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Ex-Quebec deputy premier Normandeau wants separate trial on fraud-related charges
QUEBEC - Former Quebec deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau is seeking a separate trial on her fraud-related charges. Her lawyer’s comment in a telephone interview Tuesday came after he found out ...
Apr 3, 2018
Martin Luther King: 50 years later, his mission not quite accomplished
WASHINGTON - Just across the street from the scene where Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered 50 years ago Wednesday, a woman has stood vigil, day after day, for several decades, protesting against the...
Apr 3, 2018
Five things to know as Catherine Tait prepares to take over helm of CBC
OTTAWA - Five things to know about Catherine Tait, named Tuesday as the new incoming president of CBC/Radio-Canada: 1. Tait was one of several names an advisory panel forwarded to the government for r...
Apr 3, 2018
The Rare and Deadly Sawfish Rostrum
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Sawfish A strikingly curious sight, sawfish look exactly like the fish their name would suggest. Their elongated noses, known as rostrums, are lined with s...
Apr 3, 2018
Zerelda James, An Unbelievable Case of Motherly Love
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Zerelda James A crook only a mother could love, Jesse James was born in Clay County, Missouri, on September 5, 1847, to Robert and Zerelda James. Zerelda h...
Apr 3, 2018
Bombardier plant gets $54-million Via contract to upgrade 17 train cars
LA POCATIERE, Que. - Bombardier Transportation’s plant northeast of Quebec City has obtained a $54-million contract from Via Rail to upgrade 17 train cars that date back to the 1950s. Federal Tr...
Apr 3, 2018
N.S. premier hopes for a common Atlantic minimum wage as early as next spring
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier says he hopes the Atlantic provinces can land on a common minimum wage as early as next spring - but he maintains the goal will not be $15 an hour. Stephen McNeil...
Apr 3, 2018
Canada's Gushue getting a feel for Vegas, on and off the curling ice
Las Vegas has been a lesson in adaptation for Brad Gushue’s curling team. Gushue and teammates seemed to hit their stride Tuesday at the men’s world curling championships with a pair of wi...
Apr 3, 2018
Symbolic NAFTA win possible, but hard work is nowhere near done: trade insiders
OTTAWA - Trade insiders say a token win on NAFTA may soon be possible - but the substantive work is nowhere near complete. A report by Bloomberg this week said the White House wants leaders from Canad...
Apr 3, 2018
Man who threw banana peel at Dave Chappelle sues comedian
SANTA FE, N.M. - A man who threw a banana peel at Dave Chappelle during a 2015 performance in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is suing the comedian and a man presumed to be his bodyguard. Christian Englander...
Apr 3, 2018