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Canadian CEO faces U.S. conspiracy charges
Canadian CEO charged with conspiring to sell unhackable phones to criminals
Zimbabwe’s ex-leader Mugabe calls his ouster a ‘disgrace’
— Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has given his first interview since being forced from power in November, describing his removal as a “coup” and a “disgrace.”
Tens of thousands rally in Slovakia, demand early election
— Tens of thousands of Slovaks took the streets for a third week to demand early elections, saying this week’s resignation by Robert Fico as prime minister was insufficient to guarantee a crackdown on corruption.
Teen found guilty of planting London subway bomb
— A teenage Iraqi asylum-seeker who told police he had been trained by the Islamic State group was convicted of attempted murder on Friday for planting a homemade bomb on a London subway train.
Six things you can do close to home this weekend
March break is a wrap, but that doesn’t mean the fun has stopped. Here are six things you can do close to home.
Business books: Getting ready to jump careers?
So what would you be doing if fear wasn’t a factor?
Careless smoking sparks $100,000 damage to Hamilton highrise
Officials believe blaze was caused by a discarded cigarette
Getting ready to jump careers?
So what would you be doing if fear wasn’t a factor?
Wynne defends throne speech decision
Wynne defends throne speech decision as opponents accuse her of trying to hit reset button
'He ran away': Fake cop tries to gain entry to Mississauga house
He showed a fake badge, police say
Hamilton promised $370 million in new transit cash
Hamilton can expect a major transit cash influx of $372 million over the next decade under a new infrastructure spending agreement between the province and federal government.
City looks to shrink Ancaster monster homes
The city is eyeing a maximum building height of two storeys in older Ancaster neighbourhoods as part of efforts to curtail so-called monster homes.
Dundas' Valley Community Park pavilion planned this summer
Washroom proposed for next year at cost of $270,000
Police say Indiana man took taxi to and from bank robbery
Police say Indiana man took taxi to and from bank robbery
Canada sends more aid for Rohingya refugees
Approaching monsoon season sparks concerns for refugees in Bangladesh
B.C., three northwest U.S. states strengthen ties
B.C., three northwest U.S. states join forces on trade, addiction, environment
Feds pressed anew on drug testing rules
Drug testing proposal splits group helping Liberals on workplace policies
New LCBO in Winona opens
The LCBO has opened the doors of its new location in Winona.
OSC charges Stanislaw Pasyk with fraud
OSC charges Stanislaw Pasyk with fraud in sale of securities of A4 Diamonds
L'Oreal buys Toronto startup ModiFace
Cosmetics giant L'Oreal buys Toronto augmented reality startup ModiFace
Eastgate Square’s former Sears site remains empty
Eastgate Square representatives say the mall is considering a number of choices for its former Sears site.
Dead man walking: Court rejects Romanian's claim he's alive
Dead man walking: Court rejects Romanian's claim he's alive
Dundas' Grightmire Arena delays result in planned "phased" opening
Access to new addition would be limited while hockey begins on time
Into the woods: temporary homes in Toronto's ravines
Into the woods: a glimpse at the temporary homes in Toronto's ravines
The worldwide population bomb has been defused
Unlike other animals, humanity has voluntarily limited its reproduction
Radio-Canada reporter arrested for alleged harassment for requesting interview
Radio-Canada says it is standing behind a reporter who was arrested this week after the subject of a story he was working on lodged a complaint with police.
Manufacturing sales fell 1% in January
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 1.0 per cent in January
4 charged in slew of residential break-ins in Oakville and Burlington
Four people have been charged in connection with a lengthy Halton-York police investigation into a series of residential break-ins in Halton and the Greater Toronto Area.
Four charged in slew of residential break-ins in Oakville and Burlington
Four people have been charged in connection with a lengthy Halton-York police investigation into a series of residential break-ins in Halton and the GTA.
Manufacturing sales fell 1.0% in January
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 1.0 per cent in January
Dundas tow truck collision investigated by chief coroner
Ministry of Transportation found no mechanical problems with tow truck.
Manulife trims Canadian workforce
— About 35 Manulife employees in Waterloo Region have been let go as the financial service and insurance company trims its Canadian workforce.
Councillor calls Taro dump expansion ‘a big con’
Terrapure Environmental has picked its preferred expansion option for the Taro industrial dump — one the area’s councillor says completes “a big con” started five years ago.
Discovering town’s hidden gems
Participants in the second annual Dunnville Urban Challenge are going to have an opportunity to discover some more of the town’s hidden gems this year.
Hamilton parents still lukewarm on school-issued iPads
For the second year in a row, the Hamilton public school board’s initiative to provide iPads to students in grades 4 to 12 had the least support among respondents to an online survey on six budget priorities.
Ontario Tories say Brown ineligible to run
NewsAlert: Patrick Brown says not running in Ontario spring election
B.C. motorist fined after reporting student driver
B.C. woman ticketed after complaining to RCMP about student driver
No optimal level for household debt: feds
No way to know if debt to income ratio has climbed too high: federal officials
Man charged with killing woman, two teens
Man to appear in court after the deaths of a woman and two teens in Ajax, Ont.
Trans Mountain gets injunction against protesters
Injunction hearing told pipeline critics 'inconvenience' Kinder Morgan in B.C.
Ottawa 'determined' to see pipeline built: Carr
Ottawa 'determined' to see Trans Mountain pipeline expanded: minister
Russia will expel British diplomats in poisoning standoff
Russia said Friday that it will expel British diplomats and halt high-level meetings with the U.K. in an increasingly global standoff over the nerve agent attack on an ex-spy — but still isn't saying who will be kicked out or when.
The Bridge holding AGM April 25
The Bridge: From Prison To Community is holding its annual general meeting April 25, 7 p.m. at South Gate Presbyterian Church.
Fallen bridge: Toll up to 6 dead as officials seek answers
Six people were killed and 10 others hospitalized in the collapse of a pedestrian bridge under construction at Florida International University, police said Friday as state and federal investigators worked to determine how and why the five-day-old span failed.
Fading Vero hype shows fickle nature of Internet
Vanishing Vero? Fading hype for social media fad shows fickle nature of Internet
Pot producers looking past retail to pharmaceuticals for long-term revenue
Canadians are counting down to the legalization of recreational marijuana this summer, but industry players are already racing to get ahead in a potentially more lucrative market segment for the plant in the years to come: cannabis-based pharmaceuticals.
Canada’s clean tech industry falling behind
Canada’s share of the fastest growing industry in the world has been shrinking over the last decade — and a new report says it’s time to step it up or miss out on a trillion-dollar opportunity.
Heroux-Devtek to lay off staff in Longueuil after loss of contract
Heroux-Devtek Inc. is laying off workers after the aviation company’s bid for a new contract with the U.S. Air Force was rejected.
Demand for training videos surges in #MeToo era
The scene, filmed inside a Manhattan coffee shop, is a classic of the genre. A male boss, clad in khakis with a laptop bag slung over his shoulder, tells his younger female employee she’s up for a promotion. Then her smile quickly fades.
Household debt-to-income ratio edges lower
The ratio of Canadian household debt relative to income edged down slightly in the fourth quarter of last year, raising speculation that the growth in debt may have turned a corner.
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