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Police: Mother, 2 children aged 3 and 5, slain in Arkansas
Trump speaks to Romney amid speculation on Utah Senate race
Singing toilets and to-die-for mattresses: It’s time to rethink your holiday travel souvenirs
Rare skeleton shown of human ancestor, 3.6 million years old
A virtually complete Australopithecus fossil is displayed at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Researchers in South Africa have unveiled what they call "by far the most complete skeleton of a human ancestor older than 1.5 million years ever found." (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
New Jimi Hendrix album with unreleased songs coming in March
FILE - In this 1970 file photo, musician Jimi Hendrix performs on the Isle of Wight in England. Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings announced Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, that they will release Hendrix’s “Both Sides of the Sky” on March 9, 2018. The 13-track album includes 10 songs that have never been released. (AP Photo/File)
Is Jerusalem Israel’s capital or not? A primer on a messy question and Trump’s divisive answer
Jerusalem Old City is seen trough a door with the shape of star of David on Dec. 6, 2017.
The Latest: Surge in California fire brings new evacuations
Los Angeles firefighters battle to contain flames to a burning home and prevent the fire's spread to adjoining properties in the Bel Air district of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
The red Russian uniforms will be gone, but not the athletes
FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 25, 2015 file photo, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko gestures during a news conference in Moscow, Russia. On Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 IOC imposed a lifetime Olympic ban on Mutko. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
Survey: US businesses added a solid 190,000 jobs in November
In this Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, photo, job seekers wait in line to apply for part-time, full-time or seasonal positions at a job fair held at Dolphin Mall in Sweetwater, Fla. On Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, payroll processor ADP reports how many jobs private employers added in November. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
North Dakota: Refinery near national park could win permit
FILE - In this May 24, 2017, file photo, a bison munches grass in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota. North Dakota health officials have concluded that a proposed oil refinery close to the picturesque national park should comply with federal and state air pollution rules. (AP Photo/Blake Nicholson, File)
US records strongest US worker productivity in 3 years
In this Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, photo, workers build an apartment and retail complex in Nashville, Tenn. On Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, the Labor Department issues revised data on productivity in the third quarter. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
US warns Kenya's opposition against Odinga 'inauguration'
Wounded Missouri officer in stable condition after shooting
Arnold Police officers leave the scene of a shooting of one of their own officers on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in the parking lot of the Arnold Police Station in Arnold, Mo. The officer was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Tuesday after being shot inside a police SUV by a handcuffed burglary suspect he was taking to the police department for booking, authorities said. (J.B. Forbes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Politics Briefing newsletter: On legal pot, B.C. goes middle of the road
Production staff harvest marijuana plants inside the flowering room at Harvest One Cannabis Inc. in Duncan, B.C., on Aug. 4, 2017.
'Silence Breakers' named Time magazine's Person of the Year
FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2017 file photo, actress Ashley Judd attends The Women's Media Center 2017 Women's Media Awards at Capitale in New York. Judd is one of several women featured on the cover of Time magazine's Person of the Year. Judd spoke out against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein helping to spawn the #MeToo movement, with millions of people telling stories of sexual misconduct on social media. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Trump declares Jerusalem Israeli capital, smashing US policy
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech during a meeting of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Erdogan says U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital is a 'red line' for Muslims and also said such a step would lead Turkey to cut off all diplomatic ties with Israel. (Yasin Bulbul/Pool via AP)
Pope, translator cite "Rohingya" repeatedly after silence
Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
101-year-old Olympian's life tells story of Finnish century
RBC Taylor Prize long list revealed
Serbia, Bosnia seek to boost ties after war crimes tensions
A woman passes by posters showing former Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic, reading: ''I won't betray!'', in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. A U.N. court has convicted former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced him to life in prison for atrocities perpetrated during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Reform Judaism group says Trump embassy decision ill-timed
Teen accused of killing grandma returns to Florida
Heritage, development at odds as cities come under pressure from growth
I want to be an environmental data analyst … what will my salary be?
Longlist for the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize navigates themes of exploration, discovery
Tanya Talaga. Talaga’s investigation into the deaths of seven Indigenous teenagers, all of whom died in Thunder Bay, was named last week as a short-list contender for the 2018 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction
Massachusetts currency manufacturer sold for $800M
HBC shares tumble as staff cuts hit digital unit’s bottom line
Hudson's Bay Company’s flagship department store in Toronto, Ont.
