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Bill to ratify new North American trade deal coming in short order: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will move quickly to approve the updated North American free trade deal. Trudeau says he has given his personal promise to U.S. President D...
Dec 11, 2019
Conservationists criticize Quebec plan to protect caribou by killing wolves
MONTREAL - A Quebec government plan that involves shooting wolves if they get too close to an endangered caribou herd is drawing criticism from environmentalists. Trained shooters ...
Dec 11, 2019
Led by 'Marriage Story,' Netflix dominates Golden Globe noms
NEW YORK - A Netflix wave swept over the 77th Golden Globe nominations, where the streaming company dominated with 34 total nominations, including four films up for best picture and four series nomina...
Dec 11, 2019
Decision reserved in hearing for N.B. officers involved in fatal shooting
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick arbitrator has 15 days to decide the fate of two Bathurst, N.B., police officers who were involved in a fatal shooting almost five years ago. Constables Mathieu...
Dec 11, 2019
A$AP Rocky to perform in Stockholm months after conviction
STOCKHOLM - A$AP Rocky is back in Sweden. The American rapper is set to perform in Stockholm, where he was convicted of assault in August for a street brawl. The artist, whose real name is Rakim Mayer...
Dec 11, 2019
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'
NEW YORK - Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time's youngest "person of the year" on Wednesday. Thunberg, 16, has become the face of the youth climate movement, drawing large c...
Dec 11, 2019
Oink oink, cha-ching: $3 million found in barrels of pork
SHELBY, N.C. - Barrels of raw pork shoulder were riding fat in a tractor trailer pulled over by North Carolina deputies. Approximately $3 million in cash was recovered from the barrels Saturday, the C...
Dec 11, 2019
Thunberg accuses leaders of 'creative PR' at climate talks
MADRID - Activist Greta Thunberg accused the business and political leaders of misleading the public by holding climate talks that are not achieving real action against what she called the world's "cl...
Dec 11, 2019
Too much of a Greta thing? Activist urges focus on others
MADRID - With dozens of cameras pointing at her across a room full of reporters, celebrity teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg had an unexpected message: Look the other way. "Our stories have been to...
Dec 11, 2019
Sarajevo officials: Nobel winner Handke not welcome in city
SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Nobel Literature Prize laureate Peter Handke was on Wednesday proclaimed persona non grata in the Bosnian capital for his apologist views toward Serb war crimes during the war in th...
Dec 11, 2019