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Nova Scotia anti-poverty groups call for immediate increase to income assistance
HALIFAX - Representatives from 13 community and anti-poverty groups are calling for an immediate increase to Nova Scotia’s basic income assistance rates, but they received no firm commitment fro...
Dec 14, 2017
China's yuan falls below sensitive level of 7 to US dollar
BEIJING - China's central bank allowed its yuan to fall below the politically sensitive level of seven to the U.S. dollar on Monday, possibly adding to trade tension with Washington. The currency weak...
Aug 05, 2019
Iraq bombs kill 23, disrupt return to normal life in Mosul
IRBIL, Iraq - Zaid Ahmed’s barber shop in the Gogjali district of Mosul was packed with customers Thursday when the first of three car bombs ripped through the outdoor food market outside. Ahmed...
Dec 22, 2016
B.C.'s chief coroner exits, frustrated and disappointed with government's OD response
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says she's a hopeful person, but she is leaving her office frustrated and disappointed. Angry, even. Lapointe has been at the forefront of the...
Dec 13, 2023
Police chief in London, Ont., apologizes to complainant in hockey case
Nearly six years after a woman alleged she had been sexually assaulted by five then-members of Canada's world junior hockey team, the police chief of a southwestern Ontario city offered an apology for...
Feb 05, 2024
Vancouver's Chinatown in a generational divide over Ken Sim's election as mayor
VANCOUVER - In Vancouver's Chinatown, baker Denny