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Atlantic provinces need to shed trade, regulatory barriers, study argues
HALIFAX - Atlantic Canada needs a deal to reduce regulatory and trade barriers for areas as basic as the rules on trucks that carry goods around the region, says a report by an economic think tank. Th...
Oct 25, 2016
Heckles, jeers and turned backs greet Justin Trudeau at youth labour forum
OTTAWA - Dozens of delegates at a youth labour forum turned their backs Tuesday on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, using body language to express their frustrations with everything from global warming ...
Oct 25, 2016
British Airways flight makes emergency landing in Vancouver with ill crew
VANCOUVER - British Airways says a plane travelling from San Francisco to London diverted to Vancouver after members of the crew reported feeling ill. The airline said 22 crew members and about two pa...
Oct 25, 2016
US home prices rose in August, lifted by dwindling supply
WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices climbed at a solid pace in August as more home buyers competed for fewer available properties. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price i...
Oct 25, 2016
IOC asks Russia for records of anti-doping procedures
MOSCOW - The IOC is asking Russia to provide details of how anti-doping procedures were carried out over a five-year period as the Olympic body investigates the country’s drug scandals. The IOC ...
Oct 25, 2016
Tokyo festival produces heartwarming trilogy of Asian films
TOKYO - Cannes-winning Brillante Mendoza is among the three directors tapped by the Tokyo International Film Festival to create “Reflections,” a trilogy that depicts the intertwining of st...
Oct 25, 2016
'Another sad day in the neighbourhood' as Ontario nurse charged with 8 murders
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - Members of a southwestern Ontario community that is no stranger to tragedy expressed shock and outrage Tuesday after learning that a local nurse was accused of killing eight seniors ...
Oct 25, 2016
GM reports record 3Q earnings despite slowing US sales
DETROIT - General Motors doesn’t seem too worried about slowing U.S. auto sales or economic troubles in Europe. If third-quarter numbers are any indication, the company has numbers to back that ...
Oct 25, 2016
Vatican, Argentine church to open 'dirty war' archives
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican and Argentina’s bishops have finished cataloguing their archives from the country’s “dirty war” and will soon make them available to victims and thei...
Oct 25, 2016
Boy arrested after stabbing teen in clown mask in Germany
BERLIN - German police say a teenager’s attempt to frighten a group of young people by wearing a clown mask and brandishing a hammer on a Berlin street turned out very badly. Berlin police said ...
Oct 25, 2016