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Jury selection likely to drag on in Pulse shooting trial
The U.S. District Courthouse in Orlando is seen Thursday, March 1, 2018. Jury selection in the trial of Noor Salman, the wife of Omar Matten, the shooter that killed 49 people at the Pulse Nightclub, begins Thursday and is expected to be lengthy. Salman, is charged with aiding and abetting her husband, in planning the June 16, 2016 attack. She's also been charged with obstruction of justice and faces life in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Tamara Luch)
Members of Congress lay wreath at site of King assassination
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), center, speaks while touring the Lorraine Hotel with other Members of Congress in Memphis, Tenn., Friday, March 2, 2018. Next to Lewis is U.S Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), left and U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.). Rev. Martin Luther King was assassinated at the hotel on April 4, 1968. Members of Congress are on a three-day pilgrimage to locations with ties to Martin Luther King. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)
Sheriff: Guns taken from Georgia teacher after car set afire
West Virginia teacher strike reaches 7 days without classes
200 refugees rejected by Australia have now settled in US
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes a point during a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney, Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
232 people arrested during immigration sweep in California
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf takes questions from the media during a press conference at City Hall in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2018. A top immigration official said Wednesday that about 800 people living illegally in Northern California were able to avoid arrest because of a weekend warning that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf put on Twitter. (Jane Tyska/San Jose Mercury News via AP)
Mike Huckabee leaves country music board after criticism
FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2016, photo, former Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at Inspired Grounds Cafe in West Des Moines, Iowa. Huckabee has resigned from the board for the Country Music Association Foundation after his election was swiftly criticized in the music community. On Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, Huckabee was announced as a new member of board of the directors for the charitable arm of the association that runs the annual CMA Awards and the CMA Festival. Within 24 hours, a prominent artist manager sent a letter to the foundation calling Huckabee’s election “grossly offensive” due to his political opinions and associations with the National Rifle Association. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
Olympic champion Biles back on US national gymnastics team
QMJHL Roundup: Alain's three-point night leads Armada past Cataractes 6-2
Cambodian genocide documented in victims' preserved clothes
Toronto police reject The Social co-host Marci Ien’s claims of racism
Marci Ien is a co-host on CTV’s The Social.
Warnings blanket Nevada as winter storm gains strength
Heavy winds blow snow as Ryan Foster, 25, scrapes snow from his car in the parking lot where he lives at the Donner Summit Lodge in Norden on Thursday, March 1, 2018, near Donner Summit, Calif. A major winter storm swept south through California on Thursday, bringing heavy snow and strong winds to mountains and steady rain elsewhere, while prompting mandatory evacuations for coastal areas to the south that were devastated by deadly mudslides in January. The California Department of Transportation said 90-miles stretch of Interstate 80 was closed between Colfax, California, and the Nevada state line due to whiteout conditions. (Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
Ontario PC officials discussed paying disgruntled candidate $130,000 to drop lawsuit
Businessman Snover Dhillon, centre, is seen standing between former Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown and former Conservative candidate Stockwell Day, at left.
Louis Oosthuizen has early lead at WGC-Mexico Championship
Louis Oosthuizen plays his second shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the WGC-Mexico Championship at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City, Mexico, on March 1, 2018.
Body found thought to be that of missing Denver teacher
Australian prosecutor drops 1 sex charge against cardinal
Weinstein Company revives sale deal, staving off bankruptcy
In this Nov. 23, 2011 file photo, film producer Harvey Weinstein poses for a photo in New York. The Weinstein Company’s board of directors says the company, co-founded in 2005 by Harvey Weinstein, is expected to file for bankruptcy protection after last-ditch talks to sell its assets collapsed.
Ottawa facing calls to bolster fentanyl screening
More than 500 fentanyl pills were seized in an ALERT bust on April 23/2015. Five people from Edmonton were arrested along with a Kelowna man.
Canada’s Brooke Henderson three shots back at Women’s World Championship
Brooke Henderson plays her shot from the ninth tee during round one of the HSBC Women's World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club, in Singapore, on March 1, 2018.
Man who lost relatives to drunk driver says SGI keeping bars accountable
Harvey Weinstein 'Casting Couch' statue debuts pre-Oscars
Disney pushes 'Mulan' to 2020, moves 'Avengers' up a week
New St. Michael’s College president touts value of Catholic education
David Sylvester, the current president of King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario, and a long-time leader in Catholic higher education, will become the next president of the University of St. Michael’s College, in the University of Toronto, the campus of which is seen in this file photo.
Manchester City gives Arsenal its second trouncing in a week
Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey battles for the ball with Manchester City’s Ilkay Gundogan at Emirates Stadium in London on Thursday.
