations, suggests that Mueller and his team of investigators is likely to hear from witnesses and demand documents in the coming weeks. The person who confirmed to The Associated Press that Mueller had turned to a grand jury was not authorized to discuss the investigation by name and spoke on condition of anonymity. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Community Shield: Arsenal beats Chelsea in ABBA shootout
Fix New York's government? Some say key is new constitution
FILE - In this Aug 29, 1967, file photo, Judge Charles S. Desmond, left, talks with fellow delegate Peter J. Crotty, after he spoke during the Constitutional Convention in Albany, N.Y., Corruption and a rigged political system are battle cries of both sides in a debate over whether New Yorkers should vote this fall to rewrite the state constitution. Advocates of a "yes" vote say a constitutional convention is the only way to fix corruption and inefficiency in government. But opponents say a convention would be rife with corruption and could strip away constitutional protections of the environment, labor and reproductive rights. (AP Photo/File)
Illinois governor signs law to honour Barack Obama's birthday
Rare August tornado sends 30 to hospital in Tulsa; no deaths
This photo shows damage to a Fridays restaurant after a storm moved through the area in Tulsa, Okla., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. A possible tornado struck near midtown Tulsa and causing power outages and roof damage to businesses. (Tom Gilbert/Tulsa World via AP)
Injured Drouin had hoped to be "that person" who stepped up for ailing De Grasse
Canada's Derek Drouin competes in the men's high jump final, during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Canadian high jumper Derek Drouin has withdrawn from the world track and field championships with an Achilles tendon injury.Drouin is the reigning world and Olympic high jump champion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Lee Jin-man
1 person dead, 2 missing after boat sinks in English Channel
Ivy League schools brace for scrutiny of race in admissions
Gunshot at police funeral came from 2nd officer's gun
Growing bear population means thousands more teeth to sort
This Thursday, Aug 3, 2017, photo provided by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Division taken in Bangor, Maine, shows the tooth that is extracted from bears that are harvested by hunters in Maine. The growth of the bear population in the United States has provided scientists with a windfall of teeth, which are helpful for studying the health of bears. (Jennifer Vashon/Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Division via AP)
11 killed after gunman attacks church in southeast Nigeria
Woman dead, two children injured in ATV rollover near Sault Ste. Marie
Planes clip wings at Toronto airport, Air Canada says no one injured
An Air Canada Airbus A321-211 is seen taking off from Pearson International Airport on Friday, July 28, 2017. Air Canada says two airplanes clipped wings at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Saturday evening.
Blacker scores OT winner as Canada beats HC Sochi in Sochi Hockey Open
Air Canada says no one injured after two planes clipped wings at Toronto airport
Lebanese army captures IS positions on Syrian border
Macedonia declares state of emergency over wildfires, heat
Deputy AG: Prosecutors don't intend to go after reporters
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, attend a briefing at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, on leaks of classified material threatening national security, one week after President Donald Trump complained that Sessions was weak on preventing such disclosures. (AP Andrew Harnik)
Israel seeks ban of Qatar’s Al-Jazeera news network
A Palestinian journalist walks at the offices of the Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 15, 2009. Israel seeks to ban Qatar’s flagship Al-Jazeera news network from operating in the country, joining regional Arab states that already shut the station after accusing the broadcaster of inciting violence.
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
A hydro tower is shown in Toronto on Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:Sparking power and controversy: Hydro One will release its second-quarter results Tuesday. It's the company's first earnings report since it bought U.S. utility Avista Corp. for C$6.7 billion last month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Dry weather withering crops, stressing farmers in southern Saskatchewan
A dried up slough, which should normally be full of water, is seen in this undated handout photo in the rural municipality of Baildon, near Moose Jaw, Sask. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Terry Anthony, Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan *MANDATORY CREDIT*
The deluge of national parks visitors in 2017, by the numbers
A list of Canada's busiest national parks and historic sites
Parks Canada painstakingly prepared for deluge of Canada 150 visitors
From avoiding burned out workers to ensuring washrooms have enough toilet paper, documents show how Parks Canada painstakingly prepared for a record number of visitors to the country's national parks this year. Smoke haze from forest fires burning in Alberta and British Columbia hangs over Banff, Alta., in Banff National Park, Friday, July 21, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Marijuana legalization offers hope for jobs in communities hit by resource losses
An employee makes cuttings from a mother plant to grow new medical marijuana plants at the Tweed Inc. facility in Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada, on Nov. 11, 2015.
