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Canada's team embracing challenging test at Little League World Series
Bruce Dorwart knew his team would be excited to get to the Little League World Series after winning the Canadian championship last weekend. The Coquitlam All-Stars head coach didn't expect h...
Aug 15, 2019
Trudeau should apologize for violation of ethics code: Philpott
OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet minister turned Independent MP Jane Philpott says the people of Canada still "deserve an apology" from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the SNC-Lavalin affair. In an in...
Aug 15, 2019
Trudeau repeats non-apology for 'standing up for jobs' in SNC-Lavalin affair
FREDERICTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is repeating what's sure to be his go-to election campaign message on the SNC-Lavalin affair: he's not about to apologize for what he calls standing up for ...
Aug 15, 2019
US stocks steady after plunge, but caution still reigns
NEW YORK - Stocks around the world remained stuck in the spin cycle Thursday, as worries about a possible recession collided with hopes that the strongest part of the U.S. economy - shoppers spending ...
Aug 15, 2019
Vehicle slams into house causing explosion in London, Ont., police say
LONDON, Ont. - Dozens of people have been displaced from their homes in southwestern Ontario as firefighters continue to battle a growing blaze following a major house ex...
Aug 15, 2019
Indiana cemetery objects to John Dillinger exhumation plans
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis cemetery where 1930s gangster John Dillinger is buried is objecting to his body's planned exhumation as part of a television documentary. The Indianapolis Star reports ...
Aug 15, 2019
Canada largely successful in managing economic immigration: OECD study
OTTAWA - A glowing international review of Canada's economic immigration system should serve as a factual counterpoint against anti-immigration sentiment, the federal immigration minister said Tuesday...
Aug 15, 2019
US productivity grew a healthy 2.3% rate in 2nd quarter
WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity increased at a decent pace in the second quarter, a trend that could lead to higher wages if it continues. The Labor Department said Thursday that productivity - or outp...
Aug 15, 2019
Alberta, Saskatchewan say they have no plans to put anti-carbon tax stickers on pumps
EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta and Saskatchewan say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps.Ontario's P...
Aug 15, 2019 Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Press
Epstein death shifts federal focus to possible conspirators
NEW YORK - In the wake of Jeffrey Epstein's suicide , federal prosecutors in New York have shifted their focus to possible charges against anyone who assisted or enabled him in what authorities say wa...
Aug 15, 2019