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'It's not about popularity:' Trudeau, Macron meet in Paris amid lagging polls
PARIS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron defended their shared efforts to ease the worries of citizens, denounced those seeking to capitalize on such fears and dismis...
Jun 7, 2019
Cabinet docs detail Mulroney challenges on China after Tiananmen Square massacre
OTTAWA - External Affairs Minister Joe Clark didn't try to sugarcoat it for Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and their cabinet colleagues. Over the previous 48 hours, stunned disbelief had sunk in across...
Jun 7, 2019
AMC to rethink Georgia filming if abortion law takes effect
ATLANTA - The network behind a show that's become part of Georgia's pop-culture fiber says it will "reevaluate" its activity in the state if a new abortion law goes into effect. "The Walking Dead" is ...
Jun 7, 2019
Trump honours D-Day vets, discusses Vietnam deferment
PORTSMOUTH, England - President Donald Trump on Wednesday joined world leaders to praise alliances and military service ahead of the anniversary of the D-Day invasion, just hours after offering no reg...
Jun 7, 2019
French beaches at dawn set scene for solemn D-Day observance
OMAHA BEACH, France - The five beaches are silent at dawn but forever haunted. When the sun rises Thursday over the Normandy coastline where thousands of men bled and died 75 years ago, the diminishin...
Jun 7, 2019
Regional producers nearly done seeding, contending with historically dry spring
As seeding in the region nears completion, producers are turning an eye to the sky and hoping for rain.The latest crop report from the province said 99 per cent of crop in northwestern Saskatchewan is...
Jun 7, 2019 (file photo/JPBG)
Survey: Companies add fewest jobs in 9 years in May
WASHINGTON - U.S. companies added the fewest jobs in nine years, a private survey found, as manufacturers, construction firms and mining companies cut workers. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday tha...
Jun 7, 2019
Spike Lee calls for Hollywood to 'shut it down' in Georgia
LOS ANGELES - Director Spike Lee is calling for Hollywood production companies to leave Georgia over a law that would ban abortions as early as six weeks, upon detection of a fetal heartbeat. Most stu...
Jun 7, 2019
Collaros throws two touchdowns in 35-29 pre-season loss to Bombers
The play of quarterback Zach Collaros might have eased the concerns of some fans but it wasn't enough for the Saskatchewan Roughriders to earn a win Thursday night, falling 35-29 to the Winnipeg Blue ...
Jun 7, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Zach Collaros runs with the ball in a game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in pre-season CFL action on June 6, 2019, at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Sask. (Liam Richards/Electric Umbrella)
D-Day alliances still strong, leaders say at ceremony on eve of anniversary
PORTSMOUTH, United Kingdom - The terrible and tragic story of the Second World War played out in an elaborate ceremony in this city in southern England on Wednesday, mere metres from where thousands o...
Jun 7, 2019