Georgia law school starting legal clinic for veterans
With Swift in court, jury selection proceeds in groping case
FILE - In this May 27, 2011, file photo, singer Taylor Swift performs her song "Story of Us", as she kicks off her Speak Now North American tour in Omaha, Neb. David Mueller, a former radio host, claims in a lawsuit that he lost his job because Swift falsely accused him of groping her. Swift has countersued, alleging she's the victim of sexual assault. Mueller is seeking up to $3 million in damages at the trial that begins Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in federal court in Denver. Both sides say no settlement is in the works. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Train hits and kills pedestrian just outside Atlanta
Minnesota mosque explosion 'deeper and scarier' than threats
Debris is scattered around a room inside the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center, in Bloomington, Minn., on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. An explosion damaged the room and shattered windows as worshippers prepared for morning prayers early Saturday. (Courtney Pedroza/Star Tribune via AP)
Russia ready for more U.S. engagement despite sanctions, top diplomat says
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gestures before the 10th Lower Mekong Initiative Ministerial Meeting, part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional security forum in Manila, Philippines August 6, 2017.
Entrenched poverty tough to shake in the Mississippi Delta
In this July 11, 2017 photograph, Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund, a national group that advocates for social services for the poor, listens to locals discuss the limited employment opportunities and how the Jonestown, Miss., community is a "food desert" because there are no grocery stores in the community. The visit is part of a campaign to end child poverty in the United States, that revisited the 1967 tour of the Mississippi Delta by U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Joining Arab states, Israel says it plans to ban Al-Jazeera
FILE - In this May 4, 2011 file photo, a Palestinian barber gives a customer a haircut as a TV set shows a demonstration in Egypt, on the Al Jazeera channel, at a barber shop in Jerusalem's Old city. Israel's communications minister said, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, that he wants to shut down pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera in the country. Ayoob Kara, of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, said he wants the news network's press cards revoked and has asked cable providers to block their transmissions. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
Israeli minister says Netanyahu ‘not worried’ amid reports of looming indictment
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017.
Trump seeks communications chief, but he has final word
In this photo taken Aug 1, 2017, President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump has dictated press releases and pushed his press team to bend the facts. He has ignored the advice of his legal team and thrown out carefully-planned legislative strategies with a single 140-character tweet. He has cycled through three communications directors in six months. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Tax department wants to hear from small businesses
Venezuela troops quash attack from anti-Maduro group at army base
A man argues with a lineup of Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guards officers outside of Military base Paramacay in Valencia, Venezuela, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. Venezuelan ruling party chief Diosdado Cabello said the military squashed a "terrorist" attack at the military base Sunday, shortly after a small group of men dressed in military fatigues released a video declaring themselves in rebellion.
The North Saskatchewan River: ‘The story of the West’
The North Saskatchewan River at Mount Erasmus in Alberta’s Banff National Park.
Afghan official: Taliban kill 30 locals in northern province
The Latest: War crimes expert quits UN panel in frustration
Report: Iranian soldier opens fire at air base, kills 3
The Latest: Maduro says 'truth' panel to punish for unrest
Australian police release man arrested in plot to bomb plane
Syrian forces make gains in energy-rich Homs province
Myanmar says no crimes against humanity in Rakhine violence
Myanmar Vice President Myint Swe, chairman of Maungdaw Investigation Commission, talks to journalists during a press conference of their final report on Rakhine state investigation at a government guest house Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, in Yangon, Myanmar. The Myanmar government's inquiry into violence in northern Rakhine state last year that forced tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh and led to U.N. accusations of crimes against humanity by the army has concluded that no such crimes happened. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Israel's Netanyahu looks to exude calm in face of charges
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. (Gali Tibbon, Pool via AP)
The Latest: Tillerson says Russia willing to discuss Ukraine
U.S. State Secretary Rex Tillerson gestures before the 10th Lower Mekong Initiative Ministerial Meeting, part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum in Manila, Philippines, Sunday Aug. 6, 2017. (Mohd Rasfan/Pool Photo via AP)
US to respond by Sept. 1 to Russia's expulsion of diplomats
U.S. State Secretary Rex Tillerson gives an opening statement during the ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial meeting of the 50th Association of Southeast Asia Nations Regional Forum in suburban Pasay city southeast of Manila, Philippines Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. (Erik De Castro/Pool Photo via AP)
German governor defends asking VW to vet speech on automaker
Europe egg scare: Belgium discovered contamination in June
Despite Kremlin's warnings, Russians flock to Montenegro
More long lines at Barcelona airport as staff strikes again
Passengers wait to pass the security control at the Barcelona airport in Prat Llobregat, Spain, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Security workers at Barcelona airport began partial strikes Friday which threatens more queuing chaos for passengers at one of Europe's most popular airports. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
The Latest: US urges end to work on South China Sea outposts
Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, sixth from left, links arms with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers during the ASEAN-Australia ministerial meeting Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017 in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. The annual forum, hosted by ASEAN, brings together the top diplomats from 26 countries and the European Union for talks on political and security issues in Asia-Pacific. (Mohd Rasfan/Pool Photo via AP)
