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Fed officials widely divided on rates at July meeting
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials were widely divided at their meeting last month when they decided to cut rates for the first time in a decade, with some arguing for a bigger rate cut while othe...
Aug 21, 2019
Unrest in Hong Kong not spilling over to demands on Canadian consulate
OTTAWA - Canadians in Hong Kong are watching nervously as tensions escalate between pro-democracy protesters and police but so far, the Canadian consulate in the region is seeing no obvious signs...
Aug 21, 2019
Groups ready large get-out-the-vote campaign to keep youth turnout high
OTTAWA - A coalition of hundreds of groups and activists is working on what is being styled as the largest, non-partisan voter engagement campaign to get young voters to the polls in Oc...
Aug 21, 2019
Trudeau vows to stand firm against 'increasingly assertive' China
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will seek dialogue with China but won't back down in its defence of Canadians against what he calls an increasingly assertive global powe...
Aug 21, 2019
NDP working to recruit candidates in New Brunswick where roster is bare
OTTAWA - A spokesperson for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh insists the party is working hard to recruit new candidates and get its message out to the people of New Brunswick. The comments come after fo...
Aug 21, 2019
Benson driving at 'high rate' of speed before fatal crash
AUSTIN, Texas - Police said Monday they are still investigating the weekend motorcycle crash that killed former Texas Longhorns running back and NFL player Cedric Benson and a woman passenger. Accordi...
Aug 21, 2019
Only half of Southern Albertan crops rated "Good to Excellent"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The latest report from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AAF) is not painting a bright picture in Southern Alberta, but it does depend on what you are growing.In the region that encom...
Aug 21, 2019 Wheat fields in Southern Alberta. (Lethbridge News Now)
NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner's chokehold death
NEW YORK - After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the black man whose dyin...
Aug 21, 2019
Hotter, larger fires turning boreal forest into carbon source: research
Research suggests that bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada's vast boreal forest into a source of climate-changing greenhouse gases. Soil in the forest, which crosses six provinces and two...
Aug 21, 2019
'What our ancestors meant:' Canada, First Nations create new park reserve
LUTSEL K'E, N.W.T. - A deal on a vast new national park reserve in the North is being called a model for future relationships between First Nations and Canada. "This is what our ancestors meant w...
Aug 21, 2019