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Lone woman says fellow councillors shut her out when she pushes for diversity
FREDERICTON - The only woman on Fredericton city council says she feels shut out when trying to advocate for change. Kate Rogers said Wednesday she has decided to speak out publicly because her privat...
Jul 10, 2019
Driver escapes injury when saguaro cactus pierces windshield
TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona authorities say a driver escaped injury when his car's windshield was pierced by the trunk of a saguaro cactus during a wreck Wednesday on the outskirts of Tucson. Pima County ...
Jul 10, 2019
Facing calls for resignation, Acosta defends Epstein deal
WASHINGTON - Insisting he got the best deal he could at the time, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta on Wednesday defended his handling of a sex-trafficking case involving now-jailed financier Jeffrey Epstei...
Jul 10, 2019
Whispers, suspicion about Epstein on Caribbean island
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Virgin Islands - Ask about Jeffrey Epstein on St. Thomas and rooms go quiet. Some people leave. Those who share stories speak in barely audible tones. The 66-year-old billionaire bou...
Jul 10, 2019
Legal pot price as much as 80 per cent more than illicit
OTTAWA -- The average cost of a gram of cannabis from the illicit market continues to drop as legal prices rise - with authorized retailers charging as much as 80 per cent more, according to an analys...
Jul 10, 2019 Pot Plant -- The Canadian Press
Black-bear parts, anteaters among wildlife seizures during Cdn enforcement blitz
OTTAWA - Environment Canada says officers seized dozens of black-bear parts, diet pills made from endangered African plants and the bodies of two scaly anteaters as part of an inte...
Jul 10, 2019
Judge rejects demand to halt transfer of two Montreal English schools to French system
MONTREAL - Quebec's Superior Court on Monday rejected a request by a Montreal English school board to save two east-end schools from being transferred to the overcrowded French sys...
Jul 10, 2019
Ottawa announces $8.3 million in support for beef industry amid China standoff
CALGARY - The federal agriculture minister has announced $8.3 million to help support Canada's beef industry. The bulk of the funds announced in Calgary today will go toward Canada Beef, a market...
Jul 10, 2019
Federal Reserve minutes show broad worries about economy
WASHINGTON - Most Federal Reserve officials expressed concern at a meeting last month that the outlook for the U.S. economy was weakening, and many said the Fed should soon cut rates if uncertainty co...
Jul 10, 2019
Texas woman arrested in 1984 shooting death of husband
CENTERVILLE, Texas - A Texas sheriff says a reality-based detective show played a role in the recent arrest of an 84-year-old woman in the 1984 shooting death of her husband. Leon County Sheriff Kevin...
Jul 10, 2019