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US open jobs fall sharply for 2nd straight month
WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses sharply cut the number of jobs they advertised in December for the second straight month, an unusual sign of weakness in an otherwise healthy job market. The number of ava...
Feb 13, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline project in British Columbia: --- Demonstrators in Victoria are promising to shut down all provincial government offic...
Feb 13, 2020
Lionel Desmond not thought to pose imminent threat health official tells inquiry
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A psychotherapist who talked to Lionel Desmond a few hours before he killed his family and himself says she didn't think the former soldier posed an imminent threat to hi...
Feb 13, 2020
Lights out Lolacher: Trojans clinch playoff spot with shootout win over Mintos
The Tisdale Trojans were without Captain Kalen Ukrainetz on Wednesday when they took on the Prince Albert Mintos, but it didn't seem to matter as the Trojans defeated their rivals 2-1 in a shootout.Th...
Feb 13, 2020 The Tisdale Trojans swarm goalie Hunter Lolacher after their shootout win over the Prince Albert Mintos on Feb. 13, clinching a playoff spot. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, blames temporary factors
OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog says economic growth during the final quarter of 2019 will be "significantly weaker" than predicted in its fall report. In its latest report on near-term growth, the ...
Feb 13, 2020
Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeals on solitary confinement
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will revisit the decisions of courts in British Columbia and Ontario that said the federal law allowing prolonged solitary confinement in prison was unco...
Feb 13, 2020
Official: Sudan to hand over al-Bashir for genocide trial
CAIRO - Sudan's transitional authorities have agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on charges of war crimes and genocide, a top Sudanese...
Feb 13, 2020
The women of 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' redraw the frame
NEW YORK - What's inside the frame and what's outside of it are electrifyingly synonymous in French filmmaker Cline Sciamma's "Portrait of a Lady on Fire." It's a sumptuous period romance set in 18th-...
Feb 13, 2020
Snoop Dogg apologizes to Gayle King for rant over Bryant
NEW YORK - After days of blistering criticism, Snoop Dogg has finally apologized to Gayle King for attacking her over her interview with former basketball star Lisa Leslie about the late Kobe Bryant. ...
Feb 13, 2020
Canadian research officials return from Geneva with plan to tackle coronavirus
OTTAWA - Canada will aim $6.5 million at research on stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus, after co-ordinating with researchers around the world on tackling the outbreak. Representatives of&nb...
Feb 13, 2020