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Submarine designers in Connecticut say they'll strike on May 18 if contract deal isn't reached
About 2,500 workers at Electric Boat shipyard in Connecticut plan to strike on May 18 if a tentative contract agreement is not reached with the submarine builder, the union president announced during ...
Ink, art, and community: Winnipeg Tattoo Show returns with biggest lineup yet
From Friday to Sunday, the sprawling convention floor will transform into a living gallery of body art, where guests can ...
Aritzia diversifying away from China as tariff tensions continue: CEO
Aritzia Inc. says it is shifting some of its supply chain away from China, which has been hammered with triple-digit tariffs from the United States. The Vancouver-based apparel company said Thursday ...
Scotland edges Canada in extra end in curling mixed doubles round-robin finale
FREDERICTON — Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant will head into the playoffs of the world mixed doubles curling ...
Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns
Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a ...
Trade war injects note of uncertainty into CN Rail outlook, as profits climb
Canadian National Railway Co. saw a rise in both profits and uncertainty in its latest quarter as the country’s biggest railroad operator worked through a trade war set off by U.S. President Donald ...
Mississippi sets an execution date for a man who's been on death row since 1976
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed on June 25, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Richard Gerald Jordan, 78, who was sentenced to death in ...
Advocate fears mental-health stigma after Vancouver festival tragedy
Jonny Morris, the CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s B.C. division, said there is “real fear” there could be reactionary moves that may not make the kind of difference people are seeking ...
Expect Jets, Blues, to stick with rock 'em sock 'em hockey for Game 6
People of a certain vintage will remember a toy sold in the 1970s called Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots. The hockey version, minus the actual exchanging of punches, is being sold in Winnipeg and St. Louis ...
Overdose deaths in Kentucky dropped by nearly a third last year, Gov. Beshear says
Kentucky’s drop reflected broader gains achieved in the U.S. There were about 97,000 U.S. overdose deaths in the 12 months that ended last June 30, according to provisional data from the Centers for ...
Rural crime rates consistently higher than in urban centres, StatCan data suggests
Crime rates in rural communities are consistently higher than in urban centres, suggests new data presented in a Statistics Canada report — a long-term trend one criminologist says is unsurprising.
'Planned and deliberate': Crown says man in stabbing death knew what he was doing
“The Crown submits that this was an intentional killing both planned and deliberate. The Crown submits that he decided to kill her and thought about the best way to do it,” MacPhail said Thursday.