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'They're wrong': Freeland rejects claim USMCA ties Canada's hands on trade
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says that anyone who thinks the new trilateral North American trade agreement limits Canada's trade sovereignty is misguided. Freeland told Chris Hall, host of CBC Radio's The House, that the section of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that lays out the rules for making pacts with "non-market" countries won't limit Canada's attempts to diversify its markets. Section 32.10 of the deal's text states that a USMCA country must give three months' notice to the other two parties before negotiating a free trade agreement with any country considered to be "non-market" — and therefore ineligible — by one of the USMCA partners.
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Former Ontario Tory leader Patrick Brown attempts political comeback in Brampton
Patrick Brown is down, but he may not be out yet. The embattled politician, who was forced to resign as leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives months before the party won a majority government, is trying to resurrect his political career with a run for mayor in Brampton, a fast-growing city northwest of Toronto where over 70 per cent of residents identify as visible minorities. Brown faces an uphill battle against incumbent Mayor Linda Jeffrey, a former Liberal cabinet minister who has the support of high-profile politicians from major parties, including some of Brown's former colleagues.
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McKenna Gets Real About Canada’s Uphill Fight Against Climate Change
OTTAWA — A recent UN climate change report has given humanity 12 years to get its act together to curb rising temperatures to avoid unprecedented environmental disaster.
NewsReutersSix Sweida hostages freed from Islamic State: Syrian state media, Observatory
Six hostages were freed on Saturday from Islamic State, which has held several women and children captive since it attacked Syria's Sweida city three months ago, state media and a monitor said. Islamic State militants staged multiple suicide attacks in Sweida and overran nearby villages in southwestern Syria on July 25, killing more than 200 people, many of them civilians. Sweida, which is under state rule, has a mainly Druze community.
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Clean your bong, pass it along and other expert tips on cannabis etiquette
Emily Post might not have been thinking about cannabis when she wrote down the rules of etiquette, but that doesn't mean you should throw manners to the wind if you dabble in legal weed.
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Girl dies after court allows more time on life support
A 9-year-old Texas girl at the centre of a three-week court battle with a hospital to keep her on life support has died hours after an appeals court allowed her parents more time to find a facility to maintain her life support. A spokeswoman for Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Payton Summons died Friday evening. The Texas 2nd Court of Appeals on Friday afternoon had upheld a Monday court order allowing her parents to keep her on life support at Cook until Monday.
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South Regina residents fed up with water main work
Bernie Zaharik has called Regina's Shannon Road home for almost 50 years.
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'Youth are capable of so many things': Teens get empowered in Inuvik
Youth from across the Northwest Territories and the Yukon came to Inuvik to discuss issues facing young people last weekend. It was the first time Bringing Youth Toward Equality (BYTE) held a leaders in training conference in the Northwest Territories. Attendees, which included guest speakers and BYTE employees, talked about mental health, healthy relationships and safe partying.
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All the pot stories from CBC P.E.I. this historic week
Purolator has the contract to deliver pot on P.E.I. and said it was confident it is ready. The Charlottetown Airport put up signs informing travellers they can take up to 30 grams of cannabis on domestic flights — they won't hassle you or even ask you about it. No pot on international flights though, even if consumption is legal at your destination — California, for instance.
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Five things for the cannabis-uninitiated to know about bud
If you are heading to the local cannabis shop, some experts suggest you do a little homework. CBC Radio in Saskatchewan reached out to Jonathon Page, a botany professor and cannabis tester at the University of British Columbia, and Tim Cullen the CEO of Colorado Harvest Company for a newcomer's crash course on recreational cannabis,. Be careful and ask about the THC percentage.
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Thousands of pro-independence demonstrators rally in Taiwan
Thousands of pro-independence demonstrators gathered in Taiwan's capital on Saturday to express their disapproval with China's stance toward their island. China cut off contact with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's government shortly after her inauguration in 2016 and has been ratcheting up diplomatic, economic and military pressure on Taiwan in a bid to compel her to agree to Beijing's insistence that the self-governing island democracy is a part of China. "I want to loudly say no to China," said 43-year-old demonstrator Ping Cheng-wen, who is self-employed.
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Migrant caravan: 'May God soften Trump's heart'
Thousands of mostly Honduran migrants are stuck at the Mexico-Guatemala border hoping to make it to the US. President Trump has warned them that he will shut down the southern US border so they cannot enter. This is the second large-scale caravan of Central American migrants this year. Video by Angélica M Casas and Peter Murtaugh in Guatemala
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Africa's youngest billionaire free 9 days after abduction
The man described as Africa's youngest billionaire said Saturday he is free more than a week after his abduction from a luxury hotel in Tanzania's commercial capital, while police suggested his captors came from South Africa. "I thank Allah that I have returned home safely," said a statement released by the 43-year-old Mohammed Dewji's foundation.
