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Firefighter killed, 3 injured at Wisconsin transit station
APPLETON, Wis. - A firefighter responding to a medical emergency was killed in a shooting at a Wisconsin bus station that left three others injured, officials said. The shooting happened after police ...
May 16, 2019
Tilda Swinton relishes her samurai turn in 'Dead Don't Die'
CANNES, France - Tilda Swinton feels most at home at the Berlin Film Festival, but she's steadily become a regular at the Cannes Film Festival. "I'm racking them up," she says cheerfully the day after...
May 16, 2019
Bank of Canada identifies climate change as important economic weak spot
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is highlighting its growing concerns about the challenges of climate change for the economy and the financial system. For the first time, the central bank's ...
May 16, 2019
Feds 'deeply concerned' by China's arrests of Canadians Kovrig, Spavor
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the government is "deeply concerned" about China's decision to formally arrest two Canadians citizens it has been holding since December. Goodale say...
May 16, 2019
British Columbia man has a right to trial in French, Supreme Court says
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a British Columbia man charged with a driving offence is entitled to a trial in French. The ruling comes today in the case of Joseph Roy Eric Bessette, who wa...
May 16, 2019
Replacing Phoenix pay system cheaper than fixing its mess, PBO reports
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says the cost of building and putting in place a new pay system for federal civil servants should pale in comparison to stabilizing the failed Phoenix system. I...
May 16, 2019
Archbishop fears Quebec government's secularism bill will erode freedoms
Montreal's Archbishop says he fears the province's move to legislate on secularism will come at the expense of individual freedoms. Archbishop Christian Lepine says in a statement that while the state...
May 16, 2019
Canada 'disappointed' Philippines recalling ambassador, consuls over trash
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign ministry says it's disappointed by the Philippines' decisions to recall its ambassador and consuls over festering trash. The department says Canada has "repeatedly conveyed" ...
May 16, 2019
Spanish court clears Shakira, Vives of plagiarism
MADRID - A Spanish court has cleared Colombian singers Shakira and Carlos Vives of a plagiarism claim after rejecting a lawsuit brought against them by a Cuban-born singer and producer. The court in M...
May 16, 2019
Denis Shapovalov no match for Novak Djokovic at Italian Open
ROME - Canada's Denis Shapovalov lost 6-1, 6-3 to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia in a second-round match on Thursday at the Italian Open. The 20-year-old Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., snap...
May 16, 2019
