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Trump Suggests Replacing NAFTA With Separate Bilateral Trade Deals With Canada, Mexico

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says he’d prefer to see separate bilateral trade deals with Canada and Mexico instead of the current North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump says — as he has many times before — that NAFTA has been a terrible deal for the United States, while its North American trading partners […]

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Poacher ordered by judge to watch Bambi once a month in jail

A judge has ordered an American poacher to repeatedly watch the film "Bambi" after hundreds of deer were illegally killed and beheaded. David Berry Jr, 29, was told he must view the animated Disney classic at least once each month during a jail sentence of one year. The movie includes an iconic scene in which a […]

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Trump's Auto Tariffs Would Devastate Supply Chains, Cause Mass Layoffs: Experts

MONTREAL — U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on auto imports from Canada would devastate the integrated supply chain that has been built up over decades and also cause job losses on both sides of the border, industry experts warn. “It’s definitely going to impact the whole supply chain of […]

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Family of dead migrant girl says she was healthy before being detained at US border

The family of a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in US Border Patrol custody is disputing an account from American officials who said she had not been given food or water for days. In a statement released by lawyers, the parents of Jakelin Caal said the girl had been given food and water and appeared to […]

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Amid NAFTA Turmoil, Remove Barriers To Free Trade At Home

By Germain Belzile, Senior Associate Researcher at the MEI The recent G7 Summit in Charlevoix, Que. ended on a sour note for Canada as U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Canadian protectionism, particularly in agriculture. On top of this, the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) does not seem to be going well, […]

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Donald Trump scrambles to fill chief of staff role as leading contenders rebuff advances

Donald Trump is scrambling to find a new chief of staff after leading contenders for the role reportedly rebuffed his advances.  The US president announced on Saturday that John Kelly would be vacating the post at the end of the year but he has yet to find a replacement to run the White House.  While […]

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The Great Southern Ark: Australia’s bold new plan to save its native wildlife

Conservationists in South Australia have launched an ambitious project to turn a former mining region into a refuge for some of Australia’s most threatened wildlife. The Great Southern Ark initiative will see an area the size of Hertfordshire fenced off and restocked with indigenous species, which have declined rapidly across the country due to predation […]

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Bank Of Canada Key Interest Rate Held At 1.25%

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate target on hold Wednesday, but hinted that rate hikes could be coming as it noted the Canadian economy was a little stronger than expected in the first quarter. The central bank held its target for the overnight rate — a key financial benchmark that […]

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Congo election runner up claims he won 62 per cent of vote

Losing Democratic Republic of Congo presidential candidate Martin Fayulu’s campaign said on Friday its tallies showed he had easily won the election ahead of the official winner announced by the electoral commission. Campaign official Fidele Babala told reporters Mr Fayulu won 61.51 percent of the vote, while president-elect Felix Tshisekedi took 18.86 percent and ruling coalition candidate […]

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Tories Dishing 'A Little Baloney' On Canada's Debt

OTTAWA — “Fact: When Fiscal Year 2018 begins on April 1, 2018, Canada’s market debt will be OVER $1 TRILLION for the first time ever. This is no April Fool’s joke. Justin Trudeau is failing Canadians.” — a Conservative ad posted April 1 on the Twitter page of Tory Leader Andrew Scheer. — The Opposition […]

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