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Foreign service workers' union asks for binding arbitration in contract talks
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada’s diplomatic corps says it has filed a request to go to arbitration with the federal government after the two sides couldn’t agree on a new contract ...
Mar 11, 2019
Renewed efforts to find Montreal boy a year after his disappearance
MONTREAL - A year after 10-year-old Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou vanished after setting out to visit a friend in north-end Montreal, new efforts are being launched this week to find him. On Tuesday and Wedne...
Mar 11, 2019
Iran's Rouhani seeks to boost ties on first visit to Baghdad
BAGHDAD - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was in Baghdad on Monday, making his first official visit to the nation that Tehran once fought a bloody war against and later backed in the battle with the ...
Mar 11, 2019
Allred: Tape appears to show R. Kelly sexually abusing girls
NEW YORK - A man who said he was cleaning out an old videotape collection found what he thought was a recording of R&B singer R. Kelly in concert, but instead turned out to show a man who appeared...
Mar 11, 2019
Former CFL head coach Marc Trestman comes full circle with XFL post
Marc Trestman has come full circle. Last week, the former CFL head coach was named the head coach/GM of the XFL’s Tampa Bay franchise. For Trestman, it’s a return to the state where he beg...
Mar 11, 2019
Feds launch review of official-languages law 50 years after its introduction
OTTAWA - The federal government is launching a review of the Official Languages Act, saying it is time to modernize the decades-old law. The 1969 law enshrined Canadians’ right to receive federa...
Mar 11, 2019
US retail sales up just 0.2 pct. as consumers stay cautious
WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales rose slightly in January after a sharp drop in December, reflecting caution taken by consumers amid a government shutdown and volatile stock market. Retail sales increas...
Mar 11, 2019
Former Conservative candidate charged with campaign theft from 2015 election
OTTAWA - A failed Conservative candidate from the 2015 federal election has been charged with stealing more than $5,000 from campaign coffers. The federal public prosecution service has charged former...
Mar 11, 2019
Foreign policy experts call for release of Canadian in China
Fifteen prominent U.S. foreign policy experts on Monday called for the release of a Canadian detained in China in apparent retaliation for the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive in Canada. The sch...
Mar 11, 2019
Wonder Woman to the rescue: Gal Gadot takes on Netanyahu
JERUSALEM - Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has come to the rescue of a fellow Israeli celebrity in a spat with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Gadot, who typically shies away from politics, is rallyin...
Mar 11, 2019