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Finance Department says federal deficit hit $282.6 billion in February
OTTAWA - The federal government says it ran a budgetary deficit of $282.6 billion through 11 months of its fiscal year as revenues dropped and pandemic aid continued to flow. The deficit from April to...
Apr 30, 2021
Supreme Court of Canada sides with Crown over immunity of prosecutors
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ended a bid by Toronto police members to sue over the actions of Crown prosecutors that the officers say damaged their reputations. The high court decision tod...
Apr 30, 2021
Calgary sport shooter Lynda Kiejko follows her father to Tokyo Olympics
CALGARY - Lynda Kiejko will follow in her father's footsteps to the Asaka Shooting Range in Tokyo. The 40-year-old Calgarian will be Canada's lone athlete in sport shooting at the Summer Olympics open...
Apr 30, 2021
Canada's top Olympic doctor expects entire team to be vaccinated before Tokyo
Canada's Olympic team doctor is confident that with the pace of the country's vaccine rollout, every Canadian athlete will be vaccinated before this summer's Tokyo Olympics. Athletes aren't required t...
Apr 30, 2021
'He loved Nunavut:' Polar bear biologist who died in helicopter crash remembered
IQALUIT - A dedicated scientist who loved the North, Markus Dyck spoke his mind and strove to include Inuit in northern research. That's how friends and colleagues are remembering Dyck, a polar bear b...
Apr 30, 2021
US wages and benefits jump as economy reopens
WASHINGTON - Wages and benefits grew quickly for U.S. workers in the first three months of the year, a sign that businesses are starting to offer higher pay to fill newly-opened jobs. U.S. workers' to...
Apr 30, 2021
Strong gains in consumer spending and incomes in March
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer spending rose at the fastest pace in nine months while incomes soared by a record amount in March, reflecting billions of dollars in government support payments aimed at put...
Apr 30, 2021
Bell buys Formula One Canadian Grand Prix promoter Octane Racing Group Inc.
MONTREAL - Bell has signed a deal to buy the promoter of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix in a move it says will bring financial stability to the race.Financial terms of the agreement for Montreal's ...
Apr 30, 2021
EU accuses Apple of antitrust breach over App Store rules
LONDON - European Union regulators are accusing Apple of violating the bloc's antitrust rules, alleging that the company distorts competition for music streaming through rules for its App Store. The E...
Apr 30, 2021
Europe's economy shrinks in first quarter as US rolls ahead
FRANKFURT - Europe's economy shrank 0.6% in the first three months of the year as slow vaccine rollouts and extended lockdowns delayed a hoped-for recovery and underlined how the region is lagging oth...
Apr 30, 2021