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Some New Brunswick lobster fishermen park boats, concerned with low prices
SHEDIAC, N.B. - Some lobster fishermen in eastern New Brunswick tied up their boats and remained onshore Thursday in a protest over the prices they’re getting for lobster. Fishermen in ports suc...
Aug 17, 2017
Charlottesville violence revives painful past for minorities
Bernard Lafayette fought to end segregation during the civil rights movement. But after watching events in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend and hearing President Donald Trump blame both sides f...
Aug 17, 2017
8 charged in Thailand's latest case of insulting monarchy
BANGKOK - At least eight people have been charged with insulting the monarchy for allegedly burning portraits of members of Thailand’s royal family, a legal aid group said Thursday . Thai Lawyer...
Aug 17, 2017
Charges laid in connection to stolen motorhome
Mounties have arrested two individuals in connection to a motorhome that was stolen last month. Thorsby/Breton RCMP first received a report on July 18 that had a motorhome valued at nearly $90,000 was...
Aug 17, 2017
SeaWorld veterinarians euthanize orca that had lung disease
SAN DIEGO - SeaWorld euthanized one of the entertainment company’s last killer whales to come from the wild, marking the third orca death this year at one of its marine parks. Kasatka died Tuesd...
Aug 17, 2017
Figures show nearly 7,000 asylum seekers nabbed at Quebec border over six weeks
LACOLLE, Que. - Almost 7,000 asylum seekers have been intercepted at the Quebec-U.S. border in the last six weeks, authorities said Thursday. The RCMP’s Claude Castonguay said the force intercep...
Aug 17, 2017
Canadian subsidiary of French defence giant gets $5.2 billion contract
OTTAWA - The Canadian subsidiary of French defence industry giant Thales has been awarded a multibillion-dollar contract to service Canada’s new fleet of Arctic offshore patrol ships and joint s...
Aug 17, 2017
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in Manitoba residential school case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal in a case about whether a Manitoba institution should be considered a residential school. Two lower courts said the institution in Teulon d...
Aug 17, 2017
Last year's federal deficit smaller than government predicted: analysis
OTTAWA - A new report says last year’s federal budgetary shortfall was smaller than the government predicted last spring. The parliamentary budget officer projects Ottawa’s 2016-17 shortfa...
Aug 17, 2017
Emotional mother-and-child reunion as young former captive arrives in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - A woman in Winnipeg tightly embraced her 12-year-old son for the first time in three years early Thursday morning when the child was reunited with his family after his liberation from Iraqi...
Aug 17, 2017