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Federal natural resources researchers forecast long, hot wildfire season
Federal wildfire researchers say most regions in Canada could be facing a long, hot, fiery summer. Wildfire starts and the amount of land burned were below average for the first few weeks of the seaso...
May 16, 2018
Wedding of prince and actress brings outsized media interest
BERLIN - Like most everyone else with a taste for fairytales, Germans love the spectacle of a royal wedding. But since the country’s last emperor, Wilhelm II, was forced to abdicate in 1918, Ger...
May 16, 2018
Talks break down between Canadian Lacrosse Association and national teams
The Canadian Lacrosse Association broke off communication with the National Lacrosse Team Players’ Association on Monday, deepening a standoff that threatens the country’s participation in...
May 16, 2018
Abanda: 'I will never get the same treatment (as Bouchard) because I am black'
Canadian Francoise Abanda says she’s experienced racism in tennis. But the 21-year-old from Montreal said her Twitter comments about discrimination on Wednesday weren’t aimed at fellow pla...
May 16, 2018
Suspended vice-admiral Mark Norman's case put over until July 10
OTTAWA - A handful of supporters turned up at the Ottawa courthouse Wednesday to praise Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and decry the criminal charge against him, though the suspended military officer did no...
May 16, 2018
Education, immigration, trade can lift Canada's growth prospects: central bank
OTTAWA - A top Bank of Canada official points to three areas that could lift the economy’s future growth prospects and have helped in the past: education, immigration and trade liberalization. D...
May 16, 2018
Trump: US hasn't been notified about threat to cancel summit
WASHINGTON - Amid fresh uncertainty over his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is committed to pressing for the country to abandon its ...
May 16, 2018
Kinder Morgan CEO 'appreciates' feds' offer but time short to save pipeline
CALGARY - A federal commitment to compensate investors if the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is unnecessarily delayed is appreciated but doesn’t put the project back on the front burner, the ...
May 16, 2018
Trump reversal of mining pollution rule challenged in court
BILLINGS, Mont. - Environmental groups challenged the Trump administration in federal court Wednesday over its rejection of an Obama-era proposal that would have required mining companies to prove the...
May 16, 2018
Audio clip spurs social media debate over Yanny or Laurel
NEW YORK - Do you hear what I hear? That’s the question as a short audio clip has sparked a social media debate about whether the word is “yanny” or “laurel.” How one hea...
May 16, 2018