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Fed repeats pledge to act to sustain economic expansion
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve on Friday repeated its pledge to "act as appropriate" to sustain the current economic expansion, now the longest in U.S. history, while noting that most Fed officials ...
Jul 05, 2019
Federal government quietly ends asylum seeker triage pilot program
OTTAWA - The Liberals have quietly ended a much-touted "triage" program that aimed to redirect asylum seekers away from crowded shelters in Montreal and Toronto. The federal govern...
Jul 05, 2019
Exhibition Park finalizing policies for cannabis consumption at Whoop Up Days
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There is only about a month and a half before Lethbridge's largest annual festival gets underway and organizers are working on a few new key policies.Namely, the recreational consumpt...
Jul 05, 2019 Whoop Up Days. (Lethbridge News Now)
Scheer calls for more inspections on Chinese imports, possible tariffs
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up inspections on all products from China and to consider slapping tariffs on imports from the...
Jul 05, 2019
Jay-Z's companies sue NYC licensing company for fraud
NEW YORK - Jay-Z's business entities sued a New York City licensing firm, claiming it cheated the companies as part of a "colossal accounting scandal." The lawsuit accuses Iconix Brand Group Inc. of l...
Jul 05, 2019
Organizers lower ticket prices for CFL game in Moncton, N.B.
MONCTON, N.B. - The group trying to bring a CFL team to Halifax has lowered ticket prices for a regular-season game between the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts next month in Moncton, N.B...
Jul 05, 2019
Federal government commits $2.8 million to anti-workplace harassment project
OTTAWA - The federal government is committing nearly $2.8 million to a project aimed at reducing workplace harassment and promoting accountable work environments. The funding will go to a project...
Jul 05, 2019
S.Korea actress charged in Thailand for catching giant clams
BANGKOK - A South Korean actress has been charged in Thailand with catching endangered giant clams while participating in a reality TV show and could face up to four years in prison if found guilty, a...
Jul 05, 2019
'Naive' of Canada to believe Trump pushed Xi on Kovrig, Spavor: China
OTTAWA - The Chinese government is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of being naive in assuming that President Donald Trump did him any favours by raising the case of two imprisoned Canadians wit...
Jul 05, 2019
Funeral Saturday for Canadian soldier killed in Bulgarian skydiving exercise
GATINEAU, Que. - A military funeral will be held Saturday for a Canadian soldier killed in a parachute-training exercise in Bulgaria. Bombardier Patrick Labrie, a six-year veteran of the Canadian Forc...
Jul 05, 2019