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US new home sales jump nearly 17 per cent in November
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes soared in November, defying higher mortgage rates. But they're still below year-ago levels. The Commerce Department said Thursday that new home sales jumped 16.9 p...
Jan 31, 2019
CFL forms strategic partnership with German league
TORONTO - The CFL's international push continued Thursday as the league announced a partnership with Germany. The CFL says it has formed a long-term strategic partnership with the German Foo...
Jan 31, 2019
Feds paid on high end for Trans Mountain pipeline, spending watchdog says
OTTAWA - Canada's parliamentary budget watchdog says the Liberal government paid the "sticker price" when it bought the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan for $4.5 billion. Parliamentary Budge...
Jan 31, 2019
US consumers rattled by shutdown, roiling markets
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled this month to its lowest reading in a year and a half, tested by the partial government shutdown and roiling financial markets. Still, consumer spirits re...
Jan 31, 2019
Optimism in flax industry despite recent plights
The flax industry has had some tough years.Dry conditions in the southern part of the province put pressure on production and the sector is still recovering from the Triffid issue, which saw Canadian ...
Jan 31, 2019
Chicago police still looking for video of attack on actor
Chicago police have recovered more surveillance footage of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett walking before and after he says he was attacked by two masked men, but they haven't found video of the attack...
Jan 31, 2019
China's Xi: 2022 Winter Games will be green, inclusive, open
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country is well on track to deliver a "spectacular" 2022 Winter Olympic Games. China's government was firmly committed to staging the games with a "gree...
Jan 31, 2019
Toronto airport runway setup poses serious crash risk, safety board finds
TORONTO - Air safety authorities say the runway setup at Toronto's Pearson International Airport poses a serious risk of crashes. The Transportation Safety Board says there were 27 runway incursions b...
Jan 31, 2019
Search continues in Surrey, B.C., for suspect after transit officer shot
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in Surrey, British Columbia, are asking the public to be vigilant as the search continues for a suspect in the shooting of a transit officer. Residents were advised to lo...
Jan 31, 2019
Pakistan upholds acquittal of woman in blasphemy case
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, dealing a blow to radical Islamists who had...
Jan 31, 2019