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US manufacturing activity sank to lowest level since 2009
WASHINGTON - U.S. factory activity hit its lowest level in more than a decade, as President Donald Trump's trade wars take a toll on American and global manufacturing. The Institute for Supply Managem...
Oct 1, 2019
Global trade to see weakest growth since Great Recession
GENEVA - Global trade is forecast to weaken this year to the slowest pace since the depths of the Great Recession due to the U.S.-China trade war. The World Trade Organization said Tuesday it expects ...
Oct 1, 2019
Dozens of candidates vie for seats in Northwest Territories election
YELLOWKNIFE - Dozens of candidates are vying for seats as voters cast ballots today in the Northwest Territories election. There are 58 candidates in total and there are only three of the te...
Oct 1, 2019
Canadiens keep Nick Suzuki, Cale Fleury while sending Ryan Poehling to AHL
BROSSARD, Que. - Highly-regarded Montreal Canadiens prospects Nick Suzuki and Cale Fleury have made the club's opening-night roster, while young forward Ryan Poehling will start the season i...
Oct 1, 2019
Viard's debut at Chanel ready-to-wear is crashed by comedian
PARIS - In her first solo ready-to-wear show since Karl Lagerfeld's death, Chanel designer Virginie Viard had a lot to prove. And by recreating a sprawling Parisian roofscape inside the Grand Palais w...
Oct 1, 2019
NDP promises money for youth programs to help prevent organized crime
SURREY, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promised a $100-million fund Sunday dedicated to helping keep young people out of gangs, but the head of a parent-led group that has called for a...
Oct 1, 2019
NDP would allow new parents to receive full benefit over shortened leave: Singh
VANCOUVER - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a New Democrat government would allow new parents to condense their employment insurance benefits so they can take shorter parental leaves while still re...
Oct 1, 2019
Trudeau says Liberal government would allow cities to ban handguns
TORONTO - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he will give municipalities the authority to ban handguns in their communities. The plan stops short of a national ban on handguns - something that mayors,...
Oct 1, 2019
Fentanyl-related fatality rate down in GP; remains highest in Alberta
Alberta Health's latest update on opioid related fatalities in the province shows Grande Prairie saw a slightly slower rate in accidental fentanyl-related poisoning deaths in the second quarter of 201...
Oct 1, 2019 Photo: Canadian Press File
Canadian man's sculpture of refugees unveiled by Pope Francis in Vatican City
VATICAN CITY - A Canadian artist's sculpture has been unveiled in St. Peter's Square by Pope Francis as part of a Mass for the World Day for Migrants and Refugees. "I wanted this artistic work he...
Oct 1, 2019