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Military searching for missing plane with two people on board in N.W.T.
YELLOWKNIFE - The military is searching for a plane missing in the Northwest Territories with two people on board. RCMP say contact was lost with the aircraft at 9 a.m. near Wha ti about 160 kilo...
Jan 31, 2019
Recommendations to prevent runway incursions at Toronto's Pearson airport
TORONTO - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has made recommendations to avoid runway incursions at Toronto's Pearson International Airport: - Air traffic controllers need to issue more emphati...
Jan 31, 2019
Father meets Broncos crash semi driver at sentencing hearing
This article was updated at 2019-01-31 16:04.A father who has been amongst the most vocal of parents affected by the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy has met face-to-face with the man responsible for the ...
Jan 31, 2019
President Trump dismisses tell-all book as 'made up stories'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is dismissing - and potentially bolstering sales of - a new tell-all book by a former White House aide, calling it "made up stories and fiction." Cliff Sims' book, ...
Jan 31, 2019
US new home sales jump nearly 17 per cent in November
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes soared in November, defying higher mortgage rates. But they're still below year-ago levels. The Commerce Department said Thursday that new home sales jumped 16.9 p...
Jan 31, 2019
CFL forms strategic partnership with German league
TORONTO - The CFL's international push continued Thursday as the league announced a partnership with Germany. The CFL says it has formed a long-term strategic partnership with the German Foo...
Jan 31, 2019
Feds paid on high end for Trans Mountain pipeline, spending watchdog says
OTTAWA - Canada's parliamentary budget watchdog says the Liberal government paid the "sticker price" when it bought the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan for $4.5 billion. Parliamentary Budge...
Jan 31, 2019
US consumers rattled by shutdown, roiling markets
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled this month to its lowest reading in a year and a half, tested by the partial government shutdown and roiling financial markets. Still, consumer spirits re...
Jan 31, 2019
Chicago police still looking for video of attack on actor
Chicago police have recovered more surveillance footage of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett walking before and after he says he was attacked by two masked men, but they haven't found video of the attack...
Jan 31, 2019
China's Xi: 2022 Winter Games will be green, inclusive, open
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country is well on track to deliver a "spectacular" 2022 Winter Olympic Games. China's government was firmly committed to staging the games with a "gree...
Jan 31, 2019