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• Child abuse paediatrician testifies at Stephan retrial - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2019 23:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Child abuse paediatrician testifies at Stephan retrial  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Compared with the testimony and cross-examination of most of the Crown witnesses, Dr. Jennifer D'Mello's time on the stand on ...
  
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• Judge won’t dismiss charges against Alberta couple charged in son’s meningitis death

  20-06-2019 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta couple charged in the meningitis death of their toddler wants a judge to dismiss the case against them.
  
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• David and Collet Stephan ask trial judge to dismiss charges

  20-06-2019 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta couple charged in the meningitis death of their toddler wants a judge to dismiss the case against them.
  
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• Storm drain exploration prompts emergency response

  20-06-2019 23:34
  The Calgary Fire Department is reminding people not to go into the city's storm drain system after a group of eight kids went exploring Thursday afternoon and thought one of them got lost inside. Fire crews were called to the 4900 block of 53rd Street N.W. about 2 p.m. by the kids themselves after they discovered one member of the group was missing when they came back out. After some searching, it turned out the youngster thought lost wasn’t in the storm drain system after all, but had gon
  
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• Duke and Duchess of Sussex to start new foundation - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2019 23:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Duke and Duchess of Sussex to start new foundation  Lethbridge News NowLONDON - Kensington Palace says the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be starting their own foundation to suppor...
  
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• Man killed after being pinned under delivery truck

  20-06-2019 22:44
  Police are investigating after a man was found dead under a vehicle in the southwest community of Elboya. Emergency crews were called to the 700 block of 49th Avenue S.W. at 1 p.m. for reports a man was pinned under a delivery truck, according to EMS. They discovered a man dead at the scene. Crews are now working to lift the truck and free the man’s body. More to come ...
  
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• Never-before-seen photos from 9/11 cleanup made public

  20-06-2019 22:42
  A remarkable collection of photos taken in the days and weeks following the terrorist attack in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, has been made public for the first time. The photos show workers and heavy machinery sifting through the rubble of the World Trade Center towers at Ground Zero. The photographer is believed to be a man who was one of many tasked with cleaning up the site.Reading on an app? Click here to see all the photos Jason Scott, an American archivist and historian, said on Twitte
  
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• Alberta government keeps promise to cancel construction of medical superlab

  20-06-2019 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta is cancelling construction of a medical superlab in Edmonton and scrapping a plan to put all laboratory services under government control.
  
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• Elections Canada scraps social media 'influencers' to encourage youth vote

  20-06-2019 21:59
  OTTAWA -- Elections Canada has scrapped plans to use social-media "influencers" to persuade young Canadians to register to vote in this fall's federal election. Chief electoral officer Stephane Perrault said Thursday that a final vetting of 13 people chosen for the campaign -- athletes, YouTubers and other television and social-media celebrities-- turned up some past activities that could be seen as partisan.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, delivered twice weekly to your inbox and ev
  
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• Own a MacBook Pro? Apple issues voluntary recall due to 'safety risk'

  20-06-2019 21:50
  Apple issued a voluntary recall for a limited number of MacBook Pro laptops on Thursday due to a risk of overheating batteries that could pose a safety risk. The notice affects a select number of 15-inch MacBook Pro computers mostly sold between September 2015 and February 2017. Affected laptops can be identified by their serial number. Customers are encouraged to check online to see if their laptop is eligible for a free battery replacement. Service to replace the battery could take one to two
  
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• Tampa Bay Rays exploring partial move to Montreal: MLB commissioner

  20-06-2019 21:27
  Regular season big league baseball could be returning to Montreal once again. Major League Baseball’s executive council approved the Tamps Bay Rays’ request to explore the possibility of splitting regular season games in Florida and Montreal, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Thursday after the owners’ meetings. Though the plan is still in its infancy, the Rays would play in new stadiums in each city, with the later games being played in Quebec. The exact number of home ga
  
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• 46-year-old Ontario man jailed for rape committed at 17 after DNA tests

  20-06-2019 21:20
  TORONTO -- A convicted rapist has been handed an eight-year adult sentence for viciously attacking a sex-trade worker almost 30 years ago, when he was a young offender, in a crime that took decades to solve through DNA. Court documents show the knife-point rape and robbery of the woman identified as S.W. occurred in Toronto's gay village in August 1990. The perpetrator can only be identified as R.D.M. because he was 17 years old at the time. Evidence was R.D.M. and another male who has never bee
  
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• Correction: California-Vaccination Legislation story - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2019 21:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Correction: California-Vaccination Legislation story  Lethbridge News NowSACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a story June 18 about changes to a vaccinations bill, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the group Educate. Advocate.
  
