Nearly 100 bodies have been pulled from a landslide near a jade mine in Myanmar's northern Kachin State and an estimated 100 people are still missing, a rescue official said on Sunday.

About 800 workers at a Caterpillar plant in Joliet, Illinois went on strike early Tuesday morning less than two days after rejecting a six-year contract that included a $5,000 ratification in payment and participation in the company’s annual bonus plan.

Premier Dalton McGuinty says he wants to clarify comments he made that were taken as a slight to Alberta’s oilsands. Asked by Alberta Premier Alison Redford to publicly support her province’s resource, McGuinty mentioned that the high Canadian dollar is hurting Ontario’s manufacturing sector.