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Iditarod award for Grande Prairie musher
A Grande Prairie musher has been saluted at the Iditarod awards banquet. Aaron Peck was given the Herbie Nayokpuk Award, symbolic of keeping a positive attitude in the face of adversity, at the Sunday...
Mar 18, 2019

Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick to quit before October election
OTTAWA - The SNC-Lavalin affair claimed its fourth resignation Monday as Michael Wernick announced he will step down as the country’s top public servant, having concluded he’s lost the tru...
Mar 18, 2019

Budget 2019: Five things to watch for in the Liberals' final fiscal blueprint
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau will release the Trudeau government’s final budget of its mandate Tuesday, just seven months before the next federal election. Here are some things to watc...
Mar 18, 2019

Reliance on equalization not a factor in Quebec's low productivity rate: author
MONTREAL - Despite low unemployment and a strong economy, Quebec continues to have problems generating wealth and its citizens have less money to save and spend compared with Canadians in every other ...
Mar 18, 2019

A shimmering night in Dubai as Dior shows its haute couture
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Under a large circus-style tent, Dior showcased its latest haute couture collection to a crowd of Mideast-based fashionistas, social media figures, celebrities, buyers, d...
Mar 18, 2019

Poll: Losing Amazon second HQ deal was bad for New York
ALBANY, N.Y. - Most voters in New York think it was bad for the state when Amazon dropped plans to put a second headquarters in Queens and many think U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bears blame for...
Mar 18, 2019

Lyft opens its IPO road show, to offer more than 30M shares
NEW YORK - Lyft officially kicked off the road show for its initial public offering, saying Monday it plans to put more than 30 million shares up for sale with an anticipated price of between $62 and ...
Mar 18, 2019

The Latest: Ex-Peru president brushes off detention queries
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The Latest on the public drunkenness arrest of Peru’s former president (all times local): 2:20 p.m. Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo brushed off questions about ...
Mar 18, 2019
Forest service plans large sale of Alaskan old growth timber
JUNEAU, Alaska - The U.S. Forest Service is planning the largest sale of Alaska old growth timber in years. The Prince of Wales Island Landscape Level Analysis project will harvest as much as 225 mill...
Mar 18, 2019

PM condemns hateful, 'toxic segments' of society after New Zealand shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered an emotional clarion call Monday as he urged people of all political stripes to turn the page on hateful ideology and condemn the sort of intolerance t...
Mar 18, 2019