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Aecon bows out of bid team vying for contract for Gordie Howe bridge
OTTAWA - A Canadian construction firm that could be swallowed up by a Chinese state-owned company says it will no longer be part of a private group bidding to build and operate a new bridge between Ca...
May 4, 2018
Dwindling caribou herds in Alberta, B.C. face dire threat: federal government
EDMONTON - The federal government is one step away from moving in to protect dwindling caribou herds in Alberta and British Columbia after finding them under imminent threat. The finding, released by ...
May 4, 2018
Former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Paul Dick dies at age 77
OTTAWA - Paul Dick, a former Progressive Conservative MP and Mulroney-era cabinet minister, has died at the age of 77. His family says in a statement he died of a heart attack at home on Wednesday. Di...
May 4, 2018
Cynthia Nixon tax returns: $1.9M income, $53K in donations
ALBANY, N.Y. - “Sex and the City” star and New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon released tax returns on Friday showing she and her wife had an income of $1.9 million last year an...
May 4, 2018
By the numbers: New Brunswick’s record-setting flood
FREDERICTON - Some key numbers Friday from flooded New Brunswick: 306,000: Sandbags distributed so far across the province. 15,000: Sandbags distributed in Saint John. 100: Tonnes of sand used so far....
May 4, 2018
Canadian baseball players in the big leagues more likely to bat left: study
TORONTO - Canada produces more Major League Baseball players who bat left compared to any other country, a new study from Canadian researchers indicates. The finding lends some credence to the theory ...
May 4, 2018
Copperfield: I'm queasy about injuries, can't recall fall
LAS VEGAS - David Copperfield told a Las Vegas jury that he’s queasy about injuries and would remember if any audience volunteers were hurt performing illusions during his show. The magician has...
May 4, 2018
More arrests expected in case against 'Smallville' actress
NEW YORK - Authorities expect to make more arrests in the sex-trafficking investigation of a self-help group that’s already resulted in charges against former “Smallville” actress Al...
May 4, 2018
Dutch police detain man who screamed at commemoration event
AMSTERDAM - Dutch police have detained a man who screamed during a national service commemorating the Netherlands’ war dead. The man briefly screamed Friday evening shortly before thousands of p...
May 4, 2018
Iowa governor signs strictest abortion regulation in US
DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed a law banning most abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected, or at around six weeks of pregnancy, marking the strictest abortion regula...
May 4, 2018