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Clean energy one of Canada's fastest growing industries
OTTAWA - Canada's clean-energy sector says it's growing faster than the economy as a whole and is rivalling some better-known industries for jobs. Clean Energy Canada is releasing a study today it com...
May 23, 2019
Parties shop for housing ideas for platforms with issue high on voters' lists
OTTAWA - Federal parties are preparing to chase voters with ideas for dealing with what a new survey suggests is a major concern across the country: Housing affordability. The ideas being shopped...
May 23, 2019
Futurist Martine Rothblatt sees a day when human and machine become one
MONTREAL - It's reasonable to expect that in 50 years, humans will build their own identities the way computers download software, says futurist Martine Rothblatt. By that time, she predicts, we ...
May 23, 2019
Accused New Zealand mosque shooter charged with terrorism
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand police on Tuesday filed a terrorism charge against the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques. Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, was ...
May 23, 2019
Dutch, UK polls open, starting 4 days of European elections
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch polls opened Thursday in elections for the European Parliament, starting four days of voting across the 28-nation bloc that pits supporters of deeper integration against...
May 23, 2019
Restriction lifted for Canadian beef exported to Japan
MEDICINE HAT, AB -- The last restriction on the 2005 bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis have been lifted.Japan will now import beef from cattle more than 30 months old, marking an end on re...
May 22, 2019 Cattle in feedlot -- LethbridgeNewesNOW
Warriors beat Blazers 119-117 in OT for NBA Finals berth
PORTLAND, Ore. - Experience bred confidence for the Golden State Warriors, even when challenged by the upstart Portland Trail Blazers. No matter how far they were down, they've been through too much t...
May 22, 2019
Emergence of Ibaka, bench good news for Toronto Raptors ahead of Game 5
MILWAUKEE - Early in the second quarter Tuesday, Serge Ibaka got his hands on a rebound, threw down a monster dunk, then swung from the rim in dramatic fashion. It was one of Ibaka's first&n...
May 22, 2019
Michael Chavis homers in 13th inning as Red Sox edge Blue Jays 6-5
TORONTO - Boston's Michael Chavis hit a solo homer off Jimmy Cordero in the 13th inning as the Red Sox outlasted the plucky Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Wednesday night at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jay...
May 22, 2019
Celebrity chef Mario Batali facing assault charge in Boston
BOSTON - Celebrity chef Mario Batali is facing a criminal charge on allegations that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017. The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office...
May 22, 2019