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Unflappable Jeopardy host Alex Trebek's smooth demeanor was given momentary pause Monday when he suddenly encountered a heartfelt message from a contestant. The Canadian-born trivia show host was touched by a surprise Final Jeopardy answer on the latest episode of the long-running series. Source

The question to ask of Alberta's current political predicament is the one that is impossible to answer: How seriously should we take Wexit? Any amateur student of history will note that western alienation — and its cagey stepdaughter, western separatism — is a cyclical phenomenon in this province. Source

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump says he'll be releasing the transcript of his April telephone conversation with Ukraine's new leader "before week's end!" Trump's promise to release an account of his first conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy comes a day before House impeachment investigators begin public hearings. Source

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- An Alabama man charged with criminal mischief in the slashing of a towering "Baby Trump" balloon has defended his actions, saying it was a matter of good versus evil. Al.com reports Hoyt Deau Hutchinson called the syndicated radio show "Rick & Bubba Show" on Monday to describe what happened. Source

COMAYAGUA, Honduras -- The 3-year-old girl travelled for weeks cradled in her father's arms, as he set out to seek asylum in the United States. Now she won't even look at him. After being forcibly separated at the border by government officials, sexually abused in U.S. Source

WASHINGTON -- Diplomats and career government officials, they're little known outside professional circles, but they're about to become household names testifying in the House impeachment inquiry . The witnesses will tell House investigators -- and Americans tuning into the live public hearings -- what they know about U.S. Source

President Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday the European Union's decision to sanction Turkey over drilling off the coast of Cyprus could disrupt talks with the bloc, and he warned Turkey could send captured Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters to Europe. Source

Spain's Socialists have reached a preliminary agreement with the far-left Podemos party to form a coalition government following Sunday's election, a senior Socialist source told Reuters on Tuesday. The election — the country's fourth in four years — left parliament even more fragmented than a previous ballot in April, with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) retaining its lead but further away from a majority. Source

The morning after Remembrance Day, Toronto police say they are investigating an act of vandalism on the cenotaph just outside Old City Hall. On Tuesday morning, the words “ye broke faith” and "with us" were seen spray-painted on two sides of the monument. Source

Superbugs are likely to kill nearly 400,000 Canadians and cost the economy about $400 billion in gross domestic product over the next 30 years, warns a landmark report. An expert panel cautions in "When antibiotics fail: The growing cost of antimicrobial resistance in Canada" that the percentage of bacterial infections resistant to treatment is likely to grow from 26 per cent in 2018 to 40 per cent by 2050. Source