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Finance minister says China can handle government debt risks
China's Finance Minister Xiao Jie waves as he arrives for a press conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress at the media center in Beijing, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Xiao tried Wednesday to defuse concern over the country's rising debt, saying government borrowing is below danger levels and regulators can prevent financial system risks. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
QMJHL Roundup: Mathieu Boucher leads Huskies in 7-1 win over Foreurs
Woman arrested after rally against controversial professor Jordan Peterson
Police watchdog investigating after 88-year-old woman dies in crash
Brad Gushue remains undefeated at Brier with win over Nova Scotia
Team Canada skip Brad Gushue delivers a rock as they play Nova Scotia at the Tim Hortons Brier at the Brandt Centre, in Regina, on March 6, 2018.
Calgary man in wheelchair straps himself to snowblower, digs out neighbours
Taylor Hall extends point streak as Devils beat Canadiens
New Jersey Devils left wing Taylor Hall skates with the puck behind the net of Montreal Canadiens goaltender Charlie Lindgren during the second period at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on March 6, 2018.
Paper notes China's 'unhappiness' over US Navy Vietnam visit
A Vietnamese passenger boat sails past U.S aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson as it docks in Danang bay, Vietnam on Monday, March 5, 2018. For the first time since the Vietnam War, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is paying a visit to a Vietnamese port, seeking to bolster both countries' efforts to stem expansionism by China in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/ Hau Dinh)
One-man show: Patrik Laine’s hat trick leads Jets past Rangers
Winnipeg Jets right wing Patrik Laine keeps the puck from New York Rangers centre David Desharnais during the third period of a game in New York, on March 6, 2018.
One-man show: Laine gets trick in Jets' 3-0 win vs Rangers
Red River College puts Winnipeg expansion on hold due to federal funding dispute
Hall extends scoring-streak to 19, Devils beat Canadiens 6-4
Raptors stage fourth-quarter comeback, top Hawks 106-90
Toronto Raptors DeMar DeRozan drives past Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schroder at Air Canada Centre on Tuesday.
The Latest: Quake death toll now at 55 in Papua New Guinea
Real Madrid beats PSG, advances to Champions League quarter-final
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates a goal against Paris Saint-Germain at Parc des Princes, Paris, France, on March 6, 2018.
CBC big winner on first night of Canadian Screen Awards
After 4 months, free Baltimore alt-weekly folds
DeRozan's 25 points leads Raptors to ugly 106-90 win over lowly Hawks
Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) drives past Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schroder (17) during second half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Heartbroken Virginia man holds giveaway contest for ring
B.C. watchdog lambastes province’s ‘awful’ child-welfare strategy
Bernard Richard, B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth, is seen at his office in Vancouver in November, 2016. Mr. Richard criticized B.C.’s NDP government on Tuesday for failing to implement changes to the province’s child-welfare system, despite solemn promises to do so.
Adult film star sues Trump over nondisclosure agreement
In this Feb. 11, 2007, file photo, Stormy Daniels arrives for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
Porn star sues Trump over nondisclosure agreement
FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2007 file photo, Stormy Daniels arrives for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. A proposal to name a Utah highway after President Donald Trump is getting pushback from state Democrats, including one suggesting a ramp should be named for porn star Stormy Daniels. Sen. Jim Dabakis on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, said he's trying to show lawmakers that many people would be offended by the idea to honor Trump for his decision to shrink two national monuments. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles,File)
Weekend vandalism in Hamilton was anti-gentrification act, blogger writes
A broken window is seen at Donut Monster, in Hamilton, Ont., on March 3, 2018.
The Latest: Justice Dept. suing Calif. over 'sanctuary' laws
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 file photo, Oakland Mayor, Libby Schaaf, center, discusses California's growing homeless crisis at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Schaaf has been at odds with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and federal immigration officials after warning last month about potential raids in Oakland. Sessions will be speaking before the California Peace Officers Association, Wednesday, March 7, to make what's being billed as a major announcement about sanctuary policy.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file)
The Latest: Weinstein Co. 'disappointed' by cancelled deal
Argentine church says it will hand over baptism certificates
Manicurist accuses Steve Wynn of sexual misconduct suit
FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2016, file photo, Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Palace, speaks during a press conference in Macau, China. A woman who says she regularly performed manicures on Wynn has filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual misconduct. The unnamed woman filed the lawsuit Tuesday, March 6, 2018, in state court in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
B.C. housing non-profits granted reprieve from last-minute property-tax increases
B.C. housing groups only discovered in early January, when assessment notices were sent out from BC Assessment, that their properties were valued at two to four times what they had been the previous year.
2 more Navy officers plead guilty in massive bribery case
Vancouver advocacy group hosts tax workshop for city’s sex workers
Carmen, left, and Emily, centre, take part in a tax workshop for sex workers with PACE Society community educator Caroline Doerksen in Vancouver on March 1.
