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Interpol releases fugitive Red Bull heir's 'wanted' listing
This image made from the website of the international police network, Interpol, shows the "wanted" listing for the billionaire Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune, Vorayuth Yoovidhya, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Interpol listing known as a Red Notice was on its database since August 2017 but has only just made it viewable to the public. Vorayuth, better known by his nickname "Boss", is wanted in connection with a hit-and-run incident in Bangkok in September 2012, in which a Thai policeman on motorbike patrol was struck and killed by a driver in a Ferrari. (Interpol via AP)
Following her hero’s footsteps: American Elizabeth Fry swims across Lake Ontario
A person kayaks on Lake Ontario at Jack Darling Park in Mississauga, Ont., on August 2, 2017.
TIFF 2017: Confronting Caniba, the festival’s most confrontational film
Director Verena Paravel attends the photocall of the movie Caniba presented in the "Orizzonti" selection at the 74th Venice Film Festival on Sept. 4, 2017.
Ex-Rider Justin Cox facing assault charges in two separate incidents on same day
Nissan decries incremental change, seeks dramatic jumps
In this Aug. 2, 2017, photo, Nissan Motor Co. factory workers check parts of engines on an assembly line at its plant in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Aiming to get an edge on its rivals in an intensely competitive industry, Japanese automaker Nissan says it’s attempting to foster a corporate culture that will produce manufacturing innovations in leaps and bounds instead of steady incremental improvement. Its discussion of that effort is partly a swipe at bigger competitor Toyota Motor Corp. which for decades has favored the concept of “kaizen” or fine tuning and bit-by-bit progress in auto manufacturing. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Report says Winnipeg transit in shortfall due to frozen funding from province
Blue Jays play spoiler with win over faltering Orioles
The Jays’ Darwin Barney crawls into third base after stumbling in the second inning during Monday’s game against the Orioles.
Saudi Arabia says it breaks up IS attack plot, spy ring
Venezuela sets Oct. 15 for regional vote favouring opposition
Bradford, Vikings cruise past Saints 29-19 in opener
’You could feel the floor shaking’: Canadian expats on experiencing Irma
Neighbours sent Helen Gonzalez​ photos of the neighbourhood, with damage primarily involving felled trees and destroyed pool screens.​
18-month sentence for ex-Navy commander in bribery scandal
FILE - This July 4, 2001, file photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense shows U.S. Navy Commander Dave Kapaun, right, with Republic of Singapore Navy Major Danny Tan, left, and Republic of Singapore Major H .C. Lim at a reception on board the U.S. Navy dock landing ship USS Rushmore during the seventh annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Exercise. Retired U.S. Navy Commander Kapaun,who pleaded guilty to lying about his relationship with a Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard" is facing sentencing. (Kevin H. Tierney/U.S. Department of Defense via AP, file)
Old hat stolen from Quebec museum 42 years ago headed back there soon
Colombia envoy discussing UN help in verifying cease-fire
Via Rail customers get spam after security glitch; no financial info disclosed
Ryan Goins goes deep, Marco Estrada solid as Blue Jays top Orioles 4-3
Toronto Blue Jays' Teoscar Hernandez runs to home plate as he scores on a sacrifice hit by teammate Ryan Goins during inning American League MLB baseball action against the Baltimore Orioles in Toronto on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
A third of wells shut down at site of troubled gas facility
FILE - This Jan. 12, 2017 file photo shows gas gathering plant on a hilltop at the Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles. A third of the wells that inject natural gas into underground storage were taken out of service weeks after a troubled Los Angeles facility restarted following a massive blowout. Southern California Gas Co. said Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, that it notified state regulators in August that 13 of the 39 wells at Aliso Canyon were shut down after detecting a pressure buildup. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
BC NDP’s promised renters’ rebate absent from first budget
The new NDP government has committed to spend $208-million over four years on more than 1,700 new affordable housing units across the province. An additional $7-million will be given over three years to a department dealing with tenancy law.
