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World's largest asset manager shifts focus to climate change
NEW YORK - BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions. Founder and CEO Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion i...
Jan 14, 2020
Gucci's Michele marks 5 years of challenging masculine codes
MILAN - If any one designer can take credit for revolutionizing menswear, it is Gucci's Alessandro Michele, who made his runway debut as creative director five years ago with a menswear collection tha...
Jan 14, 2020
Spain: Chemical plant explosion kills 1, injures at least 6
MADRID - A massive explosion at a petrochemical plant in northeastern Spain killed one person and gravely injured at least six others Tuesday, regional authorities said. A local government spokesman f...
Jan 14, 2020
Jury selection at Weinstein's rape trial trudges forward
NEW YORK - A sixth day of jury selection at Harvey Weinstein's New York City rape trial ended Tuesday after another batch of prospective jurors told a judge that they had already made up their minds a...
Jan 14, 2020
Correction: Limiting Refugees story
HOUSTON - In a Jan. 10 story about the Texas governor's decision to reject future refugee resettlement, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of states that had not yet said whether the...
Jan 14, 2020
Canada's nuclear watchdog eyes lessons from Boeing 737 Max air crashes
OTTAWA - Canada's nuclear safety regulator is looking to draw valuable lessons from an unexpected source - the recent Boeing 737 Max airplane accidents. A working group set up by the Canadian Nuc...
Jan 14, 2020
Would-be Conservative leadership contenders grilled on their pasts
OTTAWA - Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's past became a problem during the 2019 federal election, and those vying to replace him will be grilled about theirs. Would-be candidates must...
Jan 14, 2020
Another 69 Canadians headed to help fight bushland fires in Australia
OTTAWA - Another 69 Canadians are heading to Australia this week to help fight the country's worst bush fires in recent memory. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the deployment...
Jan 14, 2020
Accused in Thunderchild First Nation murder case still awaits bail hearing
A man charged in connection to a homicide on the Thunderchild First Nation in 2018 remains in custody as he awaits a bail hearing.Ivor Antoine Wapass, 44, is charged with second-degree murder in the d...
Jan 14, 2020 Ivor Antoine Wapass, 44, remains in custody while facing a charge of second-degree murder connected to the death of Roger Standingwater on Sept. 15, 2018. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Roughriders re-sign long-snapper Jorgen Hus
Saskatoon-born long-snapper Jorgen Hus has signed a one-year contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.The CFL team made the announcement Tuesday. Hus, 30, could have become a free agent Fe...
Jan 14, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)