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Haier boss looks far beyond appliances
In this Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 photo, a factory worker holds a gas torch while working on air conditioning condenser units on an assembly line at a Haier factory in Jiaozhou near Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province. Zhang Ruimin built Haier from a failing refrigerator factory in the 1980s into the biggest maker of major appliances. Now, he is trying to transform a traditional manufacturer with 60,000 employees in 25 countries into a nimble, Internet Age seller of consumer goods and services from web-linked washing machines to food delivery. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Murder charge laid in death of staff member at small Saskatchewan school
North Carolina lawmakers vote to undo 'bathroom bill'
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 28, 2017 file photo, Republican leaders Rep. Tim Moore, left, and Sen. Phil Berger, hold a news conference in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina Republican lawmakers said Wednesday night that they have an agreement with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on legislation to resolve a standoff over the state's "bathroom bill." Details about the replacement weren't immediately available, Moore and Berger declined to take questions during a brief news conference. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP, File)
Accused in deaths of 14 dogs at Saskatoon kennel hasn't been served yet
Judge in Hawaii extends order halting Trump’s immigration ban
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalists at the Oval Office of the White House after the AHCA health care bill was pulled before a vote in Washington, on March 24, 2017.
The Latest: Governor: HB2 fix not perfect but he supports it
FILE- In this Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper holds a press conference in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina Republican lawmakers said Wednesday night, March 29, 2017, that they have an agreement with Gov. Cooper on legislation to resolve a standoff over the state's "bathroom bill." GOP leaders announced the new legislation would be debated and voted on Thursday. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP, File)
Mexico: Teacher wounded in January school shooting dies
NHL staging preseason games in China between Kings, Canucks
FILE - In this June 22, 2016, file photo, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks during a news conference in Las Vegas. The NHL is eyeing opportunities to crack the biggest market in the world: China. With the 2022 Olympics in Beijing following 2018 in Pyeongchang, the NHL and NHLPA see the country of a billion people as hockey's next frontier. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Hornets surge back, snap Raptors six-game winning streak
Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan tries to get through Charlotte Hornets guard Kemba Walker and Charlotte Hornets forward Marvin Williams during first half NBA basketball action, in Toronto on Wednesday, March 29, 2017.
Louisville police officer dies after crash during chase
This undated photo provided by the Louisville Police Department shows Louisville Police Officer Nicholas "Nick" Rodman. Rodman died Wednesday, March 29, 2017, from injuries he suffered in a crash during a high-speed chase, city officials said. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Police Chief Steve Conrad announced the death of Officer Rodman at a news conference outside University Hospital, where lines of officers and others waited as his flag-draped body left the hospital. (Louisville Police Department via AP)
Record snowfall buries Anchorage
Snow falls at a bridge crossing Ship Creek in Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The National Weather Service said 8.8 inches (22.4 centimeters) of snow fell on Anchorage between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, setting a record for snowfall on any March 29. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
'Wonder Woman' wows, Affleck makes appearance at CinemaCon
US Marshals search for missing federal judge, 91
South Korea’s Park questioned at court hearing on arrest request
South Korea's ousted leader Park Geun-hye leaves her private house in Seoul, South Korea, on March 30, 2017.
Argentine Senate approves medical use of cannabis oil
Veronica Fuertes embraces her daughter Violeta Penalba, who suffers epilepsy, and is treated with marijuana, as they stand outside the Senate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The Senate is expected to vote into law the medicinal use of marijuana on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Williams's three-pointer ends Raptors streak as Hornets beat Toronto 110-106
Toronto Raptors guard Delon Wright (55) and Charlotte Hornets guard Jeremy Lamb (3) chase a loose ball during second half NBA basketball action, in Toronto on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Trump admin drops human rights conditions for Bahrain F-16s
FILE- In this Feb. 16, 2017, file photo, a U.S. fighter aircraft F-16 performs during the Aero India 2017 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore, India. The Trump administration told Congress on Wednesday, March 29, that it plans to approve a multibillion-dollar sale of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain without the human rights conditions imposed by the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
Venus Williams beats top-ranked Kerber in Miami Open quarterfinals
Venus Williams hits a forehand shot during a match against Angelique Kerber at Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, Florida, on March 29, 2017.