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• Trudeau welcoming Raptors, but Trump uncertain for White House visit - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2019 21:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trudeau welcoming Raptors, but Trump uncertain for White House visit  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — While plans are underway for the Toronto Raptors to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a White House visit for the NBA champions is ...
  
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• B.C. Conservative MP Mark Warawa dies after cancer diagnosis - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2019 21:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  B.C. Conservative MP Mark Warawa dies after cancer diagnosis  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA - Conservative MP Mark Warawa has died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year. ...
  
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• Christian group petitions Netflix to cancel Amazon Prime's 'Good Omens'

  20-06-2019 20:52
  More than 20,000 people have a bone to pick with the new TV show “Good Omens” starring an angel and demon teaming up to stop the end of the world. Christian group Return to Order created a now-defunct petition addressed to Netflix to cancel the six-episode series, despite the fact the series is actually made by Amazon Prime. The series, which was released last month, follows the story of the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley collaborating to stop the coming of the antichrist and
  
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• Alberta launches promised constitutional challenge of federal carbon tax

  20-06-2019 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  The government said the federal tax, which is imposed on any province that doesn't establish its own policy, "disrupts the balance of Canada's federation."
  
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• Youth nabbed while trying sell stolen iPhone in police parking lot - CTV News Calgary

  20-06-2019 20:27 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Youth nabbed while trying sell stolen iPhone in police parking lot  CTV News CalgaryLethbridge police say a 17-year-old boy has been charges after he was arrested trying to sell a phone to an undercover officer in a 'Safe Exchange Zone.'
  
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• Youth nabbed while trying sell stolen iPhone in police parking lot

  20-06-2019 20:27
  Lethbridge police say a 17-year-old boy has been charges after he was arrested trying to sell a phone to an undercover officer in a 'Safe Exchange Zone.' Police were first alerted on June 13 about an iPhone listed for sale on a Facebook page that the rightful owner said was stolen. Police say the phone had been taken from an office building on 2A Avenue N. in Lethbridge. A subsequent investigation led officers to confirm that the phone for sale was indeed the handset that had been taken and took
  
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• Desjardins says info for 2.9M members shared outside of organization

  20-06-2019 20:21
  MONTREAL -- Desjardins Group says the personal information of more than 2.9 million of its members has been shared with individuals outside of the organization. The Quebec-based financial institution says the breach affects 2.7 million individual members and 173,000 business members. It says the situation is the result of unauthorized and illegal use of its internal data by an employee who has since been fired. Personal members may have had several pieces of personal information released includi
  
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• Alberta premier under fire for handing out earplugs during legislative debate

  20-06-2019 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is under scrutiny for handing out earplugs during debate in the legislature late Wednesday night.
  
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• Alberta premier hands out earplugs during debate on bill affecting union rights

  20-06-2019 20:04
  EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Jason Kenney passed out earplugs in the legislature overnight as his government invoked a time limit on debate over a bill that strips some bargaining rights for 180,000 public-sector workers. The bill passed Thursday morning following an all-night session during which Kenney walked up and down the aisles dispensing bright-orange earplugs to United Conservative caucus members so they could tune out criticism from the Opposition NDP. New Democrat Thomas Dang said he wa
  
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• NDP MLA David Eggen calls out premier, UCP caucus over earplug move

  20-06-2019 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  Jun 20 – During debate in the Alberta legislature Wednesday night, Premier Jason Kenney handed out earplugs. The move was not taken lightly, with NDP MLA David Eggen stopping debate to call out the caucus.
  
