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Feds seek to ease housing market risks, slow influx of foreign cash
TORONTO - The federal government is taking steps to ease emerging risks in the country’s housing market with new measures to slow the injection of foreign cash and to tighten eligibility rules o...
Oct 03, 2016
Automakers report mixed US sales results in September
DETROIT - U.S. auto sales fell slightly in September as demand for new cars and trucks sputtered. Sales dropped 0.5 per cent to 1.4 million in September, according to Autodata Corp. It was the fourth ...
Oct 03, 2016
Hurricanes acquire 19-year-old defenceman
The Hurricanes have picked up another defenceman, following the sudden retirement of Nick Watson last week. Lethbridge has acquired 19-year-old Brennan Riddle from the Prince Albert Raiders, in exchan...
Oct 03, 2016
South Carolina police chief arrested in prostitution sting
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Ten men, including a South Carolina police chief, have been arrested in an undercover prostitution sting in Columbia. The Columbia Police Department says in a statement that the men w...
Oct 03, 2016
Indonesian police investigate porn on electronic billboard
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Police in Indonesia’s capital are investigating the operator of a public video screen that briefly displayed a pornographic movie instead of advertising to passing traffic. ...
Oct 03, 2016
Tear gassing of Greek pensioners adds pressure on government
ATHENS, Greece - Greek police fired tear gas and pepper spray at protesting pensioners who challenged a cordon near the office of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, whose left-wing government faces mounti...
Oct 03, 2016
Clinton tears into Trump on taxes; he says he'll save nation
TOLEDO, Ohio - Hillary Clinton tore into Donald Trump’s tax manoeuvring, business skills and trustworthiness Monday as she sought to capitalize on news that the New York real estate mogul may ha...
Oct 03, 2016
Hurricane Matthew slams Haiti, takes aim at US East Coast
PETIT-GOAVE, Haiti - Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti’s southwestern tip with howling 145 mph winds Tuesday, knocking down trees and tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, whi...
Oct 03, 2016
Seven stories in the news today, Oct. 3
Seven stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 3 --- LAWYERS BACK IN COURT AFTER FLAWED MURDER VERDICT Defence lawyers and prosecutors return to an Edmonton courtroom today, two weeks after a judge used a...
Oct 03, 2016
A rust-belt fantasy: How Trump campaign hinges on promise of a miracle comeback
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. - Here’s what a Christmas story sounds like in a rust-belt town with a broken economy, fed-up voters and a political climate ripe for the nostalgic slogans of a candidate like Don...
Oct 03, 2016