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Infrastructure bank gives Via $55M for work on multibillion-dollar project
OTTAWA - Via Rail is getting $71 million in federal cash - some through Transport Canada and some from an infrastructure financing agency - to tackle the last few details needed to make the ...
Jun 27, 2019
Mayor says Toronto should be putting hoops up, not putting them down
Toronto Mayor John Tory says the city should be putting basketball nets up, not pulling them down. Tory's comments follow a video that purports to show a city worker dismantling a net went viral. In a...
Jun 27, 2019
US consumer confidence hits lowest level since September '17
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence dropped to the lowest level since September 2017 as heightened trade tensions apparently took a toll on Americans' spirits. The Conference Board, a business resea...
Jun 27, 2019
Court rules against challenge to Indonesia election result
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's top court has rejected a challenge to election results that alleged massive and systematic fraud, paving the way for Joko Widodo's second term as president. The consti...
Jun 27, 2019
Rideau Hall reveals newest 83 additions to the Order of Canada
OTTAWA - Gov.-Gen. Julie Payette is naming 83 more Canadians to the Order of Canada. The list out this morning from Rideau Hall includes athletes, researchers, teachers, scientists, artists and actors...
Jun 27, 2019
Defence minister mum on details of Vice-Admiral Norman settlement
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is remaining mum on details of the government's settlement with Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Norman and the government announced on Wednesday that the military's f...
Jun 27, 2019
Man sues Kevin Spacey over alleged groping at island bar
BOSTON - A Massachusetts man who accused Kevin Spacey of groping him at a resort island bar in 2016 has filed a lawsuit against the actor. The lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks unspecified damages for "se...
Jun 27, 2019
Southern Alberta motocross club fined $70,000 for killing threatened trout
LETHBRIDGE- A motorcycle club has been fined for a race that saw bikes roar through creeks, killing or endangering fish including the threatened Westslope Cutthroat Trout.The Brooks Motocross Club and...
Jun 27, 2019
St. Teresa teachers win Inclusive Education Program Award
RED DEER- The St. Teresa of Avila School inclusion team of, Christina McInenly, Pam Maloughney, Stacey Martz, Misty Berube and Wendy Lynch have has won the Carmela Amelio-McCaw Inclusive Education Pro...
Jun 27, 2019 (R-L): Christina McInenly, Wendy Lynch, Pam Maloughney, Misty Berube and Stacey Martz (Photo supplied)
Technical snafu interrupts NBC's first presidential debate
NEW YORK - NBC News' coverage of the first Democratic debate of the 2020 campaign season Wednesday was marred by a technical glitch that led President Donald Trump to tweet that the network "should be...
Jun 27, 2019