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Asylum claims have more than tripled since 2015, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - New figures out this morning from the national statistics office says the number of asylum claims in Canada more than tripled between 2015 and 2018. Statistics Canada says that in 2015, the y...
May 17, 2019
Investigators: Late Ohio State team doctor abused 177 men
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Investigators say at least 177 male students were sexually abused by an Ohio State University team doctor who died in 2005. The university released findings Friday from a law firm tha...
May 17, 2019
ATB's Alberta Economic Outlook: Economy facing challenges
CALGARY- ATB Financial's newest Alberta Economic Outlook shows a provincial economy that is facing a number of challenges in 2019. The latest outlook is predicting slow economic growth this year but s...
May 17, 2019
Retail sales in 2019 are a wild ride, slip 0.2% in April
WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales declined last month as Americans cut back their spending on clothes, appliances, and home and garden supplies. Sales dropped 0.2% in April, the Commerce Department said ...
May 17, 2019
Poland's church leader says sex abuse reports not an attack
WARSAW, Poland - Contradicting claims by Poland's ruling party leader, the head of Poland's Catholic church says recent revelations about priests abusing minors are not attacks on the church but will ...
May 17, 2019
Man who killed Edmonton couple gets 15-year sentence
EDMONTON- A man who killed an elderly couple during a random 2016 break-in has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.Kyle Roberts broke into the home of Joao and Maria Nascimento north of downtown Edmo...
May 17, 2019
Fire ban issued in northern Alberta due to wildfire threat
EDMONTON- Campfires, unauthorized burning and off-highway vehicles are banned on public lands throughout most of northern Alberta because of wildfire concerns.The fire and OHV ban extends from Lac La ...
May 17, 2019
Trudeau offers Canadian lumber, steel to help rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral
PARIS - Canada is offering softwood lumber and steel to help with the reconstruction of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday after touring the iconic m...
May 17, 2019
Decision expected today in case of child bride from Bountiful, B.C.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The B.C. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision today in the case of a former leader in a fundamentalist Christian sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C. James Oler i...
May 17, 2019
Trump's presidential pardon amounts to total exoneration, Conrad Black says
TORONTO - A criminal pardon U.S. President Donald Trump personally delivered to Conrad Black over the phone amounts to complete exoneration, the author and former media mogul said on Thursday. In...
May 17, 2019