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• Suspect in Calgary homicide investigation arrested in Nova Scotia

  20-06-2019 19:35
  A 48-year-old man from Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia has been arrested and charged in connection with the ongoing investigation into the death of Calgarian Jeremy Boisseau. Barry Roach was arrested on Wednesday, June 19 at his home in Nova Scotia. He has been charged with indignity to a body as part of the ongoing investigation into Boisseau's death. The body of the missing 29-year-old was located in a wooded area north of Waiparous, off Forestry Trunk Road, in October 2018. Police believe Boiss
  
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• Sexual assault charges against Calgary pastor withdrawn

  20-06-2019 18:42
  A Catholic priest who had faced multiple charges following a police investigation into allegations of sexual assault has had the charges against him withdrawn. On Thursday, the Crown withdrew charges against Malcolm Joe D'Souza in a hearing that lasted less than a minute.In withdrawing the charges, Crown prosecutor Elliot Baker told provincial court judge Margaret Keelaghan simply "I am advising the court all charges are being withdrawn." Father D'Souza, a former pastor at St. Mark's Roman Catho
  
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• Sexual assault charge against Calgary pastor withdrawn

  20-06-2019 18:42
  A Catholic priest who had faced multiple charges following a police investigation into allegations of sexual assault has had the charges against him withdrawn. On Thursday, the Crown withdrew charges against Malcolm Joe D'Souza in a hearing that lasted less than a minute.In withdrawing the charges, Crown prosecutor Elliot Baker told provincial court judge Margaret Keelaghan simply "I am advising the court all charges are being withdrawn." Father D'Souza, a former pastor at St. Mark's Roman Catho
  
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• QuadrigaCX founder transferred customers' funds to his own accounts: report

  20-06-2019 18:09
  HALIFAX -- The accounting firm investigating the unseemly demise of Canada's QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange is accusing the company's late founder of creating fake trades and transferring customer funds into his personal accounts, where the money was used for high-risk trading and to enrich his lifestyle. "Substantial funds were transferred to Mr. (Gerald) Cotten personally and other related parties," says the report, prepared by Ernst and Young as it oversees the defunct company's bankruptc
  
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• Authorities issue advisories for Bow and Elbow Rivers

  20-06-2019 17:14
  Officials with the City of Calgary are advising residents to stay off the Bow and Elbow Rivers because of higher than normal flow rates. The province issued the high streamflow advisory on both waterways on Thursday morning and the city is advising against all boating and watercraft activities on both waterways.We're advising Calgarians against boating and all other watercraft activities on the Elbow and Bow Rivers due to a high streamflow.Stream levels are rising or expected to rise, although w
  
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• Indigenous group seeking to buy TMX to meet with industry leaders in Calgary

  20-06-2019 17:05
  Members of a First Nations group vying to buy an ownership stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will be in Calgary on Thursday. Two founders of Project Reconciliation, executive chair Delbert Wapass and managing director Steve Mason, will be taking part in an energy industry panel discussion. The conference is expected to take place at the Calgary Petroleum Club at 11 a.m. We will have more details on the discussion as they come in…
  
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• Cellphone use may be causing young adults to grow horns on skulls

  20-06-2019 16:57
  Humans appear to be growing horn-like protrusions at the back of the head, and researchers believe smartphones and tablets may be to blame. Two Australian academics have been studying the phenomenon for several years. Their research lays out a compelling case for the use of handheld electronics leading to a noticeable change in the skeletons of young adults.Have neck pain? Your smartphone might be to blameDavid Shahar and Mark Sayers began looking at the issue when Shahar – a practising ch
  
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• Price tag the biggest challenge for Bow Valley transit project

  20-06-2019 16:46
  A city committee is taking a closer look at a proposed plan that would connect Calgarians to the mountains by bus and by rail. The Banff-Calgary Mass Transit project would link up Canmore, Cochrane and the City of Calgary with the mountain community. A report, released earlier this year, said the project would have a significant impact on the amount of highway traffic. If it goes ahead, the transit corridor could see an estimated 200,000 to 490,000 people using the bus service and between 220,00
  
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• WestJet pleased with reception in Lethbridge - Lethbridge Herald

  20-06-2019 16:42 via lethbridgeherald.com
  WestJet pleased with reception in Lethbridge  Lethbridge HeraldTim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald [email protected] WestJet has enjoyed great success in its first year in Lethbridge and is looking forward.
  
