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Ontario overestimated costs of services to irregular border crossers: auditor
TORONTO - Ontario's auditor general says the province significantly overstated the costs of providing services to asylum seekers coming into Canada from the United States. In a special report released...
Jul 08, 2020
NYC mayor unveils plan to reopen schools in fall
NEW YORK - Most New York City students will return to their physical schools two or three days a week and learn online the rest of the time under a plan announced Wednesday by Mayor Bill de Blasio, wh...
Jul 08, 2020
The COVID-19 fiscal snapshot: By the numbers
OTTAWA - Estimated federal deficit for 2020-21: $343.2 billion Direct federal aid to individuals and businesses as a result of COVID-19: $212 billion Number of Canadians who were laid off or had their...
Jul 08, 2020
High unemployment, $343B deficit projected in Liberals' fiscal snapshot
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals say they expect nearly two million Canadians to remain without jobs this year as the COVID-19 pandemic drags down the domestic economy and federal aid sends the deficit t...
Jul 08, 2020
Feds promise recovery will focus on people hurt most by COVID-19 economic crisis
Finance Minister Bill Morneau says one of his priorities is to fix the social and economic gaps that left women, young people and racialized Canadians to suffer the biggest economic blows from the COV...
Jul 08, 2020
Veteran defensive lineman Tracy unsure when he'll play for Montreal Alouettes
Adrian Tracy isn't optimistic that he'll be playing football in 2020. The veteran defensive lineman signed with the Montreal Alouettes as a free agent Feb. 13, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put the CF...
Jul 08, 2020
Trials scheduled for local man accused of murder and attempted murder
Two trials have been scheduled for a local man facing murder and attempted murder charges in relation to separate incidents in Red Deer last year. Quentin Strawberry, who is 39, will stand trial on co...
Jul 08, 2020
Ex-Wolfpack players Ryan Brierley, Cory Paterson form sports management company
While elite athletes occasionally represent themselves in contract talks, Scottish rugby league international Ryan Brierley has gone one big step further. Brierley, now playing for Hull Kingston Rover...
Jul 08, 2020
Alberta air force base to use goats, sheep to chew down unwanted vegetation
A Canadian Forces base in Alberta is recruiting a new battalion of lean, mean, eating machines for a mission that will require limited action this summer. The Department of National Defence has p...
Jul 08, 2020
Orphan wells funding program needs rules to be effective: NDP
Clean up after yourself.Every child and parent knows the command. We all learn that we are responsible for our own actions. It's part of life.Somewhere along the line, the message got somewhat lost al...
Jul 08, 2020