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ROTHENBURGER: Don’t expect too much from the gas-price inquiry
KAMLOOPS - I'M NOT GETTING MY HOPES UP for the hearings that get underway today on gasoline prices in B.C.I'll be surprised if the inquiry doesn't conclude that gas prices are the result of supply and...
Jul 17, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
Fans to descend on San Diego for the 50th Comic-Con
LOS ANGELES - Dust off your Captain Marvel cosplay, San Diego Comic-Con is here. The four-and-a-half day convention kicks off Wednesday when the show room floor opens to thousands vying for exclusive ...
Jul 17, 2019
Rescuers make slow progress on freeing entangled North Atlantic right whales
Efforts to free some endangered, entangled North Atlantic right whales continue, weather permitting, according to the federal government. A news release from the Department of Fisheries and...
Jul 17, 2019
Pakistan arrests US-wanted terror suspect in Mumbai attacks
MULTAN, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities say they have arrested a radical cleric and U.S.-wanted terror suspect blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, just days ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan's trip ...
Jul 17, 2019
In the news today, July 15
Four stories in the news for Monday, July 15 --- YOUR WARD NEWS EDITOR FACES SENTENCING TODAY The editor of a free Toronto-based publication faces sentencing today for wilfully promoting hat...
Jul 17, 2019
In the news today, July 17
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, July 17 --- TRUDEAU TO PUSH TRADE PACT IN EU SUMMIT Lawmakers in France begin their ratification of the comprehensive trade agreement between the Euro...
Jul 17, 2019
'Facts' show Trump supports NATO despite criticism, Stoltenberg says
PETAWAWA, Ont. - Despite President Donald Trump's anti-NATO rhetoric, the "facts on the ground" in Europe show the United States is more supportive of the alliance than before, says NATO's chief. "We ...
Jul 17, 2019
Judge mulls reopening hate trial for Your Ward News editor; no sentence yet
TORONTO - A convicted hatemonger who maintains his defence lawyer deliberately blew the case will get a rare chance to show why his trial should be reopened, a judge ruled on Monday. Instead of senten...
Jul 17, 2019
Trudeau to push trade pact in EU leaders' summit as France moves ahead on CETA
MONTREAL - Lawmakers in France begin their ratification of the comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union and Canada as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomes the leaders of the 28-count...
Jul 17, 2019
Sudanese military, protesters sign power-sharing document
CAIRO - Sudan's ruling military and the pro-democracy movement have signed a political document that's part of a power-sharing deal meant to end the country's deadlock after weeks of stalled talks. Th...
Jul 16, 2019
