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Three stories in the news for today, Sept. 25
Three stories in the news for Monday, Sept. 25 --- UN COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN CANADA The UN Human Rights Council is set to discuss a report on issues affecting African-Canadians that m...
Sep 25, 2017
Manitoba mother arrested after child abandoned in stroller in Brandon
BRANDON, Man. - Police in western Manitoba have charged a mother for abandoning her toddler in a stroller. Brandon police say an 18-month-old girl was left alone in the city’s downtown in August...
Sep 25, 2017
Attention intensifies around Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Invictus Games
TORONTO - The appearance of Prince Harry’s girlfriend over the weekend at the opening ceremonies of the Invictus Games in Toronto continues to be scrutinized by royal watchers, who have commente...
Sep 25, 2017
U.S. unlikely to accept NAFTA gender chapter with teeth: trade experts
OTTAWA - The Liberals want a feminist North American Free Trade Agreement, but trade experts say that will depend on reassuring the United States no one could use it to hold their feet to the fire. &#...
Sep 25, 2017
Prairies ticket claims Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - A ticket purchased in the Prairies claimed Friday night’s colossal $60 million Lotto Max jackpot. There were also 15 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs and three of them...
Sep 25, 2017
Site C dam project draws criticism at Vancouver public input session
VANCOUVER - An American energy consultant told the BC Utilities Commission that the Site C hydroelectric dam currently under construction in the northeast region of the province doesn’t make sen...
Sep 25, 2017
Montrealers rally in solidarity with Catalan independence movement
MONTREAL - More than 150 people gathered in front of Montreal’s Spanish consulate Saturday to express their solidarity with the Catalan independence movement. Organizers also denounced what they...
Sep 25, 2017
The Latest: Melania Trump encourages US athletes at games
WASHINGTON - The Latest on first lady Melania Trump leading the U.S. delegation to the Invictus Games in Toronto (all times local): 5 p.m. U.S. first lady Melania Trump is urging Americans competing i...
Sep 25, 2017
Ottawa rolls out school buses for U.S. and Mexican NAFTA negotiating teams
OTTAWA - American and Mexican trade negotiators are discovering one more disadvantage to the breakneck pace being set for renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Unable to block book...
Sep 25, 2017
Families walk Highway of Tears before missing, murdered Indigenous women hearing
SMITHERS, B.C. - Gladys Radek raised a fist in the air and wept as she reached the end of her 350-kilometre journey along British Columbia’s Highway of Tears. The Indigenous grandmother finished...
Sep 25, 2017