Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Climate is changing. Investing needs to, too, says BlackRock
NEW YORK - A changing climate means dramatic risks for the world - and for investments too, the chief of the world's largest investment manager said Tuesday. To prepare for and protect against those r...
Jan 14, 2020
Federal government to spend hundred of millions more to keep CF-18s fighting fit
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more to ensure Canada's aging CF-18s can still fight while the country waits for replacement jets, which were...
Jan 14, 2020
Canada's nuclear watchdog eyes lessons from Boeing 737 Max air crashes
OTTAWA - Canada's nuclear safety regulator is looking to draw valuable lessons from an unexpected source - the recent Boeing 737 Max airplane accidents. A working group set up by the Canadian Nuc...
Jan 14, 2020
Man asks judge's leave for sword battle with ex-wife, lawyer
HARLAN, Iowa - A Kansas man has asked an Iowa judge to let him engage in a sword fight with his ex-wife and her attorney so that he can "rend their souls" from their bodies. David Ostrom, 40, of Paola...
Jan 14, 2020
Provincial government announces $11 million in ag research grants
The Saskatchewan government has announced $11 million in research grants for agriculture. The money will go to 47 different projects that deal with different farming issues. David Marit, the province&...
Jan 14, 2020
Jury selection at Weinstein's rape trial trudges forward
NEW YORK - A sixth day of jury selection at Harvey Weinstein's New York City rape trial ended Tuesday after another batch of prospective jurors told a judge that they had already made up their minds a...
Jan 14, 2020
Australian village scorched by wildfires struggles with loss
NERRIGUNDAH, Australia - Ash Graham's dog, Kozi, wakes him at 8 a.m., eager for his morning walk. Then Graham realizes he was dreaming, and gets up from the one-man tent he's been sleeping in each nig...
Jan 14, 2020
Pelosi sets Wednesday votes to send impeachment to Senate
WASHINGTON - After weeks of delay and strategizing, the U.S. House is planning to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate to start the trial on ...
Jan 14, 2020
Deaf-blind Ontario woman suing governments over student loan debt inequality
TORONTO - A disabled woman is in an Ontario court this week seeking changes to Canada's student loan program that she argues would level the playing field for people with disabilities. Jasmin Simpson,...
Jan 14, 2020
As Democrats debate in Des Moines, Warren scores in Sanders gender squabble
WASHINGTON - A brief, one-sided battle of the sexes broke out Tuesday night in Iowa as Bernie Sanders strenuously denied ever telling Elizabeth Warren that a woman couldn't be elected president of the...
Jan 14, 2020
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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