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Ottawa to invest $350 million to help dairy producers adjust to CETA
Ottawa is setting aside $350 million to help dairy producers weather the impacts of Canada’s trade agreement with the European Union, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced Thursday. A...
Nov 10, 2016
Average US 30-year mortgage rate rises to 3.57 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week for a second straight week. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 3.57 per cent ...
Nov 10, 2016
Wally Buono's return to the sidelines at forefront of B.C. Lions' revival
SURREY, B.C. - When the television cameras are switched off, a different Wally Buono emerges. More at ease, the coach with the most wins in CFL history - and counting - will sometimes sit down with re...
Nov 10, 2016
Ottawa announces plan to dismantle abandoned cargo ship near Quebec town
MONTREAL - The dismantling of an abandoned, rusting cargo ship southwest of Montreal should begin next spring, the federal government announced Thursday. A contract has been awarded for the constructi...
Nov 10, 2016
Wynne says Ontario will make small change to help first-time home buyers
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her government’s plan to help first-time home buyers get into the red-hot Toronto housing market consists of “minor adjustments,” not a ...
Nov 10, 2016
Defence lawyer in New Brunswick python case says Mounties broke deal
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - Jean-Claude Savoie has been found not guilty of criminal negligence in the deaths of two boys killed by his escaped python in northern New Brunswick, and now his lawyer says the RC...
Nov 10, 2016
Top court dismisses police attempt to appeal G20 class-action approval
TORONTO - Two class-action lawsuits arising out of the chaotic Toronto G20 summit more than six years ago appear destined for trial after the country’s highest court refused on Thursday to get i...
Nov 10, 2016
Applications for US unemployment aid fall from 3-month high
WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week, the latest sign that companies are holding onto their workers. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications ...
Nov 10, 2016
Prosecutor seeks life term for jailed Turkish author
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s state-run news agency says a prosecutor is seeking a life term in prison for author and columnist Asli Erdogan, whom he accuses of membership in an armed terror organiz...
Nov 10, 2016
Election night narrowly misses a TV ratings record
NEW YORK - An estimated 71.4 million Americans watched returns electing Republican Donald Trump the next president on prime-time television Tuesday, narrowly missing a record set eight years ago on th...
Nov 10, 2016