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Canadian MPs condemn Netflix for using Lac-Megantic images in Bird Box
OTTAWA - Netflix should compensate the people of Lac-Megantic for using footage of the 2013 rail disaster there in fictional dramas, Canada's members of Parliament have agreed unanimously. T...
Feb 01, 2019
Plan to buy more fighter jets puts Canada on hook for bigger share of F-35 costs
OTTAWA - Canada is being forced to shoulder a bigger share of the costs of developing F-35 fighter jets even though it has not decided whether it will actually buy any. Canada is one of nine partner c...
Feb 01, 2019
Mother accused of murdering daughters says she has no memory of day they died
LAVAL, Que. - A Quebec mother on trial for the deaths of her two daughters told a jury she remembers little of what happened the day they died. Adele Sorella was testifying in her own defenc...
Feb 01, 2019
Peter Jackson making new documentary of Beatles' 'Let It Be'
NEW YORK - The Beatles' farewell documentary "Let It Be" is getting an encore, and a reinvention. "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson announced Wednesday that he is making a new film out of som...
Feb 01, 2019
Police: Photos soon of people of interest in attack on actor
CHICAGO - Detectives reviewed surveillance footage of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett walking to his downtown Chicago apartment, but so far none of the video shows him being attacked by two masked men,...
Feb 01, 2019
Feds indict powerful Philly union boss, councilman, others
PHILADELPHIA - A powerful union boss with a tight grip on construction jobs in the Philadelphia region and outsized influence in city and state politics has been indicted in alleged schemes to embezzl...
Feb 01, 2019
Detained Canadian Spavor gets third consular visit in China since his arrest
OTTAWA - The federal government says diplomats visited Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor today for the third time since he was arrested in China in December on allegations of endangering Chinese na...
Feb 01, 2019
Five top public servants to warn of major meddling with next federal election
OTTAWA - An impartial group of senior bureaucrats will warn Canadians if malicious actors try to manipulate the outcome of this fall's federal election. The Trudeau government announced the "critical ...
Feb 01, 2019
Olympic champion among 12 Russian athletes guilty of doping
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Olympic high jump champion Ivan Ukhov was among 12 Russian track and field athletes found guilty Friday of taking part in state-backed doping. The Court of Arbitration for Spor...
Feb 01, 2019
Native Women's Association of Canada signs accord to play policy-making role
OTTAWA - The federal government is signing a new accord with the Native Women's Association of Canada to ensure the organization can fully participate in efforts to improve Indigenous health, hou...
Feb 01, 2019