Blind goat stolen from central Alberta animal sanctuary; reward offered
Daisy the blind goat is shown in a handout photo. Officials at an animal sanctuary near Wetaskiwin, Alta., are offering a $10,000 no-questions-asked reward for the return of Daisy.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Melissa Foley MANDATORY CREDIT
Peru expels North Korea ambassador over nuclear test blast
Ontario school board promotes literature diversity to reflect student body
Lynn Filliter, an English teacher at Jean Augustine Secondary School in Brampton, teachers her class about the components of writing a blog on Sept. 11, 2017.
Australians to soon post ballots in gay marriage survey
A mural depicting former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott during a wedding ceremony where he is both the groom and bride is displayed on a cafe wall in Sydney, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. More than 16 million registered voters among Australia's population of 24 million will receive ballots in the coming days requesting their opinion on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to wed. Abbott, who remains a government lawmaker, opposes the change. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Jagmeet Singh vows to decriminalize petty drug charges at NDP debate
Jagmeet Singh listens during the final federal NDP leadership debate in Vancouver on Sept. 10, 2017.
Minnesota Commerce Department recommends against Line 3 plan
OSAP applications rise after Ontario streamlines student-aid system
In total, a little more than 384,000 full- and part-time students headed to institutions in Ontario and abroad applied for student aid this year, compared with 313,000 last year.
Vancouver urged to make Airbnb comply with new rental rules
The Airbnb app is displayed on an iPhone and iPad.
Letters from a Jihadi: Inside the mind of a Canadian accused of joining al-Qaeda
American Elizabeth Fry swims across Lake Ontario, following Marilyn Bell's path
Turmoil threatens solid footing of Ontario Tories ahead of 2018 vote
As Patrick Brown, in Toronto in 2016, prepares for next year’s provincial election, some of his choices have divided his base of support, such as his support for sex education in Ontario’s schools.
Former Expos scouting director, Blue Jays adviser Mel Didier dies at 90
Christie disputes claims Bannon made about him in interview
Correction: United Nations-Children Migrants story
FILE - A Tuesday, July 25, 2017 file photo of Sub Saharan migrants waiting to be rescued by aid workers of Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms in the Mediterranean Sea, about 15 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. The United Nations’ children’s and migration agencies said Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 that more than three in four of the migrants aged 14-24 report being subjected to forced labor, sexual abuse and other forms of exploitation while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Italy. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios, File)
Canadian tech leaders warn new tax rules may hinder startups, innovation agenda
Canadian tech chief executives are discussing how to jump in to a roaring debate that has moved to the top of the federal political agenda since Finance Minister Bill Morneau released the controversial proposals in July.
Small Connecticut town remembers sailor killed on USS McCain
The Latest: Guatemala congress backs Morales in key vote
Protestors show their hands with a number "105" in reference to the votes needed in Congress to lift Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales' immunity in Guatemala City, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. A five-member commission of legislators has recommended lifting Morales' immunity from prosecution so he can face possible trial on campaign-financing accusations. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Former Expos scouting director, Blue Jays adviser Mel Didier dead at 90
University to investigate after police take vendor's money
The Latest: Lawmakers hear concerns over Medicaid cuts
The Latest: Judge allows sale of Alaska's largest newspaper
Winners and losers in Monday's B.C. budget
Irma claims dozens of lives across Caribbean, United States
This photo provided by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office shows the wreckage of a truck wrapped around a tree near 98th Street and Highway 1 in Marathon, Fla., in the Florida Keys on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. Authorities say they are investigating whether Hurricane Irma's wind and rains contributed to the fatal crash. (Monroe County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
The Latest: Brexit bill passes first hurdle in Parliament
Officials warn against complacency as progress made on B.C. wildfires
A helicopter outfitted with a drip torch is used to conduct a controlled burn on Mount Acland to help prevent the Finlay Creek wildfire from spreading near Peachland, B.C., on Sept. 7, 2017.
