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Federal electric-vehicle rebate uses half its three-year budget in eight months
OTTAWA - A new federal rebate program to encourage Canadians to buy electric cars is proving more popular than expected. Transport Minister Marc Garneau allocated $300 million over three years to...
Jan 27, 2020
Memoir by Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa coming out in May
NEW YORK - Sen. Joni Ernst has a book coming out May 26. The Iowa Republican, expected to face a competitive race for reelection this fall, is calling her memoir "Daughter of the Heartland: My Ode to ...
Jan 27, 2020
Canada's Justin Kripps wins silver at bobsled World Cup in Germany
KONIGSSEE, Germany - Canada's Justin Kripps continued to roll in Konigssee, Germany, by winning his fifth career medal on the bobsled track. The 32-year-old Olympic champion teamed up with C...
Jan 27, 2020
Personal spending a party matter, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer declined Saturday to shed any light on lingering questions about the use of party money to pay for his children's tuition, an issue that threw his party into...
Jan 27, 2020
Ottawa 67's boss Andre Tourigny gets call to coach Canada's junior team
CALGARY - After serving as an assistant coach this year for Canada's gold medal-winning team, Andre Tourigny has earned a promotion for the 2021 world junior hockey championship. The native of Nicolet...
Jan 27, 2020
Rebels-Hurricanes blood donor challenge coming down to the wire
The annual blood donation challenge between the Red Deer Rebels and Lethbridge Hurricanes is as close as it gets heading into its final week. After a significant boost in blood donations in Lethbridge...
Jan 27, 2020
Justices allow enforcement of new green card rule
WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents....
Jan 27, 2020
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years on
OSWIECIM, Poland - Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of its liberation, returning Monday to the place where they lost entire families a...
Jan 27, 2020
Avenatti greets prospective jurors for extortion trial
NEW YORK - California lawyer Michael Avenatti stood to greet 120 prospective jurors who came to a New York courtroom Monday to fill out questionnaires for his trial on charges he tried to extort milli...
Jan 27, 2020
Volatility defines Democratic race as candidates flood Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidates roared back into Iowa on Saturday touting fresh endorsements, critiquing their rivals and predicting victories in the caucuses that will soon laun...
Jan 27, 2020