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Alberta Opposition leader Notley says she will vote NDP in federal election
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition leader says she'll be voting for the NDP candidate in her riding on Monday, despite disagreements with the federal party on energy policy. Provincial NDP Leader Rachel ...
Oct 18, 2019
IMF, World Bank leaders appeal for an end to trade wars
WASHINGTON - The leaders of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank appealed to their 189 member countries on Friday to resolve widening disagreements on trade and other issues, warning tha...
Oct 18, 2019
Toronto FC spotlight on Altidore, Bradley as playoffs open against D.C. United
Toronto FC fans could witness Wayne Rooney's MLS swan song Saturday. They will be hoping they haven't seen the last of Toronto captain Michael Bradley. The 33-year-old Rooney, whose D.C. United v...
Oct 18, 2019
Obama weighs in on federal election, urges Canadians to vote Trudeau
OTTAWA - Former U.S. president Barack Obama is urging Canadians to re-elect Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in an endorsement just a few days before the federal election. Obama ...
Oct 18, 2019
'Tarzan' actor Ron Ely's wife killed; son shot by deputies
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - "Tarzan" actor Ron Ely's wife was stabbed to death in their California home by their 30-year-old son, who was then shot and killed by sheriff's deputies, authorities said Wedne...
Oct 18, 2019
Accused found to have killed Hat woman, trial to determine criminal responsibility
Medicine Hat, AB - A man has been found to have killed a Medicine Hat woman in November 2016 but whether he was criminally responsible will be determined during the remainder of his second-degree murd...
Oct 18, 2019
Greens say they would restructure trade relations to address climate change
NANAIMO, B.C. - Green Leader Elizabeth May says her party would restructure Canada's global trade relations if elected Monday, arguing current agreements favour the rights of corporations at...
Oct 18, 2019
British family deported after illicit U.S. border crossing: agency
A British family that made an unauthorized crossing from British Columbia into the United States was deported Wednesday after nearly two weeks in federal custody, ending an ordeal that famil...
Oct 18, 2019
Repeat rent-dodger dubbed 'professional squatter' prompts call for reform
HALIFAX - A Halifax coffee shop owner who says he tried for more than four months to evict a tenant he called a "professional squatter" is calling for reforms to Nova Sco...
Oct 18, 2019
B.C. working to move away from established illegal pot industry: minister
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's solicitor general says the government has been working hard to transition away from the province's "well-entrenched" illegal marijuana industry. Mike Farn...
Oct 18, 2019