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US government ran a $214.3 billion surplus in April
WASHINGTON - The federal government swung to a surplus of $214.3 billion in April, primarily reflecting the revenue from that month’s annual tax filing deadline. The Treasury Department reported...
May 10, 2018
New northern Ontario riding buoys francophones: 'Still fighting for our rights'
KAPUSKASING, Ont. - The heart of la francophonie in small town northern Ontario is beating a little faster these days as a newly minted riding gets set to elect its first representative to the legisla...
May 10, 2018
Two Ontario police forces investigating alleged privacy breaches
TORONTO - The Toronto and Peel regional police services say they are investigating two incidents Ontario’s privacy commissioner has called potential privacy breaches involving police. Toronto po...
May 10, 2018
Federal and Quebec governments fund aluminum smelting breakthrough
SAGUENAY, Que. - Aluminum giants Alcoa Inc. and Rio Tinto Group are teaming up with Apple Inc. and the federal and Quebec governments to commercialize the world’s first carbon-free aluminum smel...
May 10, 2018
RCMP widens investigation in B.C.'s Okanagan after fatal ferry shooting
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP are examining possible links between two violent incidents in British Columbia’s Okanagan less than 24 hours before a deadly police-involved shooting Tuesday on Vancouver...
May 10, 2018
Man apologizes for taping his female colleagues at Newfoundland gym
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A gym employee who secretly recorded female colleagues while they changed apologized to the victims Thursday. Alex Seymour, 24, pleaded guilty to filming two women without the...
May 10, 2018
'Joggling' record: Man sets mark for running while juggling
BOSTON - It won’t land him a spot in the Olympics, but a Massachusetts college student has run one of the fastest miles while juggling - an endeavour called “joggling.” Zach Prescott...
May 10, 2018
Frank King, who brought the 1988 Winter Olympic Games to Calgary, dies at 81
CALGARY - Frank King, one of the architects of the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988, has died at the age of 81. King was the chief executive officer of Calgary’s organizing committee. King and Bo...
May 10, 2018
Marley's granddaughter wants accountability for police stop
NEW YORK - Bob Marley’s granddaughter said Thursday that she felt like her life was put in danger when a woman saw her and three friends leaving an Airbnb rental in California, got suspicious an...
May 10, 2018
Sex-abuse lawsuits illustrate USOC's difficult path
DENVER - Two lawsuits filed recently against the U.S. Olympic Committee illustrate the peril the federation finds itself in over its handling of decades’ worth of sex-abuse cases, while shining ...
May 10, 2018