NDP push B.C. to halt eviction of 21 residents of Vancouver complex
Residents Dorthy Pelletier, 86, right, and Kathleen Montgomery, 86, left, along with family members of other residents attend a news conference outside the Terraces on 7th retirement home in Vancouver. The facility has given notice to subsidized tenants that they must move out.
UN: Military operations escalate in Yemen as famine looms
Archive of Canadian-born architect Frank Gehry gets home in Los Angeles
In this Oct. 23, 2003, file photo, building architect Frank Gehry takes the pose of a symphony conductor as he arrives for a grand opening concert gala at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Arkansas 'bathroom bill' dead for session, to be studied
Owner of MV Marathassa charged for 2015 oil spill in Vancouver's English Bay
Spill response boats work to clean up bunker fuel that leaked from the bulk carrier cargo ship Marathassa anchored on Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday April 10, 2015.
Visceral 'Dunkirk' footage gets hearts racing
Christopher Nolan, director of the upcoming film "Dunkirk," discusses the film during the Warner Bros. Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2017 at Caesars Palace on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Stand up to Cancer co-founder Noreen Fraser dies at 63
FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2012 file photo, Noreen Fraser arrives at Variety Power of Comedy at Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles. The family of Fraser, a TV producer and co-founder of Stand Up to Cancer, says she has died at age 63. Fraser's family said she died Monday, March 27, 2017, at her Los Angeles home of metastatic breast cancer. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
S Korea's Park questioned at court hearing on arrest request
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrives at the Seoul Central District Court for hearing on a prosecutors' request for her arrest for corruption, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. Pool).
EPA reverses course on safety of pesticide used on crops
More than two dozen people sickened by E. coli linked to recalled flour
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is issuing a recall for the Robin Hood brand of all-purpose flour sold in Western Canada due to possible E. coli contamination.
The Latest: Jury says officer justified in fatal shooting
Amid opioid crisis, UBC students create wearable device that aims to save lives
A man injects himself at a bus shelter in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016.
More than two dozen people sickened by E. coli linked to recalled flour
Archive of Toronto-born Frank Gehry gets home in his adopted hometown of L.A.
FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2003, file photo, building architect Frank Gehry takes the pose of a symphony conductor as he arrives for a grand opening concert gala at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The Getty Research Institute announced Wednesday, March 29, 2017, that it has acquired archives containing hundreds of thousands of sketches, drawings, models, photographs, slides and paperwork involving projects that Gehry designed between 1954 and 1988. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
US women's hockey agreement could have far-reaching impact
FILE - In this April 9, 2005, file photo, U.S. team members, from left, Angela Ruggiero, Cammi Granato and Jenny Potter hold the trophy after winning the the Women's World Ice Hockey Championship in the Cloetta Center in Linkoping, Sweden. Granato's biggest victory in hockey came 12 years after she retired. When USA Hockey and the women's national team agreed to a contract that ended a wage dispute, Granato couldn't put her happiness into words. (Jonas Ekstromer/Pressens Bild via AP, File)
U.S. military opens formal investigation into civilian deaths in Mosul
An Iraqi man sits amid the rubble of destroyed houses in Mosul's al-Jadida area on March 26, 2017, following air strikes in which civilians have been reportedly killed during an ongoing offensive against the Islamic State group.
Trump, TV, and a border tax: Canada gripped by a new reality show
Konrad Yakabuski
Seattle announces lawsuit over Trump sanctuary cities threat
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2016, file photo, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, second left, speaks at a post-election event of elected officials and community leaders at City Hall in Seattle. On Wednesday, March 29, 2017, Murray announced that Seattle is suing President Donald Trump over his executive order that threatens to withhold federal funds from communities that refuse to cooperate with efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Doctor says woman who fell down laundry chute drugged but not incapacitated
Trudeau still committed to carbon tax despite Trump's action on climate
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves after meeting with child care workers and local politicians at a YMCA-YWCA day care centre in Winnipeg, on March 29, 2017.
