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Report: Honda to shut UK plant, imperiling 3,500 jobs
LONDON - Honda will close a car factory in western England with the potential loss of 3,500 jobs, British media and a local lawmaker said Monday, in another blow to a British economy made jittery by B...
Feb 18, 2019
Canada's Justin Kripps wins a World Cup four-man bobsled race in Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Canada's Justin Kripps won his first career four-man bobsled World Cup race Saturday, rallying his team back from fourth place to top the podium. Kripps, of Summerland, B.C., finis...
Feb 18, 2019
CN says oil leak contained following derailment in western Manitoba
ST-LAZARE, Man. - A leak from a derailed train carrying oil in western Manitoba has been contained, the railway said Saturday, but some pipeline supporters say the incident highlights the ri...
Feb 18, 2019
PR firm suspends contract with former B.C. premier amid groping accusation
VANCOUVER - A global communications marketing firm says it is suspending its contract with former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell in light of an allegation in a British newspaper&nb...
Feb 18, 2019
Five things you should know about Gerald Butts, following his resignation
OTTAWA - Gerald Butts resigned Monday as the principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau amid allegations former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould was pressured by the Prime Minister...
Feb 18, 2019
Wilson-Raybould resignation stokes anger, frustration within veterans community
OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould's resignation from cabinet this week has stoked long-standing frustration, disappointment and anger among Canada's veterans, who say they have been ignored and betrayed b...
Feb 18, 2019
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh calls for public inquiry over SNC-Lavalin questions
BURNABY, B.C. - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a public inquiry is necessary in the scandal involving engineering giant SNC-Lavalin and Canada's former justice minister. Singh says serious ques...
Feb 18, 2019
Hunt continues for convicted killer who escaped from prison north of Montreal
LAVAL, Que. - Police continue to search for a convicted murderer who escaped from custody at a minimum security federal facility north of Montreal last week. Quebec provincial police, who are inv...
Feb 18, 2019
An insider's view of the Quadriga meltdown: 'It's kinda devastating'
HALIFAX - Software engineer Tong Zou lost his life savings - more than $500,000 - in the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency meltdown. The mild-mannered 30-year-old Vancouver resident wasn't making any cla...
Feb 18, 2019
Flames snap 4-game skid, beating Penguins 5-4
PITTSBURGH - A big second period ended up being just enough for the Calgary Flames. Michael Frolik had the first of four second-period goals for Calgary, and the Flames held on to snap a season-long f...
Feb 18, 2019