High-priced specs: Churchill's glasses costly at auction
FILE- In this Nov. 23, 2017 file photo, a pair of tortoiseshell spectacles made for Winston Churchill by C. W. Dixey and Sons, which were sold at an auction on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 for 6,000 pounds ($8,000), more than three times the expected price. They were auctioned near Churchill’s country estate Chartwell in Kent southeast of London. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP, File)
Retailer HBC reports $243M third-quarter loss, sales down from year ago
The Latest: Doctors find brain abnormalities in Cuba mystery
UnitedHealth ventures deeper into care with nearly $5B deal
FILE - This Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, file photo, shows a portion of the UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s campus in Minnetonka, Minn. UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, that its Optum segment will buy the DaVita Medical Group from DaVita Inc. in a cash deal expected to close next year. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
Putin announces 2018 re-election bid, ends long speculation
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks at the annual Volunteer of Russia 2017 award ceremony at the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Putin has moved an inch closer to announcing his intention to seek re-election in the next March's vote, saying he would weigh the move based on public support. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Washington's bejeweled 'Diamond Eagle' medal on display
Poland's former military intelligence head detained
Trump move on Jerusalem highlights Arab divisions
In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with Iranian officials, participants of the 31st International Islamic Unity Conference and ambassadors from Islamic countries, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Khamenei condemned President Donald Trump's imminent recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Nova Scotia capital commemorates catastrophic Halifax Explosion 100 years ago
An unidentified woman walks past the bell tower before a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion at Fort Needham Memorial Park in Halifax on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Two ships, the SS Imo and the SS Mont Blanc, collided in the harbour and the resulting explosion remains the worst human-made disaster in Canadian history. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Autopsy: Fentanyl overdose, not alcohol, killed Detroit boy
Yemen rebels disperse protests demanding slain leader's body
Houthi Shiite rebels walk amid the rubble of the Republican Palace that was destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
Billionaire Andrej Babis sworn in as Czech prime minister
Billionaire and leader of ANO 2011 political movement Andrej Babis, left, is sworn in as the country's new prime minister by Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Cops: Woman parks in police chief's spot while smoking pot
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
Retailer Dollarama unfazed by arrival to Canada of China's Miniso
A Dollarama store is seen Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Too chic for Amazon: Luxury firms in EU can pick sales sites
Canucks’ Markstrom earns first career shutout in win over Hurricanes
Vancouver Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom (25) stops a shot from Carolina Hurricanes left wing Jeff Skinner (53) during third period NHL action in Vancouver, Dec. 5, 2017.
Audit: Kentucky public workers took paid leave, didn't vote
India to phase out 'petcoke' imports after AP investigation
FILE- In this July 14, 2017 file photo, domestically produced petroleum coke is loaded onto a truck to be transported to factories, at a railway station in Rampur, about 210 kilometers (130 miles) from New Delhi, India.India's government says it plans to phase out imports of a dirty fuel known as petroleum coke, or "petcoke," after an Associated Press investigation found U.S. oil refineries are exporting vast quantities of the product to India. But when it comes to domestic use, the Indian government seems to be going in a different direction. The government this week argued in court that restrictions on petcoke around polluted New Delhi should be eased for certain low-impact industries. The move has infuriated environmentalists. (AP Photo/Vaishnavee Sharma, File)
School police officer breaking up fight doused with bleach
New Jersey town to pay $650K to settle ticket quota lawsuit
Brazen burglar swipes guns, ammo from Florida police car
Macron seeks 'new relationship' with former colony Algeria
French President Emmanuel Macron, second right, and Algerian Senate house speaker Abdelkader Bensalah review the troops as Macron arrives in Algiers, Wednesday, Dec.6, 2017. Macron is traveling to Algeria for a one-day working visit aimed at boosting the security and economic cooperation between the two countries. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)
Morning Update newsletter: Trump upends Jerusalem policy; Rogers exploring Blue Jays sale
A general view shows part of Jerusalem's Old City on Dec. 5, 2017.
