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In the news today, Sept. 9
Six stories in the news for Monday, Sept. 9 --- POST DORIAN CLEANUP A MASSIVE TASK Post-tropical storm Dorian may have departed Atlantic Canada but the scars it inflicted across the region w...
Sep 11, 2019
Crews work to restore power and clear debris left in Dorian's wake
HALIFAX - Canadian soldiers armed with chainsaws fanned out across the Halifax area on Monday to help clean up the tangled mess of fallen trees and power lines left behind by post-...
Sep 11, 2019
In the news today, Sept. 11
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 11 --- FEDERAL ELECTION TO BEGIN TODAY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicks off his bid for re-election today, heading to Rideau Hall this mo...
Sep 11, 2019
Federal election campaign begins today with leaders in Ontario, Quebec and B.C.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicks off his bid for re-election today, heading to Rideau Hall this morning to ask the Governor General to dissolve Parliament. With that will begin a 40-day ca...
Sep 11, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Grits, Tories start election campaign in dead heat, NDP, Greens tied: Poll
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberals and Andrew Scheer's Conservatives were running neck-and-neck during warm-up laps for the start of the 40-day federal election campaign, a new poll suggests...
Sep 11, 2019
China keeps penalties on US pork, soy, eases some others
BEIJING - China announced Wednesday it will exempt American industrial grease and some other imports from tariff hikes in a trade war with Washington but kept in place higher duties on soybeans and ot...
Sep 11, 2019
Apple takes on Netflix with a $5-a-month streaming service
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple is finally taking on Netflix with its own streaming television service and, uncharacteristically for the company, offering it at a bargain price - $5 a month beginning on Nov...
Sep 11, 2019
Veterans with PTSD, anxiety turn to beekeeping for relief
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Gently lifting a wooden frame containing dozens of Italian honeybees, Vince Ylitalo seemed transfixed as he and several other veterans inspected the buzzing insects. "This is really...
Sep 11, 2019
Afghans fear Trump's Taliban move means more civilians die
KABUL - The sound of the blast ripped through Kabul, in an instant wrenching the Afghan capital's attention from a nationally televised interview in which a United States envoy revealed the first deta...
Sep 11, 2019
No-spray zones divide French farmers from anxious neighbours
PARIS - When tractors laden with pesticides and other chemicals start spraying the vineyards that produce fruity Bordeaux wines, Marie-Lys Bibeyran's phone starts to ring. "People call me and say, 'I ...
Sep 11, 2019
