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Ford is cutting 7,000 white-collar jobs
DETROIT - Ford is cutting about 7,000 white-collar jobs, which would make up 10 per cent of its global workforce. The company has said it was undertaking a major restructuring, and on Monday said...
May 22, 2019
Survey finds minimal progress in military's fight against sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada survey of military personnel suggests the Canadian Forces has made minimal progress in eradicating serious sexual misconduct from the ranks despite years of effort. Ac...
May 22, 2019
Cher's Winnipeg concert scrubbed at last minute due to sudden short-term illness
WINNIPEG - About 10,000 Cher fans in Winnipeg went home disappointed Tuesday night after being told that a concert by the pop diva at Bell MTS Place had been postponed. Cher, who is 73,...
May 22, 2019
British Steel collapses, threatening thousands of jobs
LONDON - British Steel has been ordered into liquidation as it struggles with industry-wide troubles and Brexit, threatening 5,000 workers and another 20,000 jobs in the supply chain. The company had ...
May 22, 2019
Big Dawg wins in relief in Bombers win
Game 1HD Bombers - 8STK Orioles - 5WP: Adam Donnelly (in relief of Scott Austin)LP: Roger SaulBombers: Cory Warner (1-2, Solo HR, Sac Fly); Mark White (2-run pinch-hit HR)Orioles: Austin Anthony-Jules...
May 22, 2019
Pitt, DiCaprio talk Tarantino's love letter to Hollywood
CANNES, France - Leonardo DiCaprio says he and Brad Pitt "forged a cinematic bond" making Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood." The two stars, along with Margot Robbie and Tarantino...
May 22, 2019
Crackdown on money laundering does not include federal public inquiry: minister
VICTORIA - The federal minister in charge of Canada's fight against money laundering supports British Columbia's public inquiry into dirty money but says a national examination is not necessary. ...
May 22, 2019
Duterte moves to forcibly send garbage back to Canada, spokesman says
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president's spokesman says the exasperated leader has moved to have truckloads of garbage that Filipino officials say were illegally shipped to the Philippines yea...
May 22, 2019
Federal government to buy two more Arctic ships from Irving to prevent layoffs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce Wednesday that the federal government is buying two more Arctic patrol ships on the top of the six it has already ordered from Halifax-ba...
May 22, 2019
Trudeau's action plan on climate change brings B.C. politician out of retirement
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party's action plan on climate change has brought one former British Columbia politician out of retirement and back into the arena. At his nominati...
May 22, 2019