19-year-old coach leads high school basketball team
Doctors identify brain abnormalities in patients of Cuba embassy attacks
Plane nearly lands on runway as another flight departs JFK
Mars to base US headquarters in New Jersey
Germany drops Turkish espionage probe of clerics
Swoop to target millennials, young families and cross- border travellers: WestJet
10 Things to Know for Today
Johnny Hallyday's fan Yves Buisson shows his tattoos outside Hallyday's house in Marnes-la-Coquette, outside Paris, Wednesday, Dec.6, 2017. Johnny Hallyday, France's biggest rock star for more than half a century and an icon who packed sports stadiums and all but lit up the Eiffel Tower with his pumping pelvis and high-voltage tunes, has died. He was 74. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Edmunds recommends 10 car features for winter driving
This photo provided by Subaru shows the 2017 Subaru Legacy, which comes with standard all-wheel drive. In snowy, slushy or rainy winter conditions, all-wheel drive helps a vehicle accelerate better and maintains its traction on slick surfaces. (Courtesy of Subaru of America via AP)
Survey: US firms losing confidence in China business climate
Doctors find brain abnormalities in victims of Cuba mystery
FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2017, file photo, tourists ride classic convertible cars on the Malecon beside the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba. Doctors treating the U.S. Embassy victims of mysterious, invisible attacks in Cuba have discovered brain abnormalities as they search for clues to hearing, vision, balance and memory damage, The Associated Press has learned. Physicians, FBI investigators and U.S. intelligence agencies have spent months trying to piece together the puzzle in Havana, where the U.S. says 24 government officials and spouses fell ill starting last year in homes and later in some hotels. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
For women’s theatre such as Toronto’s Nightwood, ‘the game has changed’
Nightwood Theatre’s artistic director Kelly Thornton, left, and Beth Brown are photographed in the Ernest Balmer Studio in Toronto's Distillery District, on Oct. 30 2017.
Rear-view LCD screens offer a safer alternative to the traditional mirror
Nissan’s ‘Intelligent Rear View Mirror’ provides a view unimpeded by obstacles such as cargo, tall passengers or the design of a vehicle.
Dec. 6: Appropriate response to a sexual comment? Plus other letters to the editor
Liberal MP Sherry Romanado, left, is flanked by colleagues as she leaves a committee meeting in Ottawa on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017.
How to run a business when the rules change
‘Transparency on investment issues is becoming more important,’ says Darren Coleman, a Toronto-based portfolio manager and author of a new book on financial management called Recalculating: Find Financial Success and Never Feel Lost Again.
If NAFTA dies, what happens to Canada’s trade with Mexico?
Bombardier Inc. built trains for Vancouver’s SkyTrain system in Mexico.
Pope urges status quo, 'wisdom and prudence' for Jerusalem
Pope Francis meets with a delegation of Palestinian religious and intellectual representatives, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Pope Francis called Wednesday for the status quo of Jerusalem to be respected and for "wisdom and prudence" to prevail to avoid futher conflict, hours before the expected announcement that the U.S. is recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Francis made the appeal during his weekly Wednesday audience, after speaking with the Palestinian leader and soon after meeting with a delegation of Palestinian religious and intellectual representatives in a previously scheduled audience. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
The Latest: British, Irish leaders discuss border issue
A Pro-EU membership supporter holds European Union flags as he protests against Brexit across the street from the Houses of Parliament in London in London, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. British Prime Minister Theresa May's government was holding talks Tuesday with the Northern Irish party that props it up, in a bid to salvage a crumbling Brexit deal ahead of a deadline next week (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
22 detained as Greeks mark 2008 police shooting of teenager
Hooded youths hold metal sticks during a protest in central Athens, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Small groups of youths, their faces covered with scarves, have scuffled with police ahead of a high school students' demonstration to mark the ninth anniversary of the fatal police shooting of a teenager in Athens that sparked the worst rioting Greece had seen in decades. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
Hungarian EU parliament member indicted for alleged spying
FILE - In this file photo taken on July 19, 2017 shows Hungarian member of the European Parliament and member of the far-right Jobbik party Bela Kovacs, center, as he speaks to journalists before his interrogation in front of the Central Prosecutor's Office in Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian prosecutors say they have indicted Kovacs for allegedly spying on the European Union. The Chief Investigative Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 that charges against him also include fraud totaling 21,079 euro (US $24,900) stemming from the fictitious employment of interns in the EU parliament. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP, File)
False alarm prompts brief shutdown of street in German city
Tillerson, Trudeau to meet to discuss North Korea, says U.S. diplomat
Man held in alleged terror plot to kill U.K.'s May
British Prime Minister Theresa May turns to listen to a translator during her meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy inside 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
Wednesday’s Insider Report: Companies insiders are buying and selling
A Metro supermarket is seen Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 in Ste. Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Que.
