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GM restructuring: Production ending at Ohio plant this week
TOLEDO, Ohio - General Motors will end production this week at the first of five North American plants it wants to close by early next year as part of a companywide restructuring. The last American-ma...
Mar 06, 2019
Prime Minister says Nova Scotia has lead on Northern Pulp effluent plans
CHARLOTTETOWN - Justin Trudeau says his government is concerned with plans by a pulp mill in northern Nova Scotia to dump treated effluent into the Northumberland Strait, but the prime ...
Mar 06, 2019
Dubas calls Marchand's tweet on Marner's next contract 'a master troll job'
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas says Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand's tweet about Toronto forward Mitch Marner's next contract was "a master troll job." Marchand res...
Mar 06, 2019
Federal funds to kick-start planning work on road to central Arctic tundra
TORONTO - Northern leaders are cheering a federal funding announcement for a long-awaited all-weather road into the heart of Canada's mineral-rich Arctic. "This is a significant first step,"...
Mar 06, 2019
Last Quebec schooner of its kind threatened after grounding in Cuba
MONTREAL - Cuban authorities have backed off a threat to seize the last surviving St. Lawrence River schooner, which ran aground on a beach in the Caribbean country on Jan. 27. But the dange...
Mar 06, 2019
Rebuilt Humboldt Broncos make SJHL playoffs after devastating bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The rebuilt Humboldt Broncos hockey team is heading to the playoffs. The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team was devastated after its bus and a transport truck...
Mar 06, 2019
Maple Leafs sign defenceman Andreas Borgman to contract extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Andreas Borgman to a one-year, two-way contract extension. The contract, which kicks in next season, has an NHL salary of US$700,000. The 23-ye...
Mar 06, 2019
Rebuilt Humboldt Broncos make SJHL playoffs after devastating bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The rebuilt Humboldt Broncos hockey team is heading to the playoffs. The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team was devastated after its bus and a transport truck...
Mar 06, 2019
Head of Quebec provincial police suspended as criminal allegation probed
QUEBEC - The head of Quebec's provincial police has been temporarily suspended following an allegation he committed criminal offences. Public Security Minister Genevieve Guilbault said Martin Prud'hom...
Mar 06, 2019
Manitoba's McEwen yet to find stride at Canadian men's curling championship
BRANDON, Man. - The host province has hit turbulence at the Canadian men's curling championship. Manitoba's Mike McEwen was upset by Yukon's Jon Solberg 7-6 on Monday following a demoralizing los...
Mar 06, 2019