Chinese official fired for not fighting extremism
Eiffel Tower: Police stop man with knife defying security
FILE- In this Friday, June 10, 2016 file photo, French riot police officers patrol under the Eiffel Tower, in Paris. A young French man who recently was discharged from a psychiatric hospital is under investigation for glorifying terrorism after he brandished a knife and tried to breach security at the Eiffel Tower, authorities said Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)
Kenya's deadly land invasions blamed on political incitement
In this photo taken Thursday, July 27, 2017, farmer Martin Evans inspects a blackened home, burned down during an invasion by semi-nomadic herders on his property in Laikipia, Kenya. Farms and houses here have been under siege by semi-nomadic herders and burned-out homes in this dry landscape have become a symbol of the tensions around the presidential election on Aug. 8 as Kenyans prepare for the possibility of yet more deadly violence. (AP Photo/Joe Mwihia)
The Latest: Dubai high-rise fire began from clothing
Popularity of France's upstart new president fading fast
FILE - In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017 file photo, France's President Emmanuel Macron talks with people after a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the killing of French Catholic priest Jacques Hamel by two jihadists at his church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France. Less than three months after his election, French President Emmanuel Macron faces a sharp fall in popularity after launching labor reform, budget cuts and a damaging dispute with the military. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Caretaker for Obamacare? Trump's health care role may shift
FILE - In this July 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during an event about healthcare in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. Republicans have been unable to advance a health care bill in Congress, so what's next? President Donald Trump's administration now may find itself in an awkward role as caretaker of the Affordable Care Act, a law that he's still promising to repeal and replace. The Constitution says presidents "shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed." That doesn't seem to leave much choice for Trump, even if he considers the law to be "a disaster." Democrats say they fear "sabotage." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
India’s PM Narendra Modi may be popular, but it’s bad for democracy
The swamp hasn’t been drained, but it is dammed
Alexander Wooley is a Canadian working in international development, based in Virginia, and author of the upcoming Discontented Drones.
Legal pot may breathe life into small Canadian towns hit by resource losses
Production staff harvest marijuana plants inside the flowering room at United Greeneries in Duncan, B.C., on Friday, August 4, 2017. Harvest One Cannabis Inc.'s grow facility is located on land owned by the Cowichan Tribes just outside Duncan, B.C. The company hopes to employ members of the First Nation once it completes a $9-million expansion, and the band is offering to pay for training courses to get prospective workers up to speed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Kevin Rodgers: ‘I’m doing exactly what I want to do’
Kevin Rodgers is the president, chief executive officer and owner of Nautel.
Fire strikes another tower in the Dubai Marina
Emirati authorities close down the road in front of the Tiger Tower after a fire broke out on the building's 53rd floor in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. A fire broke out Sunday at another high-rise tower in the Dubai Marina, just days after a blaze struck one of the world's tallest residential towers in the same neighborhood. (AP Photo/Basel Radwan)
Despite Trump claim, Hezbollah operation boosts Lebanon role
Legal pot dealers find a home: Oregon's Cannabis Coast
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
Death toll from floods in northern Vietnam rises to 23
Report: No mechanical issues before Emirates crash landing
FILE- In this Wednesday, Aug 3, 2016 file photo, a damaged Boeing 777 is seen at the Dubai airport after it crash-landed, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Investigators said Sunday no mechanical issues affected an Emirates flight before it crash landed in Dubai and burst into flames last year, as their probe continues to look at "human performance factors" around the inciden. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, file)
Northwestern professor, Oxford staffer jailed in stabbing
FILE - This undated file photo released by the Chicago Police Department shows Wyndham Lathem, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Northwestern University. Lathem and Andrew Warren, an employee of the University of Oxford in Britain, both wanted in the fatal stabbing of a Chicago man have been taken into custody in Oakland, California, a Chicago police spokesman said Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 (Chicago Police Department via AP)
The Latest: Trump, Moon discuss 'growing threat' from North
Chinese student pilot dies after Australia light plane crash
Scores and Schedule
Montero lifts Whitecaps to 2-2 tie with Rapids
Venezuela troops quash anti-Maduro attack on military base
Venezuelan Constitutional Assembly first Vice-President Aristobulo Isturiz, left, reads a document, next to the assembly President Delcy Rodriguez, center, and second Vice-President Isaias Rodriguez, during the first session of the assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. A newly installed constitutional assembly ousted Venezuela's defiant chief prosecutor, a sign that President Nicolas Maduro's embattled government intends to move swiftly against critics and consolidate power amid a fast-moving political crisis. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Welcome boost from China to global pressure on North Korea
FILE - In this July 21, 2017 photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks to the media while meeting with Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah at the State Department in Washington. Bolstered by new U.N. sanctions, the United States and North Korea's neighbors are joining in a fresh attempt to isolate Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programs, in a global pressure campaign being cheered on by President Donald Trump. Tillerson, in Manila for the ASEAN summit, planned several meetings with top diplomats from China and other countries central to the debate about how to stop the North's weapons development. As he sat down with South Korea's envoy, Tillerson said they planned to discuss next steps to ramp up pressure following the U.N. sanctions. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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