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Liberals will increase old age security, CPP benefits if re-elected: Trudeau
FREDERICTON - Justin Trudeau is promising to do more to boost incomes for seniors, widows and widowers. He says a re-elected Liberal government would increase old age security by an extra 10 per cent ...
Sep 18, 2019

Singh promises public dental coverage for families making under $70,000
SUDBURY, Ont. - An NDP government would extend full public dental coverage to households making less than $70,000 a year, leader Jagmeet Singh said Wednesday in a first step toward including dentistry...
Sep 18, 2019

Olesen stays suspended from European Tour amid assault case
LONDON - Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen will remain suspended from the European Tour until at least December after being charged with sexual assault and being drunk on an aircraft. The 29-year-old Ole...
Sep 18, 2019

Fatal house fire in Edmonton
EDMONTON- One person is dead after an overnight house fire in Edmonton.Firefighters responded when neighbours reported flames and heavy smoke coming from a two-storey home in a northeast neighbourhood...
Sep 18, 2019

Trump says US locked and loaded in response to drone attack
WASHINGTON - Tensions are flaring in the Persian Gulf after President Donald Trump said the U.S. is "locked and loaded" to respond to a weekend drone assault on Saudi Arabia's energy infrastructure th...
Sep 18, 2019

Imelda could bring heavy rainfall, flooding to Houston area
HOUSTON - Imelda is threatening to dump up to 18 inches (46 centimetres) of rain in parts of Southeast Texas and southwestern Louisiana as the tropical depression moves inland over the next few days. ...
Sep 18, 2019

Bermuda gets ready for pass by Category 3 Hurricane Humberto
MIAMI - People on Bermuda rushed to make final preparations for an expected close brush Wednesday with Hurricane Humberto, a powerful Category 3 storm that caused authorities on the British Atlantic i...
Sep 18, 2019

Alberta government rejects pay hike proposal for provincial court judges
EDMONTON- The UCP government is rejecting a recommendation to hike salaries for provincial court judges by about 8% over four years.Instead, the province says it will keep the salaries where they are ...
Sep 18, 2019

Sherwood Park bomber acted alone
SHERWOOD PARK- The RCMP believe an explosive called Tannerite was used in a blast at a community centre parking garage last November.The Mounties also confirmed what they previously suspected that 21-...
Sep 18, 2019 Kane Kosolowsky

Canadian stars Virtue, Moir say in video they're "stepping away" from ice dancing
Canadian ice dancing stars Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir say they are "stepping away" from the sport. Their retirement was revealed late Tuesday night in a video message posted on their separa...
Sep 18, 2019