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Fri, 15 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
A new 'Buy American' plan is alarming the auto sector — and the federal government
For months now, a legislative proposal inching its way through the U.S. Congress has been stoking consternation across the border. Canadian policy-makers and businesses have been warily eyeing Buy Ame...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Separated from her fiancé by Afghanistan's collapse, a Canadian begs Ottawa for help
The last few weeks should have been among the happiest of Safia's life. Instead, the collapse of Afghanistan and the internment in Tajikistan of her fiancé, a former Afghan Air Force pilot, have tu...

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
What would make the COP26 climate conference a success?
What exactly are world leaders hoping to achieve at the COP26 climate conference in Scotland next month? CBC News takes a closer look.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:12:41 EDT
Boeing pilot indicted for fraud over inspections of 737 jet model which later crashed
A Boeing pilot involved in testing the 737 Max jetliner was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of deceiving safety regulators who were evaluating the plane, which was later involved ...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:22:18 EDT
Texas can continue to ban most abortions after U.S. appeals court sides with state
Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Biden administration's latest attempt to undo a new law that has become the nation's biggest curb to ab...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:49:03 EDT
Bill Clinton hospitalized for non-COVID-19 infection
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton was admitted to a Southern California hospital Tuesday with an infection but is "on the mend," his spokesman said Thursday.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:57:34 EDT
6 in 7 coronavirus cases in Africa are not being detected, WHO study suggests
Only one in seven COVID-19 infections in Africa are being detected, meaning the continent's estimated infection level may be 59 million people, according to a new study by the World Health Organizatio...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:39:37 EDT
Ex-FBI official Andrew McCabe wins back full pension after Trump-era firing
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has won back his full pension as part of a settlement of his lawsuit arising from his firing during the Trump administration more than three years ago, his law...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:07:01 EDT
Bow-and-arrow attack in Norway appears to be an 'act of terror,' police say
A bow-and-arrow attack in which a Danish convert to Islam is suspected of killing five people in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg appears to have been an "act of terror," police said Thursday. ...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:47:30 EDT
Real estate heir Robert Durst sentenced to life in prison for murdering best friend
New York real estate heir Robert Durst was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without chance of parole for the murder of his best friend, Susan Berman, more that two decades ago.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
The U.S. land border is reopening, but Canadians with mixed vaccines are still in limbo
At the same time the U.S. reopens the land border, it will start requiring that foreign travellers entering the country be fully vaccinated. The U.S. hasn't said yet if it will accept passengers with ...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:13:36 EDT
Deadly shooting in Beirut as tensions erupt over blast probe
Tensions over a probe into last year's massive blast in Beirut burst into the worst street violence in more than a decade on Thursday, with gun battles reviving memories of the country's 1975-90 civil...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:02:01 EDT
Hundreds of homes flooded in Athens as storms sweep across Greece
Severe storms swept across Greece Thursday, flooding hundreds of homes in Athens and prompting evacuations on the island of Evia that was ravaged by summer wildfires.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:47:25 EDT
Britain to bring in butchers from abroad to deal with backlog of pigs
Britain will offer six-month emergency visas to 800 foreign butchers to avoid a mass pig cull, it said on Thursday, after farmers complained that an exodus of workers from abattoirs and meat processor...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:48:29 EDT
Kenyan Olympic runner Agnes Tirop found dead as police seek husband
Kenyan Olympic runner and two-time world championship bronze medalist Agnes Tirop was found dead at her home Wednesday with stab wounds, and her husband was missing and wanted for questioning, police ...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:04:41 EDT
Thousands of U.S. workers go on strike at agricultural giant Deere
More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday, the first major walkout at the agricultural giant in more than three decades.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:32:44 EDT
Prince William says great minds should focus on saving Earth not space travel
Prince William has taken a thinly veiled swipe at the billionaires embroiled in a space tourism race, saying the world's greatest brains should instead be focused on solving the environmental problems...

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:13:39 EDT
As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
As the U.S. prepares to reopen its border, some Americans are asking if it's time for Canada to follow suit and relax its testing requirement for vaccinated travellers.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 02:40:19 EDT
At least 46 dead after massive fire tears through building in Taiwan
At least 46 people were killed and another 41 injured after a fire broke out early Thursday in a run-down mixed commercial and residential building in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, officials s...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 08:44:11 EDT
Lava spread on Spain's La Palma forces 300 more people from homes
Around 300 more people fled their homes early on Thursday as flows of molten rock pouring from the Cumbre Vieja volcano threatened to engulf another area on the Spanish island of La Palma. ...



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