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Soldiers deploying to flood-prone areas as water levels rise in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - About 120 Canadian soldiers will soon be deployed in western New Brunswick to help residents threatened by rising floodwaters. The soldiers from Canadian Forces Base Gaget...
Apr 20, 2019
New U.S. trade report predicts modest economic gains from new NAFTA
OTTAWA - With Washington riveted to the Mueller report, a comprehensive economic assessment of the new North American free trade deal quietly emerged Thursday, predicting less-than-stellar e...
Apr 20, 2019
Uber driver charged in two sexual assault investigations: Toronto police
Toronto police say an Uber driver is facing sexual assault charges in relation to two investigations. Police say 36-year-old Taneem Aziz of Mississauga faces one count each of forcible confi...
Apr 20, 2019
Actress Anjelica Huston supports banning fur sales in NYC
NEW YORK - Actress Anjelica Huston is supporting efforts to outlaw fur sales in the fashion mecca of New York. Huston says in an opinion piece in the Daily News that she used to think fur was a symbol...
Apr 20, 2019
Top 1% paid slightly more in taxes after Liberal changes, figures show
OTTAWA - The country's top one per cent of earners paid a slightly bigger share of federal income taxes after a policy shift from the Trudeau Liberals designed to make th...
Apr 20, 2019
Michael Wernick, clerk of the Privy Council, bids farewell to public service
OTTAWA - Michael Wernick, the clerk of the Privy Council, has bid farewell to the more than 200,000 workers in the federal public service. Wernick announced in mid-March that he would leave ...
Apr 20, 2019
Possible delays next week on Diefenbaker Bridge
Traffic on the Diefenbaker Bridge may move a bit slower next week, as the city begins its spring cleaning.Cleaning work on the bridge has been scheduled to commence Monday at 8 a.m. and wrap up 8 p.m....
Apr 20, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Flood waters take woman's life in western Quebec after river sweeps away road
MONTREAL - A woman in her 70s has died after driving her car into a massive sinkhole caused by flooding in western Quebec, police say. The accident left her sedan upside down in a swollen stream ...
Apr 20, 2019
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante faces online threats over secularism stance
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante spoke out Thursday about threats directed against her over her stance on the province's secularism bill. Plante told reporters Thursday the online attacks have inten...
Apr 20, 2019
Friday's Scoreboard
WHLEastern Conference Final - Best of Seven Series Prince Albert 1, Edmonton 0 (Raiders lead series 1-0)Western Conference Final - Best of Seven Series Vancouver 4, Spokane 1 (Vancouver leads series 1...
Apr 20, 2019 APRIL 19 SCOREBOARD