Wednesday's small-cap stocks to watch
Our roundup of Canadian small-caps in the news today.
Greek high court to rule on Russian bitcoin suspect Dec 13
Russian cybercrime suspect Alexander Vinnik, arrives at Greece's supreme court in Athens, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Greece's Supreme Court holds an extradition hearing for Vinnik, wanted in the United States on charges of laundering billions of dollars' worth of bitcoin. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Travel ban faces scrutiny from judges who blocked it before
FILE - In this May 15, 2017, file photo, protesters wave signs and chant during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision allowing Trump's third travel ban to take effect, at least for now, has intensified the attention on a legal showdown before three judges in Seattle who have previously been cool to the administration's efforts. Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Ronald Gould, Richard Paez and Michael Hawkins are scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 6, 2017 in Hawaii’s challenge to the latest version of the travel ban. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Streetwise newsletter: Brightspark looking to turn traditional venture capital on its head; Nestlé to buy Canadian vitamin maker Atrium Innovations
In this file photo Nestlé's directors speak in front of the Nestlé's logo during the general meeting of Nestlé Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Arpaio unable to cite evidence in case vs. Sen. Flake's son
Nigerian migrants return from Libya with tales of horror
Nigerian returnees from Libya disembark from a plane upon arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Hundreds of Nigerians arrived in Lagos on Tuesday, having been repatriated from Libya by the African Union (AU) amid outrage over recent footage that showed migrants being auctioned off as slaves. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Man sentenced to 15 years for vandalizing Florida mosque
Apple CEO hopeful banned apps will return to China store
Court asked to stop suit against prosecutor in man's death
FILE - These May 1, 2015 file photos provided by the Baltimore Police Department show five Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray; top row from left, J.Garrett Miller, Edwin M. Nero, and William G, Porter, bottom row, from left, Brian W. Rice, and Alicia D. White, who have filed a lawsuit against Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s bid to overturn a decision from a judge who ruled that parts of the lawsuit can move forward. (AP Photos/Baltimore Police Department)
Putin will allow Russians to compete at Pyeongchang Olympics
Five ways to make your nest egg last
According to a survey conducted for Hennick Wealth Management by Environics Research in 2016, just 6 per cent of Canadians who use an advisor know if their own actually puts their money where their mouth is.
Brightspark looking to turn traditional venture capital on its head
Mark Skapinker and Sophie Forest, who are managing partners at Brightspark, pose for a photo in Toronto on Friday, Nov. 24, 2017.
A borderless Africa? Some countries open doors, raise hopes
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017 file photo, the crowd watch as Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, center, and Deputy President William Ruto, center right, appear on a video screen at his inauguration ceremony at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. Citing the need to be "more integrated," Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced during his inauguration that the East African commercial hub will now give visas on arrival to all Africans. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Jones seeking support of women in Alabama Senate race
Thai court finds man guilty in military hospital bombing
In the news today, Dec. 6
Stephen Poloz gets what he wants after ‘horror story’ but it won’t change his mind today
Son of slain black man wants life in prison for ex-officer
As UN envoy visits, a look at N.Korea's diplomatic pipelines
U.N. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, center, walks upon arrival at the Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. The senior United Nations official arrived in Pyongyang for a very rare, four-day stay at the invitation of the North Korean government. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
Ukraine: Police clash with protesters over Saakashvili
Ontario auditor general to examine health care, school boards, electricity
Too many coincidences to be anything other than murder, prosecution says in Babcock case
Laura Babcock is shown in a Toronto Police Service handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Toronto Police Service MANDATORY CREDIT
Montreal events mark anniversary of 1989 shootings
Canadians will commemorate the 28th anniversary today of the Montreal Massacre when a gunman shot 14 women to death and injured 14 other people. Beams of light, one for each victim, shine over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he takes part in a memorial ceremony for the fourteen women murdered at Ecole Polytechnique twenty six years ago, in Montreal on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Los Angeles moves toward legal pot sales milestone
FILE - In this May 14, 2013, file photo, medical marijuana prescription vials are filled at a medical marijuana dispensary in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles. On Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, the Los Angeles City Council is expected to consider a dense set of regulations that will dictate where pot can be grown and sold in the new market, along with how businesses will be licensed. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Russian parliament bars access for 2 US media outlets
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