National

WASHINGTON — Chrystia Freeland and her U.S. trade counterpart are back at the NAFTA negotiating table today as time marches on towards a congressional deadline for a three-way deal before the end of the month.

HAMILTON — Police in Hamilton say they've made an arrest in a pair of deadly shootings, including the slaying of a member of a notorious crime family last year.

Five stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 20 ——— FREELAND NOT CLOCK-WATCHING ON NAFTA Chrystia Freeland and her U.S.

EDMONTON — Alberta Environment says two black bear cubs being rehabilitated will be returned to the wild by mid-October despite concerns that it is too early.

OTTAWA — The federal government insists pot legalization will help the country snuff out crime — but internally it's wondering what will become of the fuzzy world of illegal online weed transactions.

OTTAWA — Belleisle Foods Ltd. is recalling its Belleisle Farms brand of Cole Slaw from stores due to possible Listeria contamination.

TIGNISH, P.E.I. — A search off Prince Edward Island's north shore has ended without finding any trace of two fishermen who disappeared after their boat capsized in heavy seas and rain. Maj.

WASHINGTON — Thirteen months is an "absolutely normal" time frame for a task as complex as modernizing North American trade, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday as she notched another day on the road towards a new NAFTA deal wit

CALGARY — A lawyer for a man on trial for first-degree murder in the death of a Calgary mother of four says Curtis Healy should be found guilty of second-degree murder instead.

HALIFAX — Canada's environment minister said she's no "quitter" despite calls Wednesday from David Suzuki for her to resign and a G7 meeting that didn't shift her American counterpart's firm opposition to the Paris climate agreement.