Arkansas governor signs 'sex-selection' abortion ban bill
Kansas mulls new requirements for abortion providers
The Latest: 3 arrests at Portland protest
Iowa GOP lawmakers scrap 'fetal heartbeat' abortion bill
'Hurry up, hurry up!': 911 calls capture chaos at nightclub
Bystanders say no reason to shoot mother moose in middle of Alberta city
Conservation officers, left and right, fire on a moose as an RCMP officer looks on in Red Willow Park near St. Albert Trail, in St. Albert, Alta., on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Elaine Vrolijk, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Slight opportunity to negotiate new softwood lumber deal with U.S.: B.C. envoy
Premier Christy Clark looks on as British Columbia's Trade Envoy to the United States David Emerson speaks to media following a special cabinet meeting to discuss the softwood lumber dispute at Legislature on Thursday, February 16, 2017 in Victoria, B.C.
Mexican state prosecutor charged with drug smuggling in US
Feds: Arpaio's remarks on immigration are fair game at trial
The Latest: Bill to punish 'sanctuary cities' tabled
Ivanka Trump to become official White House employee
Ivanka Trump speaks at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, on March 28, 2017.
Homeowners at San Francisco sinking high-rise sue developer
O’Leary has not exactly swamped the Conservatives with new recruits
Adam Radwanski
UBC students create wearable overdose detector to combat opioid death crisis
An early prototype of a device students at the University of British Columbia have created to detect drug overdoses is shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Courtesy of Sampath Satti MANDATORY CREDIT
Police: Baby sitter put crying infant's feet in hot pan
What homelessness looks like for women in Canada
Noreen Begoray was living in her car with her two dogs Gypsy and Kako for nearly a year and is now she's living in her own bachelor apartment in Victoria, B.C., Tuesday, March 29, 2017.
For Syrian refugee girls, child marriage is robbing a generation of its future
Kawthar Nawara, 17, holds her four-month-old son, Omar. After she and her family went to live at a camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, she says circumstances forced her into child marriage when her father was sick and the family needed money. ‘This wasn’t my dream,’ she says. ‘My days are always bad. There is no happy day for me.’
Montreal LRT is first test for Ottawa’s private sector infrastructure plans
Reseau electrique Metropolitain (REM) is a fully automated light rail transit (LRT) project proposed by a subsidiary of Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, to serve the major metropolitan areas in Montreal.
Michigan Senate OKs $5M sinkhole loan, allots Flint funds
NHL will release teams’ protected, available Vegas expansion draft lists
In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017, file photo, Vegas Golden Knights general manager George McPhee speaks during a news conference in Las Vegas.
The Latest: Mexican man freed from detention thankful
FILE - In this March 8, 2017, file photo, Mark Rosenbaum, right, an attorney for Daniel Ramirez Medina, talks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, as fellow attorneys, from left, Ethan Dettmer, Theodore Boutrous Jr., and Luis Cortes, look on. An immigration judge says a Mexican man who was arrested despite participating in a program designed to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children can be released from custody pending deportation proceedings. Judge John Odell made the decision Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Lawyers for 24-year-old Daniel Ramirez Medina said they expect him to be released Wednesday, March 29. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
B.C. envoy says the window is open slightly for softwood lumber deal with U.S.
El Salvador bans all metals mining, marking first
UK fight looms over gov't plan for 'great repeal' of EU laws
David Davis, Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, leaves after a cabinet meeting in 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday March 29, 2017. Britain will begin divorce proceedings from the European Union later on March 29, starting the clock on two years of intense political and economic negotiations that will fundamentally change both the nation and its European neighbors. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Lives Lived: Pearl Eileen Dodd, 90
Eileen Dodd was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
Jays' Happ pitches four solid innings in exhibition loss to Yankees
Study: Early Americas girl 'Naia' may have been young mother
Attempted murder charge after vehicle shootings on three B.C. highways
Latest: 13th bus passenger dies from crash injuries
Authorities investigate after a deadly crash involving a van carrying church members and a pickup truck on U.S. 83 outside Garner State Park in northern Uvalde County, Texas, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The group of senior adults from First Baptist Church of New Braunfels, Texas, was returning from a retreat when the crash occurred, a church statement said. (Zeke MacCormack/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)
Sockeye to be moved from flood-threatened Idaho hatchery
11 arrested in killing of Puerto Rico police sergeant
The Latest: Snow closes schools in Alaska's largest city
Alaska Airlines, Branson clash over licensing fees
'When will feminism stop enabling stupidity?': Welcome to the feminist flame wars
Zosia Bielski
13 killed, 2 hurt when church bus and truck crash in Texas
This aerial image made from a video provided by KABB/WOAI shows a deadly crash involving a van carrying church members and a pickup truck on U.S. 83 outside Garner State Park in northern Uvalde County, Texas, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The group of senior adults from First Baptist Church of New Braunfels, Texas, was returning from a retreat when the crash occurred, a church statement said. (KABB/WOAI via AP) SAN ANTONIO OUT
Cenovus buys ConocoPhillips assets; Manulife promotes Asian head to president
Quebec national assembly remembers Jean Lapierre a year after his death
National Transportation Safety Board inspectors go over the wrecked airplane in a field Wednesday, March 30, 2016 in Havre-aux-Maison, Quebec where ex-cabinet minister Jean Lapierre, his wife Nicole Beaulieu, two of his brothers and one sister died in a failed landing Tuesday. Quebec's political class remembered Jean Lapierre on Wednesday, one year after the former MP and TV commentator died.
