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TORONTO — Tim Hortons will pilot all-day breakfast in a dozen Ontario locations and look to introduce a kids menu, delivery and loyalty program, in a bid to regain the trust of franchisees and customers. The fast-food giant’s president Alex Macedo told The Canadian Press that the all-day breakfast experiment will begin at a handful […]

An Afghan wedding singer who shares an uncanny resemblance to the Canadian Prime minister hopes his new-found role as Justin Trudeau’s double will propel him to fame. Abdul Salam Maftoon had never heard of Canada’s 23th prime minister until he entered an Afghan television talent show and judges remarked on the likeness. The 29-year-old from the […]

Single-use plastics have become a scourge on the planet, and the amount of plastic in the ocean could outweigh the amount of fish by 2050, the federal government says. Canadians generate about 3.25 million tonnes of plastic waste, or about 140,000 garbage trucks’ worth, each year, according to Greenpeace Canada. The federal government has yet […]

Australia’s conservative prime minister took the uncharacteristic step of advocating looser drug laws on Wednesday, backing greater imports of narcotic kava root in a symbolic gesture to court Pacific Island neighbours. On a visit to Vanuatu Scott Morrison said he will allow imports of the intoxicating drink kava, popular with locals, as it seeks to forge closer […]

QUEBEC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered a cautiously optimistic assessment of free trade talks between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico on Thursday, even as White House officials appeared to dampen expectations for a breakthrough in Peru next week. Trudeau said negotiations toward a new North American Free Trade Agreement appeared to be making good […]

Australia’s minister for women is set to retire from politics, a major blow for the embattled minority government amid accusations it has a problem with female representation ahead of crucial national elections. Cabinet minister Kelly O’Dwyer – the latest in a string of female politicians to quit the ruling Liberal-National coalition – said on Saturday […]

Click:how to shop on xianyu VICTORIA — A Nova Scotia man banned from Victoria’s stately Fairmont Empress hotel is welcome back after apologizing for an incident more than 17 years ago in which seagulls hungry for pepperoni trashed his room in a frenzy. Nick Burchill of Dartmouth, N.S., says in a letter to the hotel […]

Brexit will not harm the information-sharing relationship between Britain and America’s spy agencies, a leading US intelligence official has told The Telegraph.  Anthony Vassalo, a senior figure at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence – the top body in US intelligence – said he expected no “material change” after the UK leaves the […]

A translator for the German armed forces was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of spying for Iran. In what could become a serious scandal for the German military, the arrested man is suspected of passing highly sensitive information to Iranian intelligence over a number of years. The 50-year-old suspect, named only as Abdul-Hamid S, is […]

US President Donald Trump laid out a White House feast fit for a government shutdown on Monday: silver platters heaped high with McDonald’s quarter pounders and the red-and-white burger wrappers of Wendy’s. White House chefs normally would serve much fancier fare underneath the stern gaze of the portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the State Dining Room. […]