Enbridge Line 3 pipeline expansion faces new hurdle from Minnesota government
File photo of the Enbridge oil terminal facility in Hardisty, Alta., where the company's Line 3 begins.
Gov. Greitens rappels into Professional Bull Riders event
Saskatoon youth recovering after being stabbed inside St. Paul's Hospital
Hiker missing after 800-foot fall into water
Box Office Top 20: 'It' devours competition with $123.4M
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bill Skarsgard in a scene from "It." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
TIFF 2017: At film festival, the truth is out there – if you know where to look
Barry Hertz
UK says it may still join EU military missions after Brexit
Highlights of Monday's B.C. budget
Baltimore students protest planned Betsy DeVos speech
FILE- In this Aug. 9, 2017 file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is interviewed in her office at the Education Department in Washington. Some University of Baltimore students are speaking out against DeVos, their scheduled fall commencement speaker. A crowd of students filed into a courtyard near the school on Monday, Sept. 11, holding protest signs that read “support public schools #neverDeVos” and “We are DeVos-stated.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Man found incompetent for trial in college student's slaying
Gordon Pape: These ETFs offer ways to diversify your bond portfolio beyond Canada
How low can they go? Goldman cuts smart-beta fees
With its first budget, the B.C. NDP has it easy – for now
Gary Mason
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John Doyle: Why The Deuce is about porn, capitalism and today’s politics
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Stephen Lewis urges Ottawa to release historic data on Inuit tuberculosis treatment
Stephen Lewis speaks at the NDP’s Edmonton convention in an April 9, 2016 file photo.
Quotes from some Canadians in Florida after Hurricane Irma
Audrey Foy, originally from Laval, Que., picks up the mailbox on her front lawn following the passing of Hurricane Irma, Monday, September 11, 2017 in Davie, Fla. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
The Latest: Man charged with murder in 5-year-old's death
Irma evacuations the most complicated since Sept. 11, says Air Canada
Canadian tennis prospect Auger-Aliassime chasing pal Shapovalov up ATP rankings
Competition bureau signs off on Agrium-PotashCorp fertilizer merger
Som Seif's Purpose Investments to add retail assets
Som Seif is the CEO and president of Purpose Investments. Purpose has agreed to pay $32.9-million to purchase LOGiQ’s retail asset management.
Streetwise newsletter: BP files for IPO of U.S. pipeline assets; Alamos Gold to acquire Richmont Mines
Towers of major Canadian banks are seen in the Bay Street financial district in Toronto.
Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson hopes to start skating in 2-3 weeks
Ottawa Senators defenceman Erik Karlsson talks with reporters in Senators dressing room in Ottawa, Saturday, May 27, 2017. Karlsson has no timeline for his return and says he won't rush getting back to action. The star defenceman underwent surgery last June to repair torn tendons in his left foot.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Ethics Committee extends review of Guam delegate
FILE - In this June 12, 2017, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, from left, Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, talk before a House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House Ethics Committee said Sept. 11, it will continue a review of Bordallo who potentially profited from a foreign government through the rental of a home. In its announcement, the committee also released recommendations from the Office of Congressional Ethics which found “substantial reason to believe” Bordallo rented the home in Guam to the Japanese Consulate. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Police: DNA confirms identity of boy encased in concrete
Rays lose to Yanks at Citi Field, their home away from home
Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash responds to questions from the media at Citi Field before a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, in New York. The Yankees will be the visiting team for the series moved from St. Petersburg, Florida, because of Hurricane Irma. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Highlights from the B.C. NDP government’s first budget
An exterior view of the British Columbia Legislature in Victoria.
Trump wants Congress to reauthorize surveillance tool
FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2017, file photo, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. The Trump administration is urging Congress to reauthorize an intelligence surveillance law set to expire at the end of the year. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Coats wrote a letter Sept. 11, 2017, to top Republicans and Democrats in Congress, asking them to not only reauthorize it as it’s written, but make it a permanent fixture in the law books. (AP Andrew Harnik, File)
Man charged with killing 5-year-old boy in Kentucky
Optimism and ambivalence for investors in sub-Saharan Africa
A Ugandan worker levels the ground at a solar plant in Soroti, east of Kampala.
