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No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - There was no winning ticket for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the ne...
Jul 07, 2019
US wins 4th World Cup title, 2nd in a row, beats Dutch 2-0
LYON, France - The United States won its record fourth Women's World Cup title and second in a row, beating the Netherlands 2-0 Sunday night when Megan Rapinoe converted a penalty kick in the second h...
Jul 07, 2019 USA wins women's soccer World Cup
Five things to know about Canadian immigration detention centres
TORONTO - The treatment of migrants has recently been thrust into the spotlight as accounts emerge of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in American border detention facilities. Here's a...
Jul 07, 2019
Flood victims in Grand Forks, B.C., in limbo more than one year after disaster
More than one year after rescuers swam from home to home in a low-income neighbourhood devastated by flooding in Grand Forks, B.C., some residents say they were rattled to learn the property buyo...
Jul 07, 2019
Federal government quietly ends asylum seeker triage pilot program
OTTAWA - The Liberals have quietly ended a much-touted "triage" program that aimed to redirect asylum seekers away from crowded shelters in Montreal and Toronto. The federal govern...
Jul 07, 2019
Writing-on-Stone monument named UNESCO World Heritage Site
OTTAWA - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has added Alberta's Writing-on-Stone monument to its list of World Heritage Sites.The federal government says the designat...
Jul 07, 2019 The site is located southeast of Lethbridge. (Government of Alberta)
Scheer calls for more inspections on Chinese imports, possible tariffs
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up inspections on all products from China and to consider slapping tariffs on imports from the...
Jul 07, 2019
Man dead after paddleboard fall in Banff National Park
LAKE LOUISE, AB - Divers have recovered the body of a man who disappeared after falling off a paddleboard in Banff National Park over the Canada Day long weekend.RCMP say the 25-year-old man's body wa...
Jul 07, 2019
Brooks RCMP searching for missing driver after vehicle hits ravine
COUNTY OF NEWELL, AB - Brooks RCMP are searching for the driver of a vehicle that became submerged in a ravine on Friday evening.Police were called to a rural property about 20 kilometres west of Broo...
Jul 07, 2019 (RCMP)
Federal government commits $2.8 million to anti-workplace harassment project
A project aimed at reducing workplace harassment and promoting accountable work environments will receive almost $2.8 million in federal funding, the government announced Friday. The money will g...
Jul 07, 2019