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Canada pushes China at WTO on canola as Beijing bristles over Trudeau criticism
OTTAWA - Canada has requested a formal meeting with China at the World Trade Organization to resolve a Chinese ban on Canadian canola shipments. International Trade Minister Jim Carr announced Friday ...
Sep 06, 2019
New water plant for First Nation under boil water advisories for 22 years
SHOAL LAKE, Ont. - A First Nation on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary is closer to getting safe drinking water. Government officials are at Shoal Lake 40 to celebrate the start of construc...
Sep 06, 2019
Paperwork keeping us from helping veterans, case workers complain
OTTAWA - Case managers assigned to assist Canada's most severely disabled veterans say they are being forced to spend more of their time filling out paperwork than helping patients. The complaints are...
Sep 06, 2019
Ride hailing service coming to P.G.
PRINCE GEORGE - Ride-sharing company Uride has announced plans to operate in Prince George.Launched in Thunder Bay in 2017, Uride's Founder and CEO Cody Roberto says his company is on a mission to end...
Sep 06, 2019
Kennedy Center looks to the future with opening of The Reach
WASHINGTON - The Kennedy Center is unveiling a massive new expansion designed to transform the relationship between audience and artist while revitalizing the performing arts complex for a new generat...
Sep 06, 2019
Italy-EU honeymoon has just started, but needs to last
ROME - Italy's new coalition government has been hailed as good news for Europe, as a more Brussels-friendly lineup replaces the populist coalition in which right-wing leader Matteo Salvini and his eu...
Sep 06, 2019
Dalhousie apologizes for racist actions, views of university's founder
HALIFAX - Dalhousie University is apologizing to the African Nova Scotian community following the publication of a report examining the racist views of the school's founder and Nova Scotia's various c...
Sep 06, 2019
Investigators unable to determine cause of Halifax fire that killed seven children
HALIFAX - Nearly seven months after a devastating house fire claimed the lives of seven children, investigators in Halifax say they have been unable to determine the cause of the blaze. "Our fire...
Sep 06, 2019
Ousted candidate says Liberals knew about social media posts well before sacking him
MONTREAL - A federal Liberal candidate blocked from running in a Montreal riding last week over controversial social media posts said Wednesday the party was aware of the posts and had been ...
Sep 06, 2019
New 'It' film portrays painful true chapter of LGBT history
BANGOR, Maine - Moviegoers from Maine who watch the film "It: Chapter Two" this weekend might recognize a scene that draws on a painful event from the state's history. The scene involves a gay charact...
Sep 06, 2019