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Crews still battling fire from crude oil train derailment in central Saskatchewan
LANIGAN, Sask. - Saskatchewan's public safety agency says crews are working in frigid temperatures as they continue to battle a fire that started when a freight train carrying...
Dec 10, 2019
Tax cuts, flood fight and cost-control on Manitoba premier's agenda
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is promising a "bolder" approach in 2020 with his Progressive Conservative government now in its second term. Pallister says despite fears of a potentially ...
Dec 10, 2019
Brazil's Bolsonaro calls activist Greta Thunberg a "brat"
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday called young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg a "brat" after she expressed concern about the slayings of indigenous Brazilian...
Dec 10, 2019
Ticket draw, packages announced for 2021 World Juniors
A priority ticket draw has been launched for fans looking to snag seats the 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship in Red Deer and Edmonton. Fans can register for the draw at HockeyCanada.ca/Tickets un...
Dec 10, 2019 (Photo: ICE District on Twitter)
Handke takes Nobel Literature Prize amid protest
STOCKHOLM - Author Peter Handke received his Nobel Literature Prize on Tuesday amid criticism of him in Sweden and abroad as an apologist for Serb war crimes in the 1990s. Handke accepted the 9-millio...
Dec 10, 2019
Mexican ex-security chief charged in US in drug conspiracy
NEW YORK - A man who served as secretary of public security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012 has been indicted in New York City on drug charges alleging he accepted millions of dollars in bribes to let the...
Dec 10, 2019
B.C. seaplane company tests first commercial electronic aircraft
RICHMOND, B.C. - The world's first all-electric commercial aircraft landed today after a test flight at the Harbour Air Seaplane terminal in Richmond, B.C. Harbour Air announced in March tha...
Dec 10, 2019
'Frozen 2' leads box office again; 'Playmobil' flops
NEW YORK - "Frozen 2" blanketed multiplexes for the third straight weekend, continuing its reign at No. 1 with $34.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Walt Disney Co. ...
Dec 10, 2019
Taxpayers' watchdog launches probe of child benefit rules, program
OTTAWA - The federal taxpayers' ombudsman is launching a review of the Liberal government's signature child benefit amid concerns that eligibility rules are preventing payments to some of Canada'...
Dec 10, 2019
Statistics Canada overreached with banking info collection plans: Privacy czar
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog says the national statistics agency could not justify plans to collect data about Canadians' financial transactions without their knowled...
Dec 10, 2019