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Some tech giants sign onto Canada's declaration on electoral integrity
OTTAWA - Facebook, Google and Microsoft have signed onto a declaration promising a dozen initiatives to protect the integrity of the Canadian election this fall - including working...
May 29, 2019
Liberals begin effort to get new NAFTA ratified in House of Commons
OTTAWA - The new North American free trade agreement will beat its June legislative deadline and be ratified by Parliament, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland predicted Monday, but she acknowl...
May 29, 2019
Rival fighter-jet makers warn procurement rule change for F-35 will hurt Canada
OTTAWA - Fighter-jet makers say the Trudeau government's plan to loosen federal procurement rules for the F-35 stealth fighter will ultimately hurt Canada. The Liberals revealed earlier this month tha...
May 29, 2019
Kutcher testifies about knocking on slain woman's door
LOS ANGELES - Ashton Kutcher has testified at a Los Angeles murder trial that he went to pick up a woman to go out for drinks on a night in 2001 and left when she didn't answer her door, only to learn...
May 29, 2019
A look at some of the ways the Raptors match up with the defending champs
TORONTO - The NBA Finals will make a first non-American appearance on Thursday night when the Toronto Raptors host the Golden State Warriors in Game 1. The Warriors are the betting favourites, and rig...
May 29, 2019
Canada's Bianca Andreescu withdraws from French Open due to shoulder injury
PARIS - Canadian Bianca Andreescu's return from a two-month injury absence was a short one. Andreescu withdrew from the French Open on Wednesday ahead of her second-round match aga...
May 29, 2019
Life sentence appeal by Halifax mall plotter rejected by Nova Scotia court
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's top court has rejected the appeal of the life sentence given to an American woman who plotted a Valentine's Day shooting spree at a Halifax mall in 2015. In a written...
May 29, 2019
Free puppies: Nova Scotia woman issues warning about cruel and unusual scam
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia woman has come forward to warn people about an unusually cruel scam that involves the promise of free, purebred puppies. Lara Ryan says she didn't realize what w...
May 29, 2019
City testing trees for invasive emerald ash borer
North Battleford City Hall has started testing for the presence of the emerald ash borer (EAB) in ash trees in the area.The small metallic-green invasive beetle that destroys ash trees feeds underneat...
May 29, 2019 The City of North Battleford is testing for the Emerald Ash Borer to see if it is present in the area. (Facebook/Government of Saskatchewan)
Wilson-Raybould says she never had an 'end game' planned during SNC affair
OTTAWA - Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says there was never a specific "end game" for her during the SNC controversy that had anything to do with power. Some of Wilson-Ra...
May 29, 2019