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North American markets close higher, with Nasdaq hitting new record
TORONTO – The base metals, industrials and consumer discretionary sectors lifted the Toronto Stock Exchange…
Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of Oklahoma deputy
A man suspected of fatally shooting an Oklahoma deputy was charged Thursday with murder, and…
Experts reflect on British Columbia’s reputation for political eccentricity
VANCOUVER – It was a memorable way for British Columbia’s female legislators to reprimand one…
Man pleads guilty to threatening alleged Quebec mosque shooter
QUEBEC – A man pleaded guilty Thursday to uttering death threats against Alexandre Bissonnette, the…
Nicaraguan appealing for asylum in Florida deported
MIAMI – Immigration authorities have deported a Nicaraguan man appealing for asylum despite pleas by…
Top national security official to leave Justice Department
WASHINGTON – The official leading the Justice Department’s investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s campaign…
Opposition wants price tag for government’s cannabis tracking system
OTTAWA – The federal government is under fire from the opposition Conservatives for failing to…
Police knock federal report on fatal Michigan bike crash
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Police agencies in Michigan are disputing a report by federal safety regulators…
Paul Stalteri looks to return to FIFA U-17 World Cup, this time as coach
Twenty-four years ago, Paul Stalteri represented Canada at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Japan.…
New commander promises to add staff to much-maligned unit for injured soldiers
OTTAWA – The new head of the military’s support unit for ill and injured military…
Obama offers France’s Macron luck, advice ahead of election
WASHINGTON – Former President Barack Obama waded into France’s closely watched presidential election on Thursday,…
Clean tech industry struggling, but piquing interest in U.S.: McKenna
OTTAWA – Canada’s clean technology industry is piquing interest among investors and workers in Silicon…
In final hours, Hernandez thought of family, not football
BOSTON – Family, not football, dominated Aaron Hernandez’s final hours as a lifer in prison.…
U.S. border patrol arrests two Canadians in human smuggling investigation
REGINA – Authorities in the United States say two Canadian citizens and one person from…
Boy shot, dies after kids play with gun on remote Manitoba First Nation: RCMP
GARDEN HILL FIRST NATION, Man. – RCMP say an 11-year-old boy from a remote First…
US surveillance court denied few monitoring requests in 2016
WASHINGTON – The nation’s super-secret intelligence court denied just nine of the more than 1,700…
CRTC hopes differential pricing ruling will give consumers more data for less money
TORONTO – Internet service providers can no longer exempt some content, like certain video and…
SNC-Lavalin to buy British engineering firm WS Atkins PLC for $3.6 billion
MONTREAL – SNC-Lavalin is making the largest transaction in its history after reaching an agreement…
Ex-FBI agent gets jail time for Michigan gym shooting
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A judge ignored the terms of a plea agreement and sentenced…
The Latest: Senate confirms political practices commissioner
HELENA, Mont. – The Latest on the confirmation of Montana’s new commissioner of political practices…
US envoy: Iran and Hezbollah want to destabilize the Mideast
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley accused Iran and its ally Hezbollah on Thursday of conspiring to…
Group complains judge who called rapist ‘good man’ is biased
SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah judge who called a convicted rapist a “good man”…
Slain trooper’s widow angry ‘I can’t grow old with him now’
MILFORD, Pa. – The widow of a state police trooper shot and killed by a…
Recalls this week: Motorized boards, chairs
More than 100,000 motorized boards are being recalled because the rear wheel can lock up,…