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ROTHENBURGER: Hot dog boss says what many of us have been thinking
KAMLOOPS - WHAT'S WRONG with billionaire business people weighing in on important political matters?Maple Leaf Foods CEO Michael McCain is in hot water for taking to Twitter to blast Donald Trump over...
Jan 16, 2020 Image Credit: Supplied
EU pressures Iran on atom deal in last-ditch bid to save it
BRUSSELS - Britain, France and Germany on Tuesday ratcheted up pressure on Iran to stop violating its landmark nuclear deal in a last-ditch effort to resolve their differences through talks while also...
Jan 16, 2020
Harsh weather kills 70 more people in Pakistan, Afghanistan
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Severe winter weather has claimed more lives as avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall killed 55 people in Pakistan-administered Kashmir while 15 died in neighbouring Afghanis...
Jan 16, 2020
Volkswagen hits record sales in bid to top auto industry
FRANKFURT - Volkswagen has announced record annual sales that could determine whether it keeps its crown as the world's largest automaker. The company based in Wolfsburg, Germany, said Tuesday that it...
Jan 16, 2020
Canadian investigators in Iran and royals in Canada; In The News for Jan. 14
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 14 ... What we are watchin...
Jan 16, 2020
Leaders meet on plane crash and John Crosbie's funeral; In The News for Jan. 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 16 ... What we are watchin...
Jan 16, 2020
German officials agree plan to exit coal-fired power by 2038
BERLIN - German officials have agreed on a plan to shut down the nation's coal-fired power plants by the mid to late 2030s that will involve operators getting billions of euros in compensation, the go...
Jan 16, 2020
Tight rules for Conservative leadership prompt Bryan Brulotte to drop out
OTTAWA - Tight new rules for the Conservative leadership election have led businessman and longtime party volunteer Bryan Brulotte to declare he's no longer making a bid for the job. In...
Jan 16, 2020
Promised 25 per cent wireless rate cut is on top of recent reductions: Bains
OTTAWA - The federal government is making clear that cuts to wireless rates it expects from mobile-phone service providers must be in addition to price reductions already seen since 2016. Bu...
Jan 16, 2020
Zelensky says he, Trudeau talk crash punishment, as Iran announces arrests
OTTAWA - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have discussed the need to "punish" the Iranians responsible for the downing of the Ukrainian airlin...
Jan 16, 2020
