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Canadian soldier killed in Netherlands in Second World War identified
OTTAWA - The Defence Department says it's identified remains of a Canadian soldier buried in a cemetery in the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War. Trooper Henry George Johnston's identit...
Nov 02, 2020
Bruised and haunted, US holds tight as 2020 campaigns close
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Just over her mask, Patra Okelo's eyes brimmed with tears when she recalled the instant that a truth about America dawned and her innocence burned away. One moment on Aug. 11, 2...
Nov 02, 2020
US construction spending up again, rises 0.3% in September
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. construction spending rose 0.3% in September, the fourth straight monthly gain after a coronavirus-caused spring swoon, although a smaller gain than analysts had expected. Th...
Nov 02, 2020
Blanchet seeks to drive values wedge between Quebec and Trudeau government
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is doubling down on efforts to draw a line separating his party's values and those of the Trudeau Liberals, particularly on the fraught ground of fre...
Nov 02, 2020
Hurricane Eta threatens to bring flooding, storm surge
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - New Hurricane Eta quickly gained force Monday as it headed for Central America on the verge of becoming a major hurricane, threatening massive flooding and landslides across a vul...
Nov 02, 2020
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Nov 02, 2020
US manufacturing activity at highest levels in two years
WASHINGTON - U.S. manufacturing posted a strong gain in October to the highest level in two years even as coronavirus cases have begun to surge again in many parts of the country. The Institute for Su...
Nov 02, 2020
Toronto Wolfpack fail to win reinstatement to England's top tier of rugby league
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack have lost their bid for reinstatement into Super League next year.The decision was made by the other 11 Super League teams, the Rugby Football League and Super League ch...
Nov 02, 2020
'It's such a big loss': Sister says family in shock after brother killed in Quebec
Just hours after Marie-Jo Duchesne had shared laughs with her older brother, who'd been out hiking on a sunny Saturday in Quebec, the heartbreaking call came informing her of Francois Duchesne's death...
Nov 02, 2020
N.B. shooter returns to stand at Fredericton first-degree murder trial
FREDERICTON - Matthew Raymond is back on the witness stand today as his murder trial in connection with the 2018 mass shooting in Fredericton enters its eighth week. Raymond, 50, is charged with first...
Nov 02, 2020