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Oil price drops for 2nd day despite heightened Gulf tensions
NEW YORK - Oil prices retreated for a second day Wednesday even as the Saudi military blamed Iran for recent attacks to critical oil infrastructure and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the s...
Sep 20, 2019
A divided Fed reduces rates but may not cut again this year
WASHINGTON - A sharply divided Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year but declined to signal that further rate cuts are likely this year. The Fed's move ...
Sep 20, 2019
Ontario Liberal caucus will soon drop to five as Lalonde wins federal nomination
OTTAWA - Ontario's provincial Liberals have lost another legislator after one of their members won the nomination to run for an Ottawa seat in next month's federal election. Marie-France Lalonde ...
Sep 20, 2019
Ontario Liberal leadership candidates weigh in on Trudeau blackface scandal
TORONTO - The majority of the candidates to become the next Ontario Liberal leader say they are glad Justin Trudeau has apologized for wearing blackface. Mitzie Hunter and Michael Coteau, who are blac...
Sep 20, 2019
Helen Schuler Nature Centre receives largest-ever donation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's proof that one person can make a difference.Carol Leriger personally donated $20,000 to the Helen Schuler Nature Centre (HSNC) this week, which is the largest donation in the Cen...
Sep 20, 2019 Carol Leriger (left) and Curtis Goodman (right). (Supplied by Helen Schuler Nature Centre)
Auto union strike is latest worry in Flint, GM's birthplace
FLINT, Mich. - The birthplace of General Motors has been on an economic roller-coaster ride for more than a century as the automaker rose, crashed and retooled for changing markets. Now, the city of F...
Sep 20, 2019
Assisted-death lawsuit adjourned, government evidence widens eligibility: lawyer
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and a woman with a degenerative illness have adjourned their lawsuit challenging the federal assisted-dying law after they say government e...
Sep 20, 2019
Ontario Human Rights Commission unveils new policy to tackle racial profiling
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Ontario's Human Rights Commission says racial profiling in law enforcement is profoundly harmful. It says the police practice hurts black, Indigenous and other racialized communities. ...
Sep 20, 2019
2 Federal Reserve officials highlight deep divisions
WASHINGTON - Two Federal Reserve officials who dissented from this week's quarter-point rate cut on Friday highlighted the current deep divisions at the central bank. Eric Rosengren, head of the Fed's...
Sep 20, 2019
CFL rushing leader Andrew Harris returns to Winnipeg offence versus Alouettes
Andrew Harris returns to anchor the CFL's top-ranked ground attack this weekend. The CFL rushing leader will be back in the lineup Saturday when Winnipeg (9-3) visits the Montreal ...
Sep 20, 2019