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Quebec cattle farmers want Beyond Meat to stop marketing itself as plant-based meat
MONTREAL - Cattle producers across the country are backing Quebec colleagues who have filed a complaint over a popular new meatless burger that is being advertised as "plant-based meat....
May 15, 2019
Former US President Jimmy Carter has surgery for broken hip
ATLANTA - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter broke his hip Monday at his south Georgia home when he fell while leaving to go turkey hunting, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center said. The 94-year-old f...
May 15, 2019
Army to remain in Quebec flood zones to help with cleanup operations
MONTREAL - The Canadian Forces will maintain soldiers in Quebec to remove sandbags and restore critical infrastructure in communities hit by flooding, Brig.-Gen. Jennie Carignan said Monday. And ...
May 15, 2019
Canada's feminist policy a perfect fit for South Sudan, says UN refugee official
OTTAWA - Canada could find a win for its feminist foreign policy in the spiralling famine and refugee crisis gripping South Sudan and neighbouring African countries, says a senior United Nations offic...
May 15, 2019
Scheer says Trudeau is a hypocrite who is using climate change as distraction
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will support a Liberal motion declaring climate change a national emergency if the Liberals agree to amend it to admit their climate-change plan...
May 15, 2019
B.C. to hold public inquiry into money laundering
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government will hold a public inquiry into money laundering. Premier John Horgan says money laundering has had numerous impacts on people in the province...
May 15, 2019
'Break from Drake': Milwaukee radio station bans rapper's music during Raptors-Bucks series
TORONTO - A Milwaukee radio station is giving superstar Drake the silent treatment heading into the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Hosts of morning show Riggs & Alley announced this week they've&n...
May 15, 2019
Alberta premier Jason Kenney says provincial carbon tax will die May 30
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta's carbon tax has about two weeks to live. Kenney says the Carbon Tax Repeal Act is to be introduced during next week's legislature sitting&n...
May 15, 2019
Irregular asylum claims fall as experts warn of populist backlash
OTTAWA - The number of asylum-seekers crossing the border "irregularly" into Canada has slowed compared to early last year. Statistics published by the federal government show Mounties apprehended&nbs...
May 15, 2019
Environment lobby says senators letting oil industry run amok on assessment bill
OTTAWA - Environment advocates say Canadian senators are bowing to pressure from the energy industry to gut new environmental-assessment legislation and they fear the Liberal government is going ...
May 15, 2019