NewsReutersIndian officials exchange blame for train plowing into festival crowd
Punjab state's Chief Minister Amarinder Singh told reporters on Saturday that 59 people had died with 57 injured in the accident and that an official inquiry would be carried out over the next four weeks. A large crowd had formed near the tracks on the city's fringe for the burning of effigies as part of a major Hindu festival on Friday when the train sped through the gathering in darkness, officials and witnesses said. Grieving relatives and residents, some of whom were still scouring the bloodied fields for belongings of their loved ones, said there was no warning from the train as it rolled down the tracks just as firecrackers exploded in the sky in the annual Dusshera festival.
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Bruce Dern released from hospital after fall while jogging
Actor Bruce Dern has been released from the hospital after a fall during his daily jog in Los Angeles. A representative for the 82-year-old Dern says he was released Friday evening following his fall earlier in the day. The Oscar-nominated actor's representative says he is in good spirits.
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From Highway 1 to Madison Square Garden: Alberta trumpet soloist to play the Big Apple
The professional trumpet soloist who serenaded motorists stranded on the Trans-Canada during a snow storm earlier this month is set to play Madison Square Garden this weekend. Jens Lindemann will play both the Canadian and U.S. national anthems ahead of Sunday's game between the New York Rangers and Calgary Flames. "There's a profound reality when you get to do something as important as playing the national anthem for any country," he said.
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'You empower each other': Mother-son team start childhood anxiety support group in Regina
Sharon Pratchler and her 10-year-old son know what it's like to struggle to cope with childhood anxiety, and not know where to go for help. "It's very important to us, to tell other parents, they're not isolated, they're not alone," Sharon Pratchler said. Pratchler has also started a closed Facebook group, which she said has seen an explosion in interest not just in Saskatchewan, but beyond.
NewsReutersGoogle to charge Android partners up to $40 per device for apps: source
(This Oct. 19 story has been refiled to fix wording in fourth paragraph) By Foo Yun Chee and Paresh Dave BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google will charge hardware firms up to $40 per device to use its apps under a new licensing system to replace one that the European Union this year deemed anti-competitive, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. The new fee goes into effect on Oct. 29 for any new smartphone or tablet models launched in the European Economic Area and running Google's Android operating system, the company announced on Tuesday. Companies can offset the charge, which applies to a suite of apps including the Google Play app store, Gmail and Google Maps, by placing Google's search and Chrome internet browser in a prominent position.
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New collection of world famous Cape Dorset prints on display today
Drawing is Cee Pootoogook's full time job.
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It's good to 'bee' here: Saskatchewan's honey business thriving
The reasons people get into beekeeping are as varied as the plants the bees pollinate. Eaton has between 650 and 700 hives. About 350 of those are producing colonies, while the rest are nucleus hives — starter colonies building in population for the next year.
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'You feel like you're drowning': Why YouTube content creators are burning out
When Ottawa's Elle Mills was growing up, there was one thing she wanted to be: A YouTuber.
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New planetarium is latest addition to Jasper Dark Sky Festival
Stargazing tourists from around the world are trekking to the Canadian Rockies this weekend to catch the final few days of the Jasper Dark Sky Festival. This year's event, which ends Sunday, drawing an estimated 3,500 tourists for discussions with experts, such as NASA astronauts twins Mark and Scott Kelly, stargazing walks and a visit to the new 50-seat planetarium. What began eight years ago has grown "from a small gathering to a globally-recognized celebration of dark sky and science," said James Jackson, general manager for Tourism Alberta.
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Julie Van Rosendaal cooks up munchies for your cannabis cravings
There has been a lot of talk about new cannabis legislation coming into effect this week and its ability to trigger the munchies. While it's true that your cannabinoid receptors — which are scattered throughout your body but exist mostly in your brain and nervous system — are involved in processes that include mood and appetite, and the active compounds in cannabis alter these receptors, it's also true that most of us can come down with a severe case of the munchies on any given day, THC on board or not. Classic snack foods are crispy, crunchy, chewy, gooey … they stimulate other senses and satiate a sensory need more than a nutritional one.
NewsReutersExclusive: CrowdStrike hires Goldman Sachs to lead IPO - sources
(This October 19 story corrects penultimate paragraph to show that Tenable shares have gained, not declined, since the company's IPO) By Liana B. Baker and Carl O'Donnell NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cybersecurity software maker CrowdStrike Inc has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs Group to prepare for an initial public offering that could come in the first half of next year, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. CrowdStrike is the latest in a wave of Silicon Valley startups, including ride hailing firms Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] and Lyft Inc, that are eyeing a 2019 stock market listing after repeatedly turning to private investors for funding.
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Icelandair plane makes emergency landing in Bagotville due to cracked window
Moments earlier, a ding rang in the airplane and two flight attendants darted to the front. "Your mind goes in a billion different directions, like is this a medical emergency? Could we be hijacked? What is going on?" Hove, 34, said over the phone from his hotel room in Saguenay, a city about 200 km north of Quebec City.
