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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Canada-U.S. trade on tap at cabinet retreat today Industry Minister Franois-Phi...

MONTREAL - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says the Canadian and American economies are more integrated than ever, which should act as a buffer against the threat of U.S. protectionism. C...

LONDON, Ont. - A sentencing hearing is set to resume today for a man who killed four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont. Nathaniel Veltman, 23, was found guilty in November of four counts of fi...

BEIJING (AP) - Twenty people are confirmed dead and 24 remain missing after a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of China's southwestern province of Yunnan, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California State university faculty members reached a tentative contract agreement Monday, the same day that nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches and other workers struck...

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army said Tuesday that 10 soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip in one of the deadliest attacks for Israeli soldiers of the 3-month-old war against the militant Hamas gro...

TERRACE - A heli-skiing company says three people have died after one of its helicopters crashed in west-central British Columbia. Northern Escape Heli-Skiing, which is based in Terrace, B.C., confirm...

VANCOUVER - Thatcher Demko backstopped the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, netting his fifth shutout of the NHL season in the process. Demko stopped all 31 sh...

At their meeting on Monday, Red Deer city council gave first reading to a bylaw amendment that would raise maximum quoted interest rates by roughly three per cent for various active capital projects.S...

BOSTON (AP) - Charlie Coyle scored the tiebreaking goal late in the opening period and Boston's tight defence carried the Bruins to their fifth straight NHL victory, 4-1 over the Winnipeg Jets on Mond...