The Latest: Storm warnings blanket Nevada; Tahoe blizzard
Rep removes Twitter 'like' slamming school shooting survivor
Denver International Airport closes last smoking lounge
Bloc Québécois eyes stripping party membership from dissidents who left caucus
Bloc Québécois leader Martine Ouellet salutes supporters during a rally on March 18, 2017, in Montreal.
AP source: Ex-FBI No. 2 to be criticized in watchdog report
FILE - In this June 7, 2017 file photo, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe appears before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department's inspector general is expected to criticize former FBI Deputy Director McCabe as part of its investigation into the bureau's handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday, March 1. 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
The Latest: L.L. Bean raises age to 21 to buy rifles
FILE - In this June 5, 2017, file photo, customers shop for food at Walmart in Salem, N.H. Walmart says it will no longer sell firearms and ammunition to people younger than 21. The retailer's new policy comes after Dick's Sporting Goods announced earlier Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, that it would restrict the sale of firearms to those under 21 years old. It didn't mention ammunition. Walmart says the decision came after a review of its firearm sales policy in light of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
20 questions with UBC President Santa Ono
Santa Ono, seen after being appointed president of UBC in 2016, says he admires Yo-Yo Mafor his remarkable artistry and the generosity he shows to all around him.
Oscars 2018: Who will win, and who should win
Second World War epic Dunkirk, may be too old-fashioned of a choice for best picture, but it's majesty and power is undeniable.
The Latest: Group says it alerted billboard over gun debate
South Korea's Moon plans to send envoy to North Korea soon
In this March 1, 2018, photo, a conservative activist with a card showing a portrait of South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, attends a ceremony to celebrate the March First Independence Movement Day, the anniversary of the 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule, in Seoul, South Korea. Moon plans to send a special envoy to North Korea soon to set up more meaningful dialogue between the rivals that Seoul hopes will eventually include discussions over disarming the North of nuclear weapons. The signs read: " Constitutional reform plot." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Colorado man freed from 300-year term for child sex assault
Prosecutors dismiss charges against Denver safety Will Parks
Ontario PC leadership vote opens amid concerns over online process
Ontario PC leadership candidates Tanya Granic Allen and Caroline Mulroney shake hands as Christine Elliott and Doug Ford leave the stage following a debate in Ottawa on Feb. 28.
US complying with Iran deal, judge says in Boeing ruling
Police: Car explodes when cigarette lit after body spray
Handling of Bruce McArthur investigation further complicates Toronto police involvement in Pride
A woman holds a flag during the Pride parade in Toronto on June 25, 2017.
Parole Board of Canada puts conditions on Edmonton hostage taker's release
Police tactical team members leave the Workers Compensation Board building in Edmonton, Alberta on Wednesday, October 21, 2009. A man who took nine people hostage at gunpoint in Edmonton is again eligible for statutory release but he will be required to return to a half-way house each night and abide by seven other conditions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jimmy Jeong
Twitter CEO asks for help on 'civility'; YouTube stumbles
This combo photo of images shows the Twitter app and YouTube logo. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is asking for help improving the openness and civility of conversation on Twitter, saying the company failed to prevent misinformation, echo chambers and abuse of its global messaging service. (AP Photo)
Report: No laws broken by Greitens staff using secretive app
Dad whose baby died in hot car won't be prosecuted
10 Things to Know for Friday
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday, March 1, 2018. The rocket is carrying the GOES-S weather satellite. (Craig Bailey /Florida Today via AP)
Ontario is courting a home-care fiasco
André Picard
Officials say marshal slain on duty was hit by friendly fire
FILE - This Aug. 16, 2006, file photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Deputy U.S. Marshal Christopher David Hill, shot to death early Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, while serving an arrest warrant inside a home in Harrisburg, Pa. Laboratory tests indicate Hill was killed by a bullet that was fired by a fellow officer and passed through a wall, Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo said Thursday, March 1, 2018. Hill was a U.S. Army veteran and native of Sacramento, California, who served the U.S. Marshals Service for 11 years. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP, File)
Ex-NYPD deputy chief pleads guilty to criminal charge
Outfielder Ezequiel Carrera out-righted to triple-A Buffalo by Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays' Ezequiel Carrera makes his way towards the dug out during first inning Major League baseball action against the Minnesota Twins, in Toronto on Sunday, August 27, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
4 teens charged in Oklahoma football team sex assault case
Trump EPA moves to roll back more rules on fuels pollution
FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting with state and local officials in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration is rewriting Obama-era rules governing pollution from oil and gas operations and coal ash dumps, moves that opponents say will significantly weaken protections for human health and the environment. The EPA announced the changes Thursday, March 1, the latest in series of actions in the last year to roll back regulations opposed by the fossil-fuel industry. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Weinstein Co. revives sale deal, staving off bankruptcy
FILE - In this April 7, 2014 file photo, Maria Contreras-Sweet speaks during a ceremonial swearing in as Administrator of the Small Business Administration in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. A group of investors says it has revived a deal to buy assets of the Weinstein Co., potentially saving the beleaguered studio from bankruptcy. The announcement Thursday came just four days after the Weinstein Co. announced it was pulling out of the sale and would file for bankruptcy for protection. Businesswoman Contreras-Sweet is leading the investors' group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Yukon government plans to turn deficit into surplus by 2021 budget
Review: Eli Roth’s Death Wish will make you wish you were dead, too
Camila Morrone, left, and Elisabeth Shue play daughter and wife to Bruce Willis, taking over for Charles Bronson, in Eli Roth’s Death Wish.
