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St. Patrick’s Day celebrations went forward as hundreds of green-clad students filled Marshall Street and surrounding areas in Waterloo Saturday despite a court-ordered injunction that could lead to their detainment and arrest.  In the days leading up to St. Patrick’s Day, the City of Waterloo announced that it was granted an injunction order by …

Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed president Bashar al-Assad swept its western coastal region. What began as an ambush on Syrian security patrol by Assad loyalists brought havoc to several cities and towns on the coast. The attack sparked …

Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia’s Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings. Some 316,540 people were without power in Queensland’s southeast, where the Gold Coast city was the worst-hit area with more than …

9 hours ago News Duration 0:39 Japan has deployed more than 2,000 troops and firefighters from across the country to fight a forest fire in a northeastern coastal city that has damaged dozens of homes and forced the evacuation of more than 1,200 people. The fire has burned about 2,100 …

Hundreds of weather forecasters and other U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired on Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said. Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the …

When Danika went to the police in London, Ont., a few years ago, it wasn’t just to hold her step-father accountable for the horrific sexual crimes she says he committed against her as a child. She also wanted to stop this man — now in his late 50s and working …

They started to arrive, and the line began to form, as early as 2 a.m. Despite a steady snowfall and bone-chilling cold, they came to stand outside and wait their turn, hours before the doors opened at 10 a.m.  This wasn’t a queue to purchase Taylor Swift concert tickets at a kiosk in …

Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians from a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, including the hospital’s director and dozens of medical staff, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry and Israel’s military. The Health Ministry said it was concerned for the well-being of Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan …

The federal government announced new gun control measures Thursday, adding several hundred models and variants to its list of banned weapons. “These firearms can no longer be legally used, sold or imported in Canada,” Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters. The announcement comes one day before the 35th anniversary of …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservation officers and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada continue their efforts to prevent the spread of zebra mussels. In a release Friday, the federal department said it completed a blitz of roadside boat checks this summer, stopping hundreds of vehicles …