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In the news today, April 1
Six stories in the news for Monday, April 1 --- FEDERAL CARBON TAX STARTS TODAY IN FOUR PROVINCES Starting today people in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick will pay a l...
Apr 01, 2019
Brexit options: Stick close to EU, crash out, think again
LONDON - Britain is running out of time and options for Brexit. U.K. lawmakers have three times rejected the divorce deal struck between Prime Minister Theresa May's government and the European Union....
Apr 01, 2019
2nd suspect in killing of Kim Jong Nam given reduced charge
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - Two years after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother was killed, a Malaysian court on Monday told the only remaining suspect in custody that she would not face a murder...
Apr 01, 2019
After shocking NY arrest, Avenatti faces court in California
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A week after Michael Avenatti's shocking arrest in New York, the attorney famous for representing porn star Stormy Daniels in legal battles against President Donald Trump will be b...
Apr 01, 2019
Taiwan protests China jets crossing centre of Taiwan Strait
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan said Monday its planes warned off Chinese military aircraft that crossed the centre line in the Taiwan Strait, and called China's move a provocation that seeks to alter the sta...
Apr 01, 2019
'It still knocks you down:' First responders reflect on Humboldt Broncos crash
When Brian Starkell drives a particular stretch of highway in Saskatchewan, his stomach drops as he approaches the intersection that changed so many lives. The Tisdale fire chief says he still ha...
Apr 01, 2019
'Down on my knees:' Grief and sadness an obstacle for many after Broncos crash
Kevin Matechuk of Colonsay, Sask., wasn't prepared for the emotions that hit him when he visited the site of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. His son, Layne, who is 19 now, had been in a coma and ...
Apr 01, 2019
China to regulate all fentanyl drugs as controlled substance
BEIJING - China said Monday it would begin regulating all fentanyl-related drugs as a class of controlled substances, in a change U.S. officials had long advocated as a way to stem the flow of lethal ...
Apr 01, 2019
Rescuers struggle to reach storm-hit area in Nepal; 28 dead
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Rescuers were struggling Monday to reach villages in southern Nepal cut off by a wind- and rainstorm that killed at least 28 people and injured hundreds more. High winds during Sund...
Apr 01, 2019
New Zealand initiates bill to ban guns used in mosque attack
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand's government on Monday introduced a bill it plans to rush into law that would ban the types of weapons a gunman used to kill 50 people at two mosques. Police Mini...
Apr 01, 2019
