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Canada to align itself 'very much' with Americans on ratifying new NAFTA: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is remaining mum on the ratification timeline for the new North American free-trade agreement but he says Canada will be aligning itself "very much" with the pac...
May 28, 2019
Canada to align itself 'very much' with Americans on ratifying new NAFTA: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is remaining mum on the ratification timeline for the new North American free-trade agreement but he says Canada will be aligning itself "very much" with the pac...
May 28, 2019
Magnitude 8 earthquake strikes Amazon jungle in Peru
LIMA, Peru - A powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck a remote part of the Amazon jungle in Peru early Sunday, collapsing buildings and knocking out power to some areas but causing only one reported...
May 28, 2019
German police: "Guardian angel" pigeon protected speeder
BERLIN - Police in western Germany say divine intervention saved a speeding driver from getting a ticket, after a pigeon photobombed a traffic enforcement camera at just the right moment. Perhaps insp...
May 28, 2019
Balsillie decries toxic, unchecked technology at big data committee
OTTAWA - A Canadian high-tech pioneer says a "toxic" social media business model is a threat to democracy. Jim Balsillie, the retired chief executive of Research In Motion, which invented the Bl...
May 28, 2019
Montreal native Auger-Aliassime drops out of French Open with injury
PARIS - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime called his decision to pull out of the French Open one of the more difficult he's had to make in his young tennis career. The 18-year-old from Montreal pulled ou...
May 28, 2019
Malaysia to send back plastic waste to foreign nations
PORT KLANG, Malaysia - Malaysia will send back some 3,000 metric tons (3,300 tons) of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming...
May 28, 2019
California beach tribute for Dick Dale, King of Surf Guitar
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - Family members, friends and fans attended a Southern California beach memorial for Dick Dale, the late King of the Surf Guitar. The Orange County Register says a crowd gathe...
May 28, 2019
Lawyer accuses Chris Brown of "disrespect" in rape case
PARIS - The lawyer for a woman who filed a rape complaint in Paris against Chris Brown says the American singer-songwriter "has thumbed his nose at and shown disrespect for the French legal system" af...
May 28, 2019
RDC apprenticeship students competing at 2019 Skills Canada Nationals
RED DEER- Red Deer College will be well-represented at the 25th Skills Canada National Competition in Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 28 and 29 with six apprenticeship students and alumni competing at the...
May 28, 2019