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Saudi carrier cancels troubled Boeing 737 order for Airbus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Boeing's campaign to restore the reputation of its bestselling plane after two deadly crashes suffered a blow with a Saudi airline cancelling an order worth up to $5.9 bi...
Jul 10, 2019
1-year-old dies in fall from cruise ship in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A 1-year-old girl apparently slipped from her grandfather's hands and fell to her death from the 11th story of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico, police said Monday. Police S...
Jul 10, 2019
Powell signals that rate cut could be coming soon
WASHINGTON - Chairman Jerome Powell signalled Wednesday that the Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates late this month for the first time in a decade in light of a weakening global economy a...
Jul 10, 2019
The Latest: Soccer team honoured with symbolic key to city
NEW YORK - The Latest on a New York City parade and ceremony honouring the U.S. women's national soccer team (all times local): 11:55 a.m. U.S. women's soccer team player Megan Rapinoe (ruh-PEE'-noh) ...
Jul 10, 2019
Legal pot price as much as 80 per cent more than illicit: StatCan
The average cost of a gram of cannabis from the illicit market continues to drop as legal prices rise - with authorized retailers charging as much as 80 per cent more, according to an analysis by...
Jul 10, 2019
Scheer promises to scrap clean-fuel standard
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising to scrap new standards that will force cleaner-burning fuels, in addition to eliminating the federal price on carbon if his party wins...
Jul 10, 2019
Severe storms possible today for Red Deer area
There is a severe threat of thunderstorms in central Alberta today, including Red Deer, according to Environment Canada.As of 9:20 a.m. there are no weather watches or warnings in effect for the regio...
Jul 10, 2019
David Saint-Jacques gets hero's welcome in return to space agency headquarters
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Astronaut David Saint-Jacques was met with thunderous applause today as he returned to a hero's welcome at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters near Montreal. Space agency sta...
Jul 10, 2019
Lack of host communities hampering Pikangikum evacuation: chief
PIKANGIKUM, Ont. - The chief of an Ontario First Nation threatened by a forest fire says a plan to evacuate residents via buses and boats today has been paused because of a lack of space in host commu...
Jul 10, 2019
Federal Liberals blast Ontario Tories over looming Bombardier layoffs
OTTAWA - Looming layoffs at Bombardier's railway car plant in Thunder Bay, Ont., are creating a political row between Queens Park and Parliament Hill. The federal Liberals and Ontario Tories are ...
Jul 10, 2019