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Feds take digital step to reshape benefits system for expat seniors
OTTAWA - The federal government has started on a path to trade, in bulk, information on expatriate seniors with other countries to save time and money when one of them dies. It's estimated about ...
Jul 26, 2019
Liberal government runs $1.4B budgetary deficit in first two months of 2019-20
OTTAWA - A new preliminary estimate says the federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $1.4 billion through the first two months of the current fiscal year. The Finance Departmen...
Jul 26, 2019
Northwest Territorial Days: A staple of summertime in the Battlefords
The spectacle of lights edging the fairgrounds, as a monster Farris wheel looms overhead; the sounds of the roller coasters whizzing by and the scent of mini doughnuts fills the air; there is nothing ...
Jul 26, 2019 When the sun goes down and dusk begins to set, the lights on the fairgrounds keep the Exhibition alive, as the community comes together at the annual Northwest Territorial Days. (submitted photo/Jocelyn Ritchie)
Canadian women's beach volleyball team remains unbeaten at Pan Am Games
LIMA, Peru - Canada's women's beach volleyball team improved to 2-0 on Thursday at the Pan American Games. Amanda Harnett of Burlington, Ont., and Marie-Christine Lapointe of St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Qu...
Jul 26, 2019
Bishop-Nriagu still on "straight and narrow" path to Tokyo after baby
MONTREAL - It was an endearing sight that played out at the University of Windsor Stadium numerous times during Melissa Bishop-Nriagu's comeback. The 800-metre runner pounding around the blue and gold...
Jul 26, 2019
B.C. murder suspect not a neo-Nazi, is more fascinated by Russia, dad says
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A murder suspect who allegedly sent photographs of a swastika armband and a Hitler Youth knife to an online friend was not a Nazi sympathizer, but he did think the memorabilia was...
Jul 26, 2019 Alan Schmegelsky, father of Bryer Schmegelsky, poses for a photo during an interview with The Canadian Press in Mill Bay B.C. on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. The father of a suspect in the deaths of three people in northern British Columbia says his son is in "very serious pain" and he expects a nationwide manhunt will end in the young man's death. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Kane
A look at 10 Canadian athletes to watch at the Pan American Games in Lima
The Pan American Games won't feature all of Canada's top 2020 Olympians, but some Tokyo medal contenders are sure to be competing in Lima, Peru. The Games also include some top athletes in non-Olympic...
Jul 26, 2019
N.S. hockey tournament brings in pros to honour player who died of cardiac arrest
HALIFAX - Professional hockey players are taking to the ice for a hockey tournament on Saturday that is held in honour of a 16-year-old player who lost his life to a rare, inherited heart disease. The...
Jul 26, 2019
Supreme Court of Canada says military's no-juries justice system constitutional
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says military members accused of serious offences under military law do not have the constitutional right to a civilian jury trial. In a 5-2 decision rel...
Jul 26, 2019
Canada's Maggie MacNeil storms onto world swim stage
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - The year Maggie MacNeil was born, people thought the world might end. They packed away canned goods and fretted about computer meltdowns as the year 2000 approached, unsu...
Jul 26, 2019