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Liberals offer 'modest' help for first-time homebuyers
OTTAWA - On the eve of a federal election this fall, the Liberal government is looking to help more Canadians buy their first homes by picking up a portion of their mortgage costs and increasing the a...
Mar 19, 2019
New $1B border strategy will get tough on irregular asylum seekers
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is signalling its intent to stem the flow of asylum seekers crossing into Canada at unofficial entry points with a new border-enforcement strategy aimed at detecting, i...
Mar 19, 2019
Liberals promise billions for dairy, chicken farmers affected by trade deals
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is promising billions of dollars to compensate dairy, egg and poultry farmers hurt by Canada's recent free-trade agreements - industries concentrated in vote-rich Quebe...
Mar 19, 2019
Liberals promise tax credit, EI benefit to help workers retrain
OTTAWA - Canadians could soon be able to put $250 a year toward upgrading their skills, and get help to pay their bills during dedicated time off, because of measures in today's federal budget meant t...
Mar 19, 2019
Liberals to create national drug agency as building block of pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals' new budget promises a new agency to buy drugs in bulk and cut Canadian medication costs, the first step toward a national drug plan. In a sign of just how expensive phar...
Mar 19, 2019
AP source: Trout, Angels close to record $432M, 12-year deal
Mike Trout is on the verge of becoming baseball's first half-billion dollar man. Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the record...
Mar 19, 2019
Sask Parks Launches New Reservation System
The Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport launched a new, upgraded online reservation system today for the 2019 camping season. "With campsite reservations kicking off in just a couple of weeks, we are...
Mar 19, 2019
Tunisian billionaire who fled Canada ahead of 2016 deportation arrested in France
MONTREAL - An elusive Tunisian billionaire who disappeared from Canada as he was set to be deported to his homeland in 2016 has resurfaced and is under arrest in France. Belhassen Trabe...
Mar 19, 2019
Raptors Uprising to face old foe in 2019 season opener of NBA 2K League
TORONTO - Raptors Uprising GC will renew acquaintances with Cavs Legion GC, the team that knocked it out of the 2018 playoffs, in its 2019 NBA 2K League season opener April 11. Raptors Uprising o...
Mar 19, 2019
Canadian shockers: Andreescu becomes latest underdog to stun sporting world
Bianca Andreescu's run to the BNP Paribas Open title on in Indian Wells, Calif., certainly goes down as a major surprise. As Martina Navratilova told BT Sport in England after Andreescu's win ove...
Mar 19, 2019