Streetwise newsletter: Calgary energy services firms combine in reverse takeover; TD extends banks’ winning streak
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
Investigation uncovers Calgary-based crime ring with links to drugs, homicides: police
Police say a year-long investigation has uncovered a Calgary-based organized crime ring believed to have connections to cross-border drug trading and two homicides.
Court orders hearing on whether migrant teen wants abortion
DA: Woman, 3 young children found dead in Massachusetts home
Police search around a home in West Brookfield, Mass., Thursday, March 1, 2018. Several people have been found dead inside a home in Massachusetts. (Allan Jung/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP)
Utah lawmaker wants to name highway after Donald Trump
American to sell no-frills tickets for Europe flights
These stocks are set to see big moves on Friday
A production line at Ford Motor Co. of Canada’s plant in Oakville, Ont. The company is a customer of auto parts firm Martinrea International.
Taylor Swift taps Camila Cabello, Charli XCX as tour openers
This combination photo shows, from left, Taylor Swift, Camila Cabello and Charli XCX. Swift said Thursday on Instagram that Cabello and Charli XCX will join her this spring and summer on tour. “Reputation” came out in November on Big Machine Records and became 2017’s best-selling album in the country. Swift’s tour, her fifth worldwide, kicks off May 8 in Arizona. (AP Photo)
Investigation uncovers Calgary crime ring with links to drugs and homicides
A truck-load of seized drugs are seen in this undated handout photo. Police say a year-long investigation has uncovered a Calgary-based organized crime ring believed to have connections to cross-border drug trading and two homicides. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Agency says it must spy on buses with Apple, Google workers
File - In this June 14, 2013 file photo, a Google shuttle bus arrives at 18th and Dolores streets to pick up employees in San Francisco. A transit agency in Silicon Valley has set up six cameras in an effort to count how many buses carrying Apple, Google and other tech employees are using its roads. Officials with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority say the companies have been unwilling to share information about their shuttle buses and they are having to "spy" on them with video cameras. (Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
Smith & Wesson maker’s stock plunges on darkening gun sales outlook
An exhibit booth for firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson is seen on display at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Chicago, Ill., October 26, 2015.
Oops! Errant email said students who vote won't have finals
Texas teen arrested with rifle, ammo near high school
This undated photo shows Diego Horta. Horta is being held on $2 million bond after a police officer encountered him sitting in his car outside of a high school sporting event with a rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition. Rowlett police arrested 17-year-old Diego Horta on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, on drug and weapons charges. (Dallas County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Regulator finds ‘insufficient’ reason to freeze B.C. electricity rates
Premier John Horgan is joined by Minister of Energy Michelle Mungall at an event in Victoria in December. Mr. Horgan and Ms. Mungall had promised to freeze electricityrates at BC Hydro, but the province's utilities regulator has rejected that request.
Army officer: China, Russia don't fear US cyber retaliation
Army Lieutenant General Paul Nakasone arrives at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to discuss his qualifications as nominee to be National Security Agency Director and U.S. Cyber Command Commander, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Turnover, investigations have Trump administration adrift
President Donald Trump arrives to speak to the White House Opioid Summit in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 1, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Appeals court denies bid to reconsider ruling on Peace Cross
Does anyone want to work at this White House?
Lawrence Martin
Former Tennessee school bus driver convicted in fatal crash
In this Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 photo, Johnthony Walker testifies during his trial in Judge Don Poole's courtroom at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Chattanooga, Tenn. Walker, a Tennessee school bus driver, is standing trial for a Nov. 21, 2016 bus crash that killed six elementary school children. (Erin O. Smith/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
Ex-Colombia guerrilla leader hospitalized with chest pain
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2018 file photo, presidential candidate Rodrigo Londono, a former rebel leader known as Timochenko, concludes his speech at a campaign inauguration to present congressional candidates for the political party formed by the former guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, in Bogota, Colombia. The group known as the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force said Thursday, March 1, that Londono is under medical observation. A doctor at the San Rafael Hospital tells BLU Radio he may have suffered an “acute coronary” event. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)
U.S. says it plans to sell 210 anti-tank missiles to Ukraine
Destroyed tanks and armoured vehicles are seen on a road in the town of Uglegorsk, Ukraine, on Feb. 7, 2015.
