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Arabnews24 - Canada :Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives promised Wednesday to cut the provincial corporate income tax if they win the spring election, saying the move would stimulate job growth and boost the economy.Newly minted Tory Leader Doug Ford said his party would cut the rate from the current 11.5 per cent to 10.5 per cent.“We’re going to create the environment to make sure this province is the most prosperous province anywhere in Canada,” he said.

Arabnews24 - Canada :Tensions between Ontario’s premier and the leader of the Opposition escalated Wednesday as Kathleen Wynne accused Doug Ford of being just like U.S. President Donald Trump, in what experts predict is a glimpse of a hostile election campaign to come.Wynne pushed back against Ford on Wednesday, when she was asked about comments the Tory leader made a day earlier in which he suggested some Liberals could face jail time if they pulled what he described as “shady tricks” with taxpayer dollars.

Arabnews24 - Canada : Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today defended Canada's decision to take part in the ongoing UN peacekeeping effort in Mali.Trudeau made the remarks alongside Emmanuel Macron following a Paris meeting with the French president, who has made the African country a priority for his government.Trudeau said Canada's new approach to peacekeeping — focusing on promoting roles for women, dealing with child soldiers,

Arabnews24 - Canada : An American pastor imprisoned in Turkey is going on trial for alleged terror ties and spying in a case that has increased tensions between Washington and Ankara. Andrew Craig Brunson, a 50-year-old evangelical pastor from North Carolina, is facing up to 35 years in prison on charges of “committing crimes on behalf of terror groups without being a member” and “espionage.” The trial begins Monday in western Izmir province.

Arabnews24 - Canada: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will aim to advance Canada’s position on the North American free trade talks when he meets with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence here over the next two days.There had been hopes leading up to Trudeau’s visit to Peru, where he and the others are attending the Summit of the Americas, that Canada, Mexico and the U.S. would emerge with some sort of North American free trade agreement.While those appear to have been dashed by U.S.

Arabnews24 - Canada :Family and friends are to gather Friday for the funerals of three people who died as a result of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus crash.Forward Jacob Leicht, who was 19, is to be laid to rest in his home city of Humboldt.The funeral of defenceman Adam Herold, who was 16 and the youngest member of the team, will be held in Montmartre, a village east of Regina.The service for team bus driver Glen Doerksen, who was 59, is set for Carrot River, Sask.

Arabnews24 - Canada: North Korea has told the United States for the first time that it is prepared to discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets President Donald Trump, according to a US official.US and North Korean officials have held secret contacts recently in which Pyongyang directly confirmed its willingness to hold the unprecedented summit, a US official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Arabnews24 - Canada :The family and victims of the deadly Saskatchewan bus crash that killed 14 people are receiving messages of condolence, shock and support from across Canada as the identities of the dead and injured are confirmed.The accident occurred about 200 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, late Friday afternoon. The RCMP confirmed 29 people were on the bus at the time of the accident. Fifteen were brought to hospital, three in critical condition.

Arabnews24 - Canada :Fifteen people were killed Friday when a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team collided with a semi-trailer unit north of Tisdale. 14 others on the bus were injured, three critically. The RCMP initially reported there were 28 people on the bus, but corrected that number Saturday morning to 29.Postmedia News has confirmed the identities of three of the people on the bus who died, including head coach Darcy Haugan.Two team members, Logan Schatz and Adam Herold, 16

Arabnews24 - Canada:Mayor John Tory says he expects photo radar to be introduced in school zones across Toronto “this year.”Tory made the announcement at Monday’s launch of Toronto police’s “Slow Down Toronto” campaign at Cornell Junior Public School, near Lawrence Avenue East and Markham Road, on Monday. The two-week safety blitz, which comes as children head back to school after March break, is taking place in school zones.“We’re in the midst of a planned speed-up of the introduction of speed