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Berkshire Hathaway takes stakes in Japanese trading houses
TOKYO - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said Monday it has taken stakes of just over 5% in five major Japanese trading houses in what it says is a long-term investment. Share ...
Aug 31, 2020
School physical-distancing rule dropped in weekend health order
The president of the Alberta Teachers' Association says the province has reversed a significant part of its school re-entry protocol. Jason Schilling says a health order signed on the weekend by Alber...
Aug 31, 2020
N.S. mass shooting case: media outlets challenge redactions in search warrants
TRURO, N.S. - A lawyer for eight news media outlets is challenging the decisions of a Nova Scotia Provincial Court judge who authorized heavy redactions of RCMP search wa...
Aug 31, 2020
Ewan slaloms to sprint win; Alaphilippe leads Tour de France
SISTERON, France - Australian rider Caleb Ewan slalomed through the bunch to win a sprint finish and claim the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday. Julian Alaphilippe held onto the yellow jers...
Aug 31, 2020
Feds 'looking into' alleged bullying by RCMP employee facing security charges
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is looking into allegations the RCMP brushed off warnings about a senior director who was later arrested on national-...
Aug 31, 2020
Trudeau calls out vandals who toppled Montreal's Macdonald statue
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is denouncing the vandals who toppled and defaced a Montreal statue of the first prime minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald, over the weekend. Trudeau to...
Aug 31, 2020
John Oliver: Name sewage plant for me, I'll give to charity
Comedian John Oliver upped the stakes in a tongue-in-cheek spat with a Connecticut city, offering to donate $55,000 to charity if officials follow through on a joke to name its sewage treatment plant ...
Aug 31, 2020
Vehicle bridge in Kin Coulee Park closed
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The vehicle bridge in Kin Coulee Park is closed and is expected to remain so for one week.Contractors began maintenance work on the bridge, which is located near the Trans-Canada Hi...
Aug 31, 2020
Appeals court keeps Flynn case alive, won't order dismissal
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court won't order the dismissal of the Michael Flynn prosecution, ruling Monday that a judge is entitled to scrutinize the Justice Department's request to dismiss its ca...
Aug 31, 2020
Participants sought for first-ever study into establishing costs for cow-calf producers
Participants are being recruited for focus groups that will be part of the Canadian Cow-Calf Cost of Production Network.It's being funded by the Beef Cattle Research council and involves 26 cow-calf p...
Aug 31, 2020