Canada didn’t violate trade agreement in B.C. pulp mill case, NAFTA tribunal rules
Mississippi town to allow gay pride parade, reversing denial
Jurors see crime scene photos in kids slain by nanny trial
The Latest: Sanders' stepdaughter loses mayor's race
The Latest: Washington housing discrimination bill advances
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, Tyson King stands at the door of his tiny house at a homeless encampment in Seattle. In the absence of legislation to incentivize the acceptance of Section 8 vouchers, politicians and advocates have been scrambling to keep up with the surge of unsheltered residents in the state. One answer in Seattle has been the so-called tiny houses, portable 120-square-foot shacks of simple wood construction, which now include seven villages with a capacity to house 350 people since its start in 2015. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Ross Stores exceeds 4Q profit forecasts
The Latest: LA County to pay nearly $6M over inmate injury
NTSB report: Pilot struggled to control plane before crash
Delaware-based auto warranty firm faces consumer fraud probe
NAFTA tribunal rules Canada did not violate trade agreement in pulp mill case
The Latest: Deal on police shooting law under scrutiny
Ontario PC leadership candidates seek to woo social conservatives
Ontario PC Party leadership candidate Christine Elliott participates in a question-and-answer session at the Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa on Feb. 10.
Sex abuse cases against Jehovah's Witnesses church settled
Canada's men's and women's team earn wins at junior curling championship
Amazon CEO's wealth soars to new heights while Trump's sinks
Broken fan blade cited in United jet's engine failure
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
Investigators inside the Zizzi restaurant in Salisbury, England, Tuesday, March 6, 2018 near to where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal was found critically ill. Britain's counterterrorism police took over an investigation Tuesday into the mysterious collapse of a former spy and his daughter, now fighting for their lives. The government pledged a "robust" response if suspicions of Russian state involvement are proven. Sergei Skripal and his daughter are in a critical condition after collapsing in the English city of Salisbury on Sunday. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)
B.C. Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon builds a legacy in libraries
British Columbia Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon reads with Bianca McGee, left, and Tameesha Elliott, centre, both 7, at a library donated by Write to Read B.C. in Nanaimo, B.C., in December.
Toronto Police lay charges in Bridle Path mortgage-fraud scheme
The alleged scheme, Toronto police say, dates back to before 2013 and involved enticing private lenders to hand out money for mortgages for people or companies that were posing to be the owners of expensive homes, including a then-vacant 14,000-square foot Bridle Path mansion with a gated driveway.
Man charged in alleged theft of Frances McDormand’s Oscar
Terry Bryant is seen in this still image from Reuters video in Hollywood, Calif., on March 4, 2018.
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A Bay Street sign is seen in Toronto’s financial district.
The Latest: US praises Australia-East Timor treaty signing
This undated map provided by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade shows Australia's maritime arrangements with East Timor. Australia and East Timor will sign a treaty that draws the first-ver maritime border between the neighbors, resolving years of bitter wrangling with a deal that carves up billions of dollars of oil and gas riches that lie beneath the Timor Sea. Australia and its impoverished half-island neighbor will ink the agreement at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, March 5, 2018, putting to rest a dispute that has dominated and soured relations since 2002 when East Timor emerged as a fledgling sovereign nation independent of Indonesia.(Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade via AP)
Senate adds new delay to Ottawa’s cannabis-legalization plan
Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, March 1, 2018. Ms. Ginette Petitpas Taylor has already acknowledged the government will not meet its initial plan to have legal cannabis on sale before June 30.
Man pleads guilty to racist threats toward Howard University
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Ontario takes aim at gender wage gap with pay transparency bill
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne waits outside the Ontario Legislature on Feb. 20, 2018.
Proposal to name highway for Trump faces opposition in Utah
President Donald Trump speaks during news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in the East Room at the White House, Tuesday, March 6, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Chicago-based company decides not to reintroduce alcoholic beverage in Quebec
Big investor backing a blessing and curse for failed X2 Resources
Former Xstrata chief Mick Davis, shown in this file photo, started X2 Resources during the commodities downturn in 2013.
In trade retaliation, Canada won’t wait for WTO’s blessing
Maple syrup from Vermont and perhaps California wine may be on Ottawa’s hit list in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum.
B.C. launches consultations aimed at ticket price gouging for events, concerts
Industry steels itself for Trump trade action
Military Humvees at a staging yard in Baghdad in 2011. The U.S. Defence Department presented Algoma with an award in 2004 for producing armoured plates that protected the vehicles’ doors and underbodies.
Weeks after school shooting, band performs at Carnegie Hall
Members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Wind Symphony stand to receive applause after a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Three weeks after a gunman killed 17 people at their high school, the students from Parkland, Fla., followed through with a long-planned Carnegie Hall performance. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Businessman in $179M fraud sentenced to 25 years
McDougal says Nunberg should prepare to visit grand jury
Whitewater figure Susan McDougal poses for a photo in her office during an interview, Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark., where she is an associate director of pastoral services. She served 18 months for civil contempt after prosecutors said she wouldn't answer some questions before a grand jury, and said Tuesday that Sam Nunberg, an ex-campaign aide to Donald Trump who is talking about defying special counsel Robert Mueller, should prepare to testify anyway because of his recent remarks. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
Bill Nye prods Trudeau to explain Kinder Morgan pipeline decision
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on as he participates in an armchair discussion with Bill Nye at the University of Ottawa, on March 6, 2018.
