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US stocks fall again, joining worldwide sell-off, on tariffs
Financial markets around the world buckled Friday, and the S&P 500 was on track to close out its worst week of the year following President Donald Trump's latest escalation in his trade war with C...
Aug 04, 2019
Jocelyne Roy Vienneau, N.B. lieutenant-governor, dies after cancer battle
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Lt.-Gov. Jocelyne Roy Vienneau, the first Acadian woman to hold the office, has died after a battle with cancer, her office announced Friday. The 63-year-old native of Robe...
Aug 04, 2019
Ontario police investigate possible sightings of suspects in northern BC murders
Ontario Provincial Police have assigned a team of investigators to look into a spike in tips regarding two young men wanted in multiple murders in British Columbia. Police said Friday t...
Aug 04, 2019
One-handed Muay Thai fighter from Calgary scores impressive win in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS - One-handed Muay Thai fighter Jake Peacock of Calgary won his Lion Fight debut in spectacular fashion Saturday night, stopping American welterweight John Garcia with a head kick. The 26-yea...
Aug 04, 2019
20 dead, more wounded after gunman attacks Texas shoppers
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire in an El Paso shopping area packed with as many as 3,000 people during the busy back-to-school season, leaving 20 dead and more than two d...
Aug 04, 2019
Scientist says tropical fish documented by diver signal warming Atlantic waters
HALIFAX - A marine biologist is taking notice of stunning images of tropical fish photographed by an amateur diver in the warming waters off Nova Scotia's southern shore. Boris Worm of Dalho...
Aug 04, 2019
Sudanese protesters sign power-sharing deal with military
CAIRO - Sudan's pro-democracy movement signed a power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council on Sunday aimed at paving the way for a transition to civilian rule following the overthrow of ...
Aug 04, 2019
Freeland lands meeting with Chinese counterpart to talk about detainees
OTTAWA - The diplomatic tensions between Canada and China took what Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland styled Friday as a positive step after she finally landed a face-to-face m...
Aug 04, 2019
2 mass shootings in less than 24 hours shock US
Two mass shootings at crowded public places in Texas and Ohio in less than 24 hours claimed at least 29 lives and left scores injured, a shocking carnage even in a country accustomed to gun violence. ...
Aug 04, 2019
'Nowhere to go.' Iqaluit homeless stay in shacks, old boats amid housing crisis
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nushupiq Kilabuk wakes up every day in a shack on the shores Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit with only a lantern and a camping stove to keep him warm - but he says he's one of the luc...
Aug 04, 2019