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Streaming companies like Netflix will have to fund Canadian content: CRTC chair
OTTAWA - Canada's broadcast and telecom regulator says it's inevitable that foreign media companies streaming content into Canada, including Netflix and Amazon, will have to make an "equitable" contri...
Jan 08, 2020

New poll suggests Tories know what they want in a new leader but not whom to pick
OTTAWA - A new poll finds Conservative voters are far more sure about what they want in a new leader for their party than they are about who should fill that job. A Leger Marketing survey suggest...
Jan 08, 2020

Canadians unharmed in Iraq and out-of-this world cookies; In The News for Jan. 8
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 8: What we are watching in...
Jan 08, 2020

US sends more firefighters to help battle Australia blazes
BOISE, Idaho - U.S. officials said Tuesday they're planning to send at least another 100 firefighters to Australia to join 159 already in the country battling wildfires that have killed 25 people and ...
Jan 08, 2020

Some commercial airlines reroute flights amid Mideast risks
NEW DELHI - Some commercial airlines on Wednesday rerouted flights crossing the Middle East to avoid possible danger amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. Australian carrier Qan...
Jan 08, 2020

Nissan ex-chair set for first public appearance after escape
BEIRUT - The disgraced former chairman of Nissan is expected to speak to journalists in Beirut on Wednesday, more than a week after his dramatic escape from Japan ahead of his trial for alleged financ...
Jan 08, 2020

Gunman in `Fast and Furious' border killing to be sentenced
PHOENIX - The man convicted of shooting a Border Patrol agent in a case that exposed a botched federal gun program known as "Fast and Furious" is scheduled to be sentenced in Tucson on Wednesday. Hera...
Jan 08, 2020

Hearing to be held on condemned man's request for DNA test
BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A judge plans to hear legal arguments Wednesday on whether to order DNA testing on evidence from a 1987 killing for which a death row inmate in Georgia is scheduled to be executed nex...
Jan 08, 2020

Philippines orders evacuation of Filipinos from Iraq
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government said Wednesday that it has ordered the mandatory evacuation of Filipino workers from Iraq and the coast guard said it is sending a vessel to the Middle ...
Jan 08, 2020

Trump campaign seizes on Soleimani killing
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump once warned Barack Obama not to "play the Iran card" to boost his political prospects by starting a war. Eight years later, Trump is showing no reluctance to capitalize polit...
Jan 07, 2020