Judge: Idaho must allow gender changes on birth certificates
In this Jan. 19, 2007, file photo, visitors leave the James A. McClure Federal Building & United States Courthouse in downtown Boise, Idaho. A federal judge says Idaho can't continue automatically rejecting applications from transgender people seeking to change the gender listed on their birth certificates. The judge said Monday, March 5, 2018, that the state's rules violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Troy Maben)
Lawmakers ask for new special counsel to probe DOJ "bias"
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2015, file photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Goodlatte, R-Va. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Goodlatte and Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., are calling for a new special counsel to take a broad look at whether Justice Department or FBI employees were biased as they began investigating President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia in 2016 and whether there were surveillance abuses as part of that probe. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
RBC launches first gender-diversity ETF that tracks only Canadian companies
An RBC sign is seen on Bay Street in Toronto, in this file photo.
Remains found on golf course are those of missing Barrie, Ont., woman: OPP
Provincial police say human remains found at a golf club northeast of Barrie, Ont., are those of a woman reported missing a year ago.
The Latest: Oregon labour chief weighs in on retail gun rule
FILE - This Thursday, June 1, 2017, file photo, shows a Walmart sign at one of their stores. A 20-year-old man in southern Oregon filed a lawsuit, Monday, March 5, 2018, against Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart after he says they refused to sell him a rifle. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
Washington is latest in handful of states to ban bump stocks
Lydia Ringer, 16, a junior at Roosevelt High School in Seattle, holds a sign that reads "NRA - Not Right for America," Tuesday, March 6, 2018, as she attends a rally against gun violence at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The rally was held on the same day Gov. Inslee was scheduled to sign a bill banning the sale and possession of gun bump stocks in the state of Washington. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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ATS Automation Tooling Systems assembling the Sphere Formation.
OPP say remains found on golf course those of missing Barrie, Ont., woman
Ava DuVernay's unprecedented journey to 'A Wrinkle in Time'
B.C. loses another LNG project as Woodside Petroleum axes Grassy Point
Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has axed its plans to build a liquefied natural gas project at Grassy Point in B.C.
Ontario passes concussion safety law designed to protect amateur athletes, educate coaches
A child wears a CSA-certified helmet. Ontario has passed concussion safety legislation designed to protect amateur athletes and educate coaches about the dangers of head injuries, calling the law the first of its kind in the country.
Cox sells Austin American-Statesman to GateHouse Media
Federal government puts pressure on railways to clear grain shipment backlog
A grain elevator is shown near Regina, Sask., Aug.30, 2007. The Trudeau government is putting pressure on Canada's two major railways to clear the growing backlog of grain shipments that is undermining the country's reputation as a reliable exporter and putting farmers in a cash-flow crunch.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Troy Fleece
Mexican federal prosecutors open probe of ferry explosion
Tourists and passengers disembark from a ferry on to the wharf on Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Friday, March 2, 2018. Undetonated explosives were found on another ferry that runs between the Caribbean resorts of Playa del Carmen and the island of Cozumel, authorities said, less than two weeks after a blast shook another ferry plying the same route. (AP Photo/Gabriel Alcocer)
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Biden asks unions to boost Dem in Pa. special election
Conor Lamb, center, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, and former Vice President Joe Biden, right, pose for a selfie with a supporter during a rally at the Carpenter's Training Center in Collier, Pa., Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Playboy Mansion to get protected status under deal with city
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The Latest: GOP senator blocks temporary Dreamers plan
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and other lawmakers arrive for a procedural vote as the Senate to pass legislation that would roll back some of the safeguards Congress put into place after a financial crisis rocked the nation's economy ten years ago, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Aecon profits down on lower mining activity as company awaits fate of takeover
The corporate logo of Aecon Group Inc. (TSX:ARE) is shown. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Virginia driver faces charges after running over himself
Raging River searches for relevance in a mean market
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Another strong earthquake hits northern Oklahoma
How the National Ballet’s Elena Lobsanova transforms on stage
The National Ballet of Canada’s Elena Lobsanova is seen rehearsing for The Sleeping Beauty. The principal dancer, who says she’s really sensitive to distractions, is the kind of rare performer who transforms on stage, peeling back a social veneer to expose a layer of unprocessed feeling in her dancing.
Canadian leaders must co-operate to develop cyberresilience
NAFTA: Why the U.S. wants a deal within weeks, and whether it's possible
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in the East Room at the White House, Tuesday, March 6, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Where did higher rates for savers go? Right to the banks’ bottom line
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Marines let women join West Coast combat course
Canada's anti-doping crusader buoyed by doping documentary's Oscar win
Dan Cogan, left, and Bryan Fogel, winners of the award for best documentary feature for "Icarus" pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. An Oscar win for the doping documentary "Icarus" is "a great addition" to ongoing efforts to combat corruption in sport, says a Canadian investigator whose work helped severely limit Russia's participation in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
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