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• Snowfall warning called for Alberta's mountain parks

  20-06-2019 16:04
  Environment Canada has issued a snowfall advisory for Banff and Jasper National Parks as a significant accumulation of snow is expected to fall over the next 24 hours. The bulletin states 10 cm of snow, which started to fall on Thursday, is expected for the region, including Highway 93. The Town of Banff will likely see somewhere between one and three centimetres as flurries are expected off and on through the day. The weather is expected to clear on Friday morning. Drivers are advised to adjust
  
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• Conservative MP Mark Warawa dies at 69, months after revealing cancer diagnosis

  20-06-2019 15:58
  OTTAWA – Conservative MP Mark Warawa, 69, has died after battling cancer, his family confirmed in a statement. He announced in the spring that he had pancreatic cancer that spread to his lungs, colon and lymph nodes. During his powerful farewell to the House of Commons in May, he called for the overhaul of the palliative care system. A post made by his family on Warawa’s social media accounts says that he died June 20. ”Mark’s new address is in heaven, where he hopes to s
  
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• Plethora of pot? Canada could hit cannabis oversupply as early as 2019, depending on edibles

  20-06-2019 15:42 via globalnews.ca
  Canada could reach an oversupply of legal pot as soon as the end of this year, depending on how the rollout of edibles and other next-generation products impacts supply, a U.S. cannabis research analyst says.
  
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• E-cigarette explodes in teen's mouth, shattering jaw and teeth

  20-06-2019 15:37
  WARNING: This story features images that some readers may find disturbing A teenager was rushed to hospital with horrific injuries after an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth shattering his jaw and dislodging his teeth. The 17-year-old boy was treated for a circular puncture wound to the chin, extensive deep cuts in his mouth, bone damage to his lower jaw and dislodged lower teeth, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine. Doctors in Utah worked to fix the jaw fracture, remove
  
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• NDP criticizes Premier Kenney's handling of labour law debate

  20-06-2019 15:10
  Alberta's Official Opposition is calling the UCP government's handling of an emergency debate into Bill 9 and the actions of its leader 'undemocratic.' As NDP MLAs attempted to bring up debate on the Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act on Wednesday, Kenney stifled them, indicating they were unwilling to listen to comments from the NDP members. A day earlier, the UCP shut down debate just after midnight after just one NDP MLA spoke on the matter. If passed into law, Bill 9 would delay wag
  
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• Canada could hit pot oversupply as early as 2019, depending on edibles: BDS

  20-06-2019 15:08
  TORONTO -- Canada could reach an oversupply of legal pot as soon as the end of this year, depending on how the rollout of edibles and other next-generation products impacts supply, a U.S. cannabis research analyst says. BDS Analytics' managing director and principal analyst Tom Adams said that given the pattern in other markets, as well as the ability of Canada's well-funded licensed producers to beef up capacity, "everything points to a real rapid end." "The point of balance will last about 10
  
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• Family unsettled after Canadian's sudden death in Dominican Republic

  20-06-2019 14:52
  An Ontario family was devastated losing ‘the rock’ of their household in April, but after at least nine deaths at Dominican Republic resorts over the past year, a woman is now questioning her husband’s sudden death there. Ursula Schlachter said her husband of more than 60 years died suddenly during their two-week trip there. “It was totally unexpected,” she told CTV Toronto. Before going on the trip, Schlachter recalled her husband Alois recently had a check-up and
  
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• Local restaurant harnesses power of bees to enhance flavours

  20-06-2019 14:13
  A downtown Calgary restaurant is the first in the city to install bee hives as a way to enhance their food and help the environment at the same time. The Calgary Petroleum Club recently added a colony of about 150,000 bees, as well as an edible flower garden to feed them and an herb garden to give their kitchen an added kick. Sean Cutler, executive chef at the Calgary Petroleum Club, says they made the choice to raise bees at the location to do their part to help the environment. "We're taking s
  
