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Ford restructuring to cost 12,000 jobs in Europe
FRANKFURT - Carmaker Ford said Thursday it is shedding 12,000 jobs in Europe to increase profitability, part of a global trend of cost cuts by automakers facing shifting consumer tastes and heavy inve...
Jun 27, 2019
Submit a nomination for the Business of the Year Awards
It's that time of year again, when we begin the process of recognizing the vitality and entrepreneurship of our business community through the Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce annual Busine...
Jun 27, 2019
Licence revoked for doc who used own sperm to artificially inseminate patients
TORONTO - An Ottawa fertility doctor who used his own sperm as well as that of the wrong donors to artificially inseminate several women caused "irreparable damage" that will span gener...
Jun 27, 2019
Feds sign historic self-government agreements with three Metis nations
OTTAWA - The federal government has signed historic self-government agreements with the Metis nations of Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan. The agreements affirm the Metis right of self-government and...
Jun 27, 2019
Motor vehicle head resigns over fatal crash that killed 7
CONCORD, N.H. - The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned after her agency failed to terminate the commercial driving license of a man whose collision with a group of motorcycl...
Jun 27, 2019
Raptors president Ujiri addresses rare off-court issues during NBA title run
TORONTO - Even a championship can come with hiccups. Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri took time Tuesday in his season-ending press conference to talk about the few off-court negatives in an other...
Jun 27, 2019
Justices deal blow to effort to limit partisan districts
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court dealt a huge blow to efforts to combat the drawing of electoral districts for partisan gain on Thursday in a ruling that could embolden political line-drawing after the ...
Jun 27, 2019
Slain journalist's fiancee wants Saudis pressured at G-20
GENEVA - The fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi said she hopes Group of 20 leaders put pressure on Saudi Arabia at a summit this week to divulge more information about the killing, ratcheting...
Jun 27, 2019
Expert says feds should have acted more quickly on right whale migration
FREDERICTON - A whale expert says Canadian officials did not respond quickly enough to this year's migration of North Atlantic right whales and now five of the endangered animals have been found ...
Jun 27, 2019
Halfback Ryan Brierley rejoins Leigh Centurions in loan from Toronto Wolfpack
TORONTO - Scottish international Ryan Brierley has rejoined Leigh Centurions on loan from the Toronto Wolfpack until the end of the season. The 27-year-old halfback scored five tries in four games for...
Jun 27, 2019