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Oka calls for moratorium on land transfer and seeks RCMP presence in Kanesatake
MONTREAL - The Quebec town of Oka wants the federal government to impose a moratorium on the proposed transfer of privately owned lands to the neighbouring Mohawk community of Kanesatake. In a se...
Aug 09, 2019
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat jobless rate makes slight jump from June to July
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Unemployment numbers for July have been released, and the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region's rate took a small leap from June.The jobless rate in the region was 6.4 percent las...
Aug 09, 2019 Photo: The Canadian Press
Woods withdraws from Northern Trust, citing oblique strain
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the opening FedEx Cup playoff event with what he calls a mild oblique strain. Woods opened with a 75 on Thursday in The Northern Trust. He says his o...
Aug 09, 2019
US stocks erase most of an early loss as volatility surges
Stocks overcame a big loss on Wall Street Wednesday, though the market's recovery left plenty of signs of worry among investors that the fallout from the trade war between the U.S. and China will spre...
Aug 09, 2019
El Paso, with deep Mexican American past, rallies amid pain
EL PASO, Texas - The massacre that killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican American culture and immigration and suffered through bloody episodes...
Aug 09, 2019
Protesters chant against Trump as he visits Dayton, El Paso
EL PASO, Texas - Aiming to play the traditional role of healer during national tragedy, President Donald Trump paid visits to cities reeling from mass shootings that left 31 dead and dozens more wound...
Aug 09, 2019
Canadian wage growth climbs to highest mark since 2009, but economy sheds jobs
OTTAWA - Canada lost 24,200 jobs last month and its unemployment rate moved up to 5.7 per cent to give the economy its weakest three-month stretch of job creation since early 2018. On the po...
Aug 09, 2019
Canadian wage growth climbs to highest mark since 2009, but economy sheds jobs
OTTAWA - Canada lost 24,200 jobs last month and its unemployment rate moved up to 5.7 per cent to give the economy its weakest three-month stretch of job creation since early 2018.On the positive side...
Aug 09, 2019 Photo: The Canadian Press
US wholesale prices rise just 0.2% in July
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices ticked up just 0.2% in July, the latest sign that inflationary pressures are largely in check. The Labor Department said Friday that the producer price index - which...
Aug 09, 2019
Review of Alberta Health Services underway, government invites public feedback
LETHBRIDGE, AB - You can help to shape the future of Alberta Health Services.The United Conservative government has hired independent contractor Ernst and Young to complete "the first comprehensive re...
Aug 09, 2019