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Six stories in the news today, Aug. 23
Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- JANE PHILPOTT TO REPAY $520 FOR AIRPORT LOUNGE ACCESS The controversy surrounding Jane Philpott’s travel expenses grew Monday as evidenc...
Aug 23, 2016
Kurdi family settles into life in Canada, but still no luck finding a home
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Shergo Kurdi lifts his shirt to reveal a pale, mottled patchwork of burn scars on his belly and chest - a legacy, he says, of years spent ironing fabric in a Turkish clothing factory...
Aug 23, 2016
Federal, provincial Liberals to sign $1.49-billion transit funding agreement
OTTAWA - The federal treasury is doling out $1.49 billion worth of transit funding among cities in Ontario for track upgrades, new buses and improvements and accessibility upgrades to stations, the pr...
Aug 23, 2016
Travellers upset Air Transat is no longer accommodating special dietary requests
TORONTO - A popular airline says it has stopped offering meal accommodations for the majority of travellers who require special diets for health or religious reasons. Air Transat says passengers flyin...
Aug 23, 2016
Canada's Olympic athletes return home to cheering fans and relatives
TORONTO - Two plane loads of Canadian Olympians returned home from Rio to a hero’s welcome, as flag-waving fans clamoured for autographs and cheering family members offered up homecoming hugs. S...
Aug 23, 2016
Hunting for the root of immigration woes? Look to the past.
WASHINGTON - For more than a decade, lawmakers have been pointing at their counterparts to take the blame for what just about everyone agrees is a broken immigration system. Republicans say President ...
Aug 23, 2016
Trump's stamina attack on Clinton stirs talk of gender bias
NEW YORK - Donald Trump and his Republican allies say Hillary Clinton is weak, lacks stamina and doesn’t look presidential. Intent on undermining his Democratic rival, Trump and GOP backers are ...
Aug 23, 2016
Fellow Republicans still waiting for Trump's promised cash
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump portrays himself as an indispensable cash resource for fellow Republicans up and down the ballot. But while Trump is pulling in donor checks, an Associated Press review of ca...
Aug 23, 2016
Sheriff: Man killed 5 with axe and gun in middle of the night
CITRONELLE, Ala. - A man accused of slaying five people at an Alabama home brought an axe to attack his victims, striking one who had been sleeping in a reclining chair, and also used guns he took fro...
Aug 23, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games MLB American Houston 3 Pittsburgh 1 Boston 6 Tampa Bay 2 Cleveland 1 Oakland 0 Seattle 7 N.Y. Yankees 5 — National L.A. Dodgers 18 Cincinnati 9 Milwaukee 4 Colorado 2 Arizon...
Aug 22, 2016