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Liberals release platform with $1.08 billion in spending, tax cuts
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Liberals released an election platform Wednesday that included a total of $1.08 billion in spending commitments and tax cuts over four years, along with promises to do mo...
May 17, 2017
"Small" fire breaks out in inpatient unit at hospital in St. John's, N.L.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A health authority in Newfoundland says no one was hurt when a fire broke out in one of its units and forced the relocation of patients. Eastern Health says the “small f...
May 17, 2017
Toronto police to offer $50K reward in 2016 fatal shooting of pregnant woman
TORONTO - A year after shots fired at a car killed a 33-year-old pregnant woman, Toronto police are offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the conviction of those responsible. C...
May 17, 2017
New Orleans: Next Confederate statue falls to cheers, jeers
NEW ORLEANS - Workers took down a Confederate monument to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard in New Orleans early Wednesday as onlookers watched from lawn chairs, defiant statue supporters waved Confederate battl...
May 17, 2017
300 migrants in Sweden evacuated after 3 arson fires
STOCKHOLM - Three fires in southern Sweden apparently aimed at refugees are being investigated as arson, Swedish authorities said Wednesday. No injuries have been reported and no arrests have been mad...
May 17, 2017
Six stories in the news today, May 17
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, May 17 --- PM TRUDEAU TO PROMOTE CANADIAN TECH AT MICROSOFT MEETING Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to pitch major companies on investing in CanadaR...
May 17, 2017
AP Explains: Trump disclosure a breach of trust, if not law
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump didn’t appear to break any law by sharing highly classified information with Russia, but that doesn’t make it any less problematic for America’s i...
May 17, 2017
Trudeau promotes Canadian tech, lures foreign investment at Microsoft summit
REDMOND, Wash. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Washington state Wednesday to promote Canada’s growing technology industry to major multinational companies, joining top business leaders i...
May 17, 2017
'Forever etched in my memory:' La Loche school shooting victims address hearing
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - An assistant principal shot at a school in northern Saskatchewan says the teenage gunman must be sentenced as an adult because he alone chose to pull the trigger. The teen committ...
May 17, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games NHL Playoffs Third Round Nashville 2 Anaheim 1 (Nashville leads series 2-1) — World Hockey Championship At Paris Canada 5 Finland 2 Belarus 4 Norway 3 Switzerland 3 Czech R...
May 17, 2017