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• U.K. central bank holds rates amid Brexit, trade uncertainty

  20-06-2019 14:04
  LONDON -- The Bank of England has kept its main interest rate on hold at 0.75% and warned that a combination of Brexit worries and global trade tensions was weighing on growth. All nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee backed the decision to not change rates. There had been some expectations in the markets that a couple of members could vote for an increase in rates because of concerns that rising wages will lead to higher inflation. However, figures this week showed the annual rate of i
  
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• 103-year-old great-grandmother sets world record in U.S. track

  20-06-2019 14:00
  As the crowds cheered and with a big grin on her face, a 103-year-old great-grandmother set a new track record at the U.S. National Senior Games in New Mexico. Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins crossed the finish line of the 50-metre dash with a time of 21.06 seconds on Monday, beating her previous world record in the 100-plus age division. In a video of the race shared on Twitter, Hawkins can be seen steadily running alongside her fellow seniors, many of them younger than her, before she fi
  
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• Wrestling documentary ‘350 Days’ screens in Calgary before coming to Amazon

  20-06-2019 13:55 via globalnews.ca
  A documentary exploring the golden era of professional wrestling will be available to Canadian wrestling fans on Amazon in July.
  
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• Alaska teens accused of murdering friend after US$9 million offer

  20-06-2019 12:44
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska teens hoping to cash in on a US$9 million offer from a Midwest millionaire brutally killed a developmentally disabled woman on a popular trail outside Anchorage, shooting her in the back of the head and dumping her body in a river, authorities allege. The millionaire's only demand for the payout was either photos or video of the slaying, according to court documents laying out first-degree murder and other charges against six people in the June 2 death of 19-year-old
  
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• Homophobia study shows perception, reality “disconnect” - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2019 11:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Homophobia study shows perception, reality “disconnect”  Lethbridge News NowResearchers say a survey of players in the Australian Ice Hockey League shows homophobic language is often use...
  
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• Web host charged in bust of 'horrific' child porn site

  20-06-2019 10:52
  Five men involved with a Toronto-area web hosting company have been arrested on allegations that they knowingly allowed their servers to be used by a child porn website with tens of thousands of users. Ontario Provincial Police announced the arrests Thursday, saying the men were involved in operating YesUp Media. They allege that one of YesUp’s clients was a man who wanted to use its servers to host a website for the uploading and downloading of pornographic images of children. Tips regard
  
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• Norland Historic Estate celebrates opening of new ballroom - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2019 10:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Norland Historic Estate celebrates opening of new ballroom  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Tuesday was a monumental day at the Norland Historic Estate in Lethbridge. Staff held the official grand opening of the site's new ballroom.
  
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• Trump offers help with Canadian detainees in China in upbeat visit with Trudeau

  20-06-2019 10:21
  WASHINGTON -- It was third-time lucky for Justin Trudeau in Washington on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed his "friend" the hard-working Canadian prime minister and offered to help him out of a jam with China. One year after Trump insulted Trudeau after leaving the G7 in Quebec -- dishonest, weak, meek, mild is how he described him on Twitter -- the president displayed a statesman's grace in welcoming the Canadian leader.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, delivered twic
  
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• Trudeau meets Trump at White House

  20-06-2019 10:21
  U.S. President Donald Trump signalled Thursday that he will raise the issue of two Canadians detained in China when he meets with the Chinese president next week. The two Canadians have been languishing behind bars in China since shortly after Canada arrested high-tech executive Meng Wanzhou late last year at the behest of U.S. authorities.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, delivered twice weekly to your inbox and every day during the election Speaking to reporters as he and Prime Mini
  
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• Trade, China sure to surface as Trudeau meets Trump, congressional leaders

  20-06-2019 10:21
  WASHINGTON -- Justin Trudeau is headed back to the White House today in what could prove to be a pivotal visit to the U.S. capital not only for North American trade and Canada's strained relationship with China, but for the campaign-bound prime minister himself. An earnest end to the tensions between Trudeau and President Donald Trump, which erupted into full view following last year's G7 summit in Quebec, could prove useful to his governing Liberals when Canadians head to the polls this fall. T
  
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