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Feds boost funding for refugee health care, but study says barriers remain
OTTAWA - Canada's health program for refugees and asylum seekers is getting a $283 million boost over the next two years. Immigration officials say the funding increase - contained in last week's fede...
Mar 27, 2019
Kansas' new Democratic governor vetoes GOP tax relief bill
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas' new Democratic governor on Monday vetoed a tax relief bill approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature, arguing it would repeat an infamous fiscal experiment that failed u...
Mar 27, 2019
MLB hopes to gain control of local broadcast deals
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball hopes to gain control of local broadcasting agreements involving its teams, the reason behind its bid to purchase regional sports networks from The Walt Disney Co. Dis...
Mar 27, 2019
CFL says over 750,000 fans watched its national combine via Facebook livestreams
TORONTO - More than 750,000 fans tuned in to watch the CFL's first combine with international players last weekend - and 62 per cent of those views came from outside Canada and the...
Mar 27, 2019
Senate committee to study extent of forced sterilization across Canada
OTTAWA - The Senate's human rights committee is launching a study about the coerced sterilization of Indigenous women. Senators on the committee say they want to hold meetings and hear from ...
Mar 27, 2019
Prince Edward Island's Green leader keen to make electoral history
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's Green leader is contemplating making history - as the party's first Canadian premier. Islanders will go to the polls April 23 in a provincial elec...
Mar 27, 2019
Ex-Brazilian President Temer released from jail after 5 days
RIO DE JANEIRO - Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was released from jail on Monday, less than a week after he was arrested in the sprawling Car Wash corruption probe that has ensnared many of t...
Mar 27, 2019
Montreal Impact sign Finnish defender Jukka Raitala to one-year extension
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have signed Finnish defender Jukka Raitala to a one-year extension, keeping him under contract with the club through the 2020 season. Raitala, 30, is currently in his se...
Mar 27, 2019
Winnipeg Blue Bombers looking into possibly staging NFL exhibition contest
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are looking into possibly hosting an NFL exhibition game between the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers this summer. "The Winnipeg Football Club is alw...
Mar 27, 2019
Former NHL defenceman Serge Savard not in running to own Alouettes
Scratch Serge Savard's name from the list of potential new owners of the Montreal Alouettes. The eight-time Stanley Cup-winning defenceman with the Montreal Canadiens said Wednesday he's not invo...
Mar 27, 2019