Attorney: Video sheds little light on New Orleans shooting
Former Hollinger lawyers sue Law Society of Upper Canada
Sign for Law Society of Upper Canada.
The Latest: Sockeye to be moved from Idaho hatchery
Singapore blogger remains in custody after granted US asylum
'His talent was evident': Whitecaps' teenage soccer phenom turning heads
Philadelphia Union's Fabinho, right, shoves Vancouver Whitecaps' Alphonso Davies off the ball during the second half of an MLS soccer game in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday March 5, 2017. Liberian-born Edmonton-raised midfielder Davies has been one of the bright spots for the Vancouver Whitecaps early in the Major Soccer League season.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canadian Western Bank becomes a more diversified play for investors
A Canadian Western Bank branch is seen in Calgary.
BET Networks announces changes in executive ranks
FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, file photo, Stephen Hill arrives at the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta. The cable channel said Wednesday, March 29, 2017, that its programming president, Hill, is stepping down. BET also announced that executive vice president Zola Mashariki is leaving. Connie Orlando, a BET senior vice president, will serve as interim programming chief after Hill's departure Friday, March 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Tami Chappell, File)
Public investment and the innovation agenda
The federal government is moving in the right direction, but must take longer-term public-equity stakes to reap the rewards and anchor footloose investments.
House approves bill to force public release of EPA science
Emerging economic might – but no rate hike in sight
Trucks unload containers from cargo ships in the Port of Montreal, Monday, January 4, 2016.
Dave & Buster's declines while Vertex Pharmaceuticals jumps
Cenovus buying most of ConocoPhillips's Canadian assets
Toronto man charged after throwing coffee at parking officer, police allege
First reactions from 'The Fate of the Furious' screening
Vin Diesel, a cast member in "The Fate of the Furious," discusses the film during the Universal Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2017 at Caesars Palace on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Book: Angelina Jolie was drug-tested for 'Tomb Raider'
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2015m file photo, actress and director Angelina Jolie Pitt arrives at the 2015 AFI Fest opening night premiere of "By The Sea," in Los Angeles. To help shed her early reputation, Jolie agreed to be drug tested during production of 2001’s “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” according to a new book. The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, released an excerpt from an upcoming biography of the former studio head Sherry Lansing, “Leading Lady.” Lansing stepped down as Paramount Pictures chairman and chief executive in 2005. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
David Friedman sworn in as Trump's ambassador to Israel
Vice President Mike Pence, left, speaks before administering the oath of office to U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman, center, accompanied by his wife Tammy, right, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Morningstar strategy targets less-familiar stocks outside the S&P/TSX composite
Thirteen picks outside of the S&P/TSX composite index to consider.
Sinclair leads Canadian squad with seven teenagers in Europe friendlies
Captain Sinclair will lead a 22-woman Canadian squad that features seven teenagers to Europe in April for a pair of testing matches against Germany and Sweden.
Arkansas board urges rejection of 3rd execution clemency bid
Russian experts paint sinister picture of Russian meddling
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., right, and the committee's Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, to discuss the committee's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The Latest: Tax hikes fund $52 billion California road plan
Ottawa chief cautions officers' solidarity display involving Abdi death
Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau speaks on February 7, 2013 at police headquarters in Ottawa.
Newly arrived to MOCA, Paynter focuses on building the 21st century museum
Brad Wheeler
The Latest: New York foster father sex abuse trial begins
SIU clears Kingston, Ont., officer after man's SUV plunges into Lake Ontario
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