Cheaper to cancel Site C dam than delay B.C. megaproject until 2025: report
A new report concludes that it would be cheaper to cancel the Site C dam than to delay the $8.8-billion megaproject in northeast British Columbia.
Rates on short-term bills rose at US Treasury auction
Attorney: Girl in Slender Man case had 'broken mind'
Anissa Weier listens during the jury selection in the trial to determine her competency at Waukesha County Courthouse Monday, Sept 11, 2017, in Waukesha, Wis. Prosecutors allege that Weier and her friend, Morgan Geyser, lured classmate Payton Leutner into a Waukesha park in May 2014 and stabbed her 19 times. The girls have said it was an effort to to please a fictional horror character known as Slender Man. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
Sides agree to stop monkeying around in primate selfie suit
Canadian oil executives look to woo European investors on environmental concerns
A heavy hauler trucks transports material from Suncor's North Steepbank Mine in the oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alta.
Canadian power crews head south to help with Hurricane Irma recovery
Hydro One workers gather at the Husky Travel Centre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Monday, September 11, 2017 before starting their journey to Florida, where they will help with Hurricane Irma relief efforts.
Man guilty of smuggling Tamil migrants to Canada given four-year sentence
Migrants look over the side of the MV Sun Sea in Colwood, B.C., on Aug. 13, 2010.
Judge approves sale of Alaska's largest newspaper
Former Alaska Dispatch News Publisher Alice Rogoff enters the federal bankruptcy court in Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, where a judge was scheduled to determine the fate of Alaska's largest newspaper. Rogoff purchased the newspaper in 2014 for $34 million from The McClatchy Co., and filed for bankruptcy on Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Former Wildrose boss Paul Hinman seeks Alberta conservative crown, but short cash
Blue Jays pitcher Aaron Sanchez’s season slips through his fingers
The Blue Jays’ Aaron Sanchez pitches against the Red Sox on July 19, 2017.
Canadian sledge hockey team aims to back up world title with Paralympic gold
Canada's Greg Westlake, left, battles for the puck against Japan's Masaharu Kumagai during semi-final World Sledge Hockey Challenge action in Calgary, Alta., on Dec. 6, 2012.
Blue Jays' Sanchez ready to close the door on injury-filled 2017 season
Evening Update newsletter: Irma continues to ravage U.S.; B.C. NDP tables first budget
The Sunrise Motel remains flooded September 11, a day after Hurricane Irma hit East Naples, Florida.
Innovative Canadian classrooms feed students’ hunger for agricultural knowledge
Keely Hawthorne, 15, learns about sucker fish at Lacombe Composite High School in Alberta.
Report: UVA police didn't enforce fire bans during march
Contra Guys: A beer stock we're watching with a lot of interest
Benj Gallander and Ben Stadelmann.
BC NDP budget pledges major spending in health care, education, housing
B.C. Finance Minister Carole James delivers the budget as Premier John Horgan looks on from the legislative assembly in Victoria on Sept. 11, 2017.
Why superclusters may be doomed to failure
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Five-year-old Saskatoon kindergarten student dies after being found at pond
Key Brazil stock market index closes at all-time high
Rain forecast for B.C.'s dry southeast, but officials warn against complacency
West Ham beats Huddersfield for first win of Premier League season
West Ham United's French-born Ghanaian midfielder Andre Ayew celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Huddersfield Town at The London Stadium on September 11, 2017.
Three people killed in head-on crash, teen killed walking to school in N.L.
Harvey's flooding blamed in major gasoline spill in Texas
Utah teacher on leave for student quiz on sex lives, drugs
Education is key to fighting humanitarian crises: Angelina Jolie
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