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Civil servants to be compensated for Phoenix debacle, says public service union
OTTAWA - The country's biggest civil service union says its members will get lump sum payments to compensate them for the federal government's failed pay system under an agreement reached late yesterd...
Jul 10, 2020
Policing programs reinforce existing system: critics
When Alain Babineau was a police academy cadet nearly 30 years ago, the education his cohort received on diversity and racism amounted to a few basic lectures with little in terms of practical applica...
Jul 10, 2020
Turkish court rules to let Hagia Sophia return as mosque
Turkey's highest administrative court issued a ruling Friday that paves the way for the government to convert Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia - a former cathedral-turned-mosque that now serves as a mus...
Jul 10, 2020
Economy adds 953,000 jobs in June, unemployment rate falls
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added nearly one million jobs in June as businesses forced closed by the pandemic began to reopen.The agency says 953,000 jobs were added last month, includ...
Jul 10, 2020
Dutch government to take Russia to European court over MH17
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch government is taking Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its alleged role in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine six y...
Jul 10, 2020
US wholesale prices fell 0.2% in June as food costs plunged
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices fell 0.2% in June as food costs dropped sharply, offsetting a big increase in energy prices. The drop in the Producer Price Index, which measures inflation pressures...
Jul 10, 2020
Amber Alert continues for missing Quebec girls, 6 and 11, and their father
LEVIS, Que. - Quebec provincial police say searches continued overnight after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday for two young girls and their 44-year-old father. Police issued the alert at aroun...
Jul 10, 2020
Authorities search for 'Glee' star believed to have drowned
Authorities planned Friday to renew the search for "Glee" star Naya Rivera, who is believed to have drowned in a Southern California lake while boating with her 4-year-old son. Rivera, 33, disappeared...
Jul 10, 2020
Depp says feces in bed was last straw in marriage to Heard
LONDON - Johnny Depp said in a London court on Friday that ex-wife Amber Heard's claims he abused her turned him from "Cinderella to Quasimodo" in the public eye. He also said the couple's tempestuous...
Jul 10, 2020
Canada asks British military for help flying troops to and from Latvia
OTTAWA - Canadian troops have been forced to hitch a ride with the British military to get to and from Latvia due to a shortage of working planes. Canada has 540 troops in Latvia, where they form...
Jul 10, 2020