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Freeland calls ex-envoy's advice to China about election 'highly inappropriate'
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is seeking to distance the Trudeau government from its former ambassador to China, a day after he said he has warned Chinese officials that further ...
Jul 13, 2019
Canadian citizen has been detained in China, Global Affairs confirms
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says a Canadian citizen has been detained in Yantai, China. The department says officials have provided consular services to the person in custody. It said in an email s...
Jul 13, 2019
More 'work to do' to mobilize Canadians on climate change action: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged Thursday that he has more work to do to sell Canadians on further actions to fight climate change, pointing to new premiers elected on vows to ...
Jul 13, 2019
Rattlesnake, uranium, whiskey found during traffic stop
GUTHRIE, Okla. - Police in Oklahoma say they found a rattlesnake, a canister of radioactive powdered uranium and an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey during a traffic stop of a vehicle that had b...
Jul 13, 2019
Search resumes for helicopter carrying missing Quebec businessman, teenage son
MONTREAL - Search and rescue teams will continue their search today for a Quebec businessman and his teenage son who've been missing since mid-week after failing to return from a fishing trip in north...
Jul 13, 2019
Halep wins Wimbledon, stops Williams' bid for 24th Slam
WIMBLEDON, England - Clutching her trophy 20 minutes after becoming Wimbledon's champion, Simona Halep checked out the board inside Centre Court that lists tournament winners. Below all of the mention...
Jul 13, 2019
Here's why Canada's leading gas price watcher thinks drivers may soon catch a break
KAMLOOPS - Canada's leading gas price watcher says there are a few positive factors working in favour of drivers this summer.But Senior Petroleum Analyst Dan McTeague of GasPriceWizard.com says longte...
Jul 13, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Halep star struck at meeting duchesses at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England - Simona Halep joined the list of tennis royalty at Wimbledon on Saturday, then got a bit star struck at meeting the real thing. Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Meghan, the...
Jul 13, 2019
Trump applauds far-right social media provocateurs
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump used a White House conference Thursday to applaud far-right social media provocateurs even as he conceded that some of them are extreme in their views. Trump, who h...
Jul 13, 2019
Developer to return disputed land to Kanesatake Mohawks as ecological gift
MONTREAL - A Quebec land developer has signed an agreement with the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake to return a parcel of pine forest that was central to the Oka crisis that began 29 years...
Jul 13, 2019
