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Speed limits, snow crab season changes coming to help save the whales
HALIFAX - The federal government is shifting the snow crab fishing season, cutting the number of traps in the water and permanently reducing the speed limit in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in a desperate ...
Mar 28, 2018
Facebook exec says tech giant 'has a lot to answer to' after data scandal
TORONTO - A Facebook executive admitted Wednesday that the tech giant “has a lot to answer to” in the wake of a scandal that allegedly saw user data mishandled. Speaking to about 1,500 mar...
Mar 28, 2018
DBA looking for musicians for Musical Parklet Performances
RED DEER- The Downtown Business Association is accepting applications from musicians to provide entertainment on their parklet installation. Parklets are sidewalk extensions located on parking stalls ...
Mar 28, 2018
Carnival Cruise trades cruise for teen's Snapchat handle
PROSPECT, Va. - Carnival Cruise rolled into a small Virginia town this week on the hunt for a local teen and his coveted Snapchat handle @CarnivalCruise. The company surprised 15-year-old Darian Lipsc...
Mar 28, 2018
Canada cites big 'gaps' to quick NAFTA deal in face of 'hopeful' U.S. trade rep
The United States needs to show more flexibility toward resolving “core” issues if it expects to get an agreement on the controversial trade deal sometime this spring, before looming polit...
Mar 28, 2018
Quebec City mosque shooter seeks forgiveness and denies being a terrorist
QUEBEC - The man who entered a Quebec City mosque last year and fatally shot six Muslim worshippers in an attack that shook the entire country sought forgiveness Wednesday as he denied being a terrori...
Mar 28, 2018
Saudi king to award $2,000 to students studying abroad
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Tens of thousands of Saudi students studying abroad will each be receiving $2,000 from the government to support their education. King Salman approved on Wednesday a recommendat...
Mar 28, 2018
Trump suggests paying for US border wall with Pentagon funds
WASHINGTON - Still angry about the budget deal he signed last week, President Donald Trump has floated the idea of using the Pentagon budget to pay for his long-promised border wall with Mexico, despi...
Mar 28, 2018
A whole new ball game: Sports world adapts to growing cybersecurity threats
TORONTO - Imagine the fallout if the NHL was hacked and its star players - think Sidney Crosby, Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid - had their home addresses, phone numbers and other personal informat...
Mar 28, 2018
Thai beach from DiCaprio movie gets breather from tourists
BANGKOK - The daily hordes of tourists have exhausted the Thai beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie. Maya Bay, on Phi Phi Leh island in the Andaman Sea, will be closed to all visitors for ...
Mar 28, 2018