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Conservatives will review business subsidies in effort to save $1.5 billion
HAMILTON - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Wednesday he will start to pay for his promised $9 billion in tax cuts and program spending by finding a way to cut $1.5 billion from annual subs...
Sep 20, 2019

Defence lawyer awaiting information from Crown in RCMP secrets case
OTTAWA - A lawyer for an RCMP employee charged with breaching the official-secrets law says he is still awaiting details of the allegations from the Crown. Heading into a hearing today, defence l...
Sep 20, 2019

Dad sentenced for sex crimes against daughters
EDMONTON- A central Alberta man who sexually assaulted his three daughters has been sentenced to 23.5 years.The Evansburg area man, whose name is under a publication ban so as to not identify the vict...
Sep 20, 2019

Drayton Valley RCMP Report: Sept. 12-18
September 1210:24 am - Brazeau county - Wiley West - Complainant reporting people are attempting to break into the coin boxes at the campground. 11:17 am - Drayton Valley - Member on patrol conducted ...
Sep 20, 2019

No severe impacts from Imelda as it moves through Texas
HOUSTON - Tropical Depression Imelda has deluged parts of Southeast Texas with rain, but officials in Houston and surrounding communities said Wednesday that so far there have been no severe consequen...
Sep 20, 2019

Humberto brushes Bermuda as new hurricane threatens Mexico
MIAMI - Hurricane Humberto lashed Bermuda with strong winds Wednesday as the powerful Category 3 storm passed just to the north of the British Atlantic territory, while a newly formed hurricane threat...
Sep 20, 2019

Young people lead global climate change protests
BERLIN - In Canberra and Kabul, Cape Town and Berlin, and across the globe, hundreds of thousands of people took the streets Friday to demand that leaders tackle climate change in the run-up to a U.N....
Sep 20, 2019

Liberals promise benefit boost for seniors, but hold back PBO costings for now
MONCTON, N.B. - Justin Trudeau is promising to do more to boost incomes for seniors, widows and widowers, one of a number of big ticket election promises he's made in the first week of the campaign. B...
Sep 20, 2019

Singh promises public dental coverage for families making under $70,000
SUDBURY, Ont. - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh laid out a plan to extend full public dental coverage to low- and middle-income households on Wednesday, in what he described as a first step toward in...
Sep 20, 2019

Auction: Bonnie Parker's poetry book, Clyde Barrow's watch
DALLAS - A book of poetry handwritten by Bonnie Parker and a watch belonging to Clyde Barrow are among items from the outlaw Texas couple being offered at auction. RR Auction will offer the items Satu...
Sep 20, 2019