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Conservatives: dire economic data undermine Liberal promises of growth
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives and the NDP seized on Wednesday’s news of grim second-quarter economic growth as evidence that the Liberal government’s election promises of jobs and ...
Aug 31, 2016

Man Accused of Killing Baby Released on Bail
LETHBRIDGE – A 40-year old Lethbridge man accused in the death of a nine month old baby boy, has been granted bail. Tyler Brian Hogan was released on a recognizance of $50,000 cash or $100,000 s...
Aug 31, 2016
Brazil's President Rousseff ousted from office by Senate
BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office, the culmination of a yearlong fight that paralyzed Latin America’s largest nation and ...
Aug 31, 2016
'Peace treaty' at Canada Post only delays the inevitable, says business group
OTTAWA - Canada Post and its employees have merely reached a “peace treaty” ahead of the busy holiday shopping season, a business lobby group warned Wednesday, predicting little but long-t...
Aug 31, 2016

P.K. Subban admits disappointment at not being on Canadian team at World Cup
MONTREAL - Nashville Predators defenceman P.K. Subban admits he’s disappointed at not making the Canadian team for the World Cup of Hockey, but says he had no control over the decision to omit h...
Aug 31, 2016

Doctors and Government Agree to Collaborative Effort in Reducing Health Spending
ALBERTA – A tentative agreement has been reached between the Alberta government and doctors in the province to ensure financial sustainability, quality of care and access. It comes as an amendme...
Aug 31, 2016
Canadian figure skating star Patrick Chan comfortable working alone
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Two months before competing in his first international event of the season, Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan still isn’t ready to name a new coach. That suits him just fin...
Aug 31, 2016
Swiss supreme court rejects Russian Paralympic ban appeal
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Switzerland’s supreme court says it has dismissed Russia’s appeal to compete at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Swiss Federal Tribunal says its judge dismiss...
Aug 31, 2016
Contingency plans required for the 14 NHL head coaches taking part in World Cup
One significant voice could be missing for several NHL teams when training camps get under way in mid-September. Fourteen of the league’s 30 head coaches will take part in the World Cup of Hocke...
Aug 31, 2016
Minister promises 'relatively timely' action on homeless veterans strategy
OTTAWA - The veterans affairs minister says the government intends to implement a number of recommendations to combat homelessness among veterans and to do so in what he calls a relatively timely fash...
Aug 31, 2016