Debt-fuelled merger: Calgary energy services firms combine in reverse takeover
White House denies security adviser McMaster is departing
Fox to air 'O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?' special
FILE - In this July 20, 2017 file photo, former NFL football star O.J. Simpson attends his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev. Fox TV says it will air an O.J. Simpson special including an unseen 2006 interview in which he theorizes about what happened the night his ex-wife was murdered. The two-hour special, with the provocative title "O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?" will air 8 p.m. EST Sunday, March 11. Soledad O'Brien is the host. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool)
Why I'm feeling really bullish about the energy sector right now
David Rosenberg
Globe editorial: To save lives in Toronto, slow down the vehicles
Flowers, stuffed animals and handwritten notes are placed by a memorial set up near St. Raphael Catholic School in Toronto on Jan 16, 2018. A five-year-old girl died from injuries after she was struck by an unoccupied vehicle the day before and pinned against her father’s SUV.
Morneau misses mark on Canada’s challenges
Finance minister Bill Morneau being interviewed in Toronto, on Thursday, March 1, 2018.
As curling changes, young skips still learn from those who came before
John Heinzl's model dividend growth portfolio as of Feb. 28, 2018
Barcelona sends signed jersey to hero student in US
FC Barcelona's Messi, left, against Las Palma's Ximo Navarro during a Spanish La liga soccer match at the Gran Canaria stadium in the Canary island of Las Palmas, Thursday March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Lucas de Leon)
Business Highlights
Ontario NDP leader reinstates chief of staff accused of mishandling misconduct complaints in Manitoba
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath speaks at a news conference at Legislative Assembly of Ontario, in Toronto, on Jan. 25, 2018.
Couillard to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard responds to reporters questions during a visit to a microbrewery in Stoneham, Que., Thursday, March 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Review: Nostalgia is a forgettable movie about remembering our loved ones
Amber Tamblyn in Nostalgia.
Evening Update newsletter: U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports; Russia’s nuclear weapons; stocks plunge
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Feb. 27, 2018.
Grain farmers want action on railway bottleneck as planting season approaches
A Canadian Pacific Rail train hauling grain passes through Calgary, Thursday, May 1, 2014.
SEC dropped inquiry a month after firm aided Kushner company
FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2017 file photo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. Kushner has lost his access to the nation’s deepest secrets, which could be problematic in his role overseeing the Trump administration’s efforts to produce Mideast peace. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Latest: Missouri AG opens inquiry into Greitens' charity
Guatemala judge OKs corruption probe for ex-president
Juan Alberto Fuentes, former Guatemalan finance minister, stands with his lawyer just before the court ruling on whether he will be released, in Guatemala City, Thursday, March 1, 2018. A judge is to decide whether a case of suspected corruption proceeds against former President Alvaro Colom and 12 former Cabinet ministers, that include Fuentes who recently resigned as the president of Oxfam International . (AP Photo/Luis Soto)
Critics call for Morneau's ouster from pharmacare file over remarks about study
Finance minister Bill Morneau spoke at a breakfast event co-hosted by the Canadian Club and the Empire Club in Toronto, on Thursday, March 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Homeless man, customer told to leave McDonald's
Little substance behind Doug Ford's populist message, but he may still win: experts
Some quotes on Trump declaring plans for global tariffs on steel and aluminum
Lawmakers seek option to alter impact of ballot initiatives
FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, Rep. Brad Daw, R-Orem, walks off after testifying during a hearing at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers facing the possibility that voters could change laws on several hot-button issues this year are approving a plan to delay any new measures that pass at the ballot box. Daw said Thursday, March 1, 2018, there are an unusually high number of ballot initiatives in the works on things like medical marijuana, school funding and Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Family, friends excited as player from Saskatchewan First Nation makes NHL debut
The Edmonton Oilers have recalled Ethan Bear from the American Hockey League's Bakersfield Condors. Calgary Flames forward Marek Hrivik (46) is chased by Edmonton Oilers defenceman Ethan Bear (74) as goalie Cam Talbot looks for the puck during first period NHL preseason split-squad hockey action in Edmonton on Monday, September 18, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Author cancels graduation speech amid harassment allegations
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2017 file photo, author Daniel Handler attends the world premiere of Netflix's "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" in New York. Recent accusations of sexual harassment against Handler have cost him the role of commencement speaker at Wesleyan University. He will be replaced by Anita Hill, who testified in 1991 that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her. She's now a professor at Brandeis University and already was scheduled to receive an honorary degree at Wesleyan's May graduation ceremony. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
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