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US stocks steady after plunge, but caution still reigns
NEW YORK - Stocks around the world remained stuck in the spin cycle Thursday, as worries about a possible recession collided with hopes that the strongest part of the U.S. economy - shoppers spending ...
Aug 15, 2019
Vehicle slams into house causing explosion in London, Ont., police say
LONDON, Ont. - Dozens of people have been displaced from their homes in southwestern Ontario as firefighters continue to battle a growing blaze following a major house ex...
Aug 15, 2019
Indiana cemetery objects to John Dillinger exhumation plans
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis cemetery where 1930s gangster John Dillinger is buried is objecting to his body's planned exhumation as part of a television documentary. The Indianapolis Star reports ...
Aug 15, 2019
Canada largely successful in managing economic immigration: OECD study
OTTAWA - A glowing international review of Canada's economic immigration system should serve as a factual counterpoint against anti-immigration sentiment, the federal immigration minister said Tuesday...
Aug 15, 2019
US productivity grew a healthy 2.3% rate in 2nd quarter
WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity increased at a decent pace in the second quarter, a trend that could lead to higher wages if it continues. The Labor Department said Thursday that productivity - or outp...
Aug 15, 2019
Alberta, Saskatchewan say they have no plans to put anti-carbon tax stickers on pumps
EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta and Saskatchewan say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps.Ontario's P...
Aug 15, 2019 Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Press
Epstein death shifts federal focus to possible conspirators
NEW YORK - In the wake of Jeffrey Epstein's suicide , federal prosecutors in New York have shifted their focus to possible charges against anyone who assisted or enabled him in what authorities say wa...
Aug 15, 2019
Riot police clash with protesters at Hong Kong airport
HONG KONG - Riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong's airport late Tuesday night, moving into the terminal where the demonstrators had shut down operations at the busy transport...
Aug 15, 2019
2 guards suspended and warden reassigned after Epstein death
NEW YORK - The warden at the federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein took his own life over the weekend was removed Tuesday and two guards who were supposed to be watching the financier were placed on leav...
Aug 15, 2019
Report says why PMO wanted former Supreme Court judges to advise on SNC-Lavalin
OTTAWA - After months of unrelenting news coverage, hours of oral testimony and reams of written submissions to a House of Commons committee on the SNC-Lavalin affair, the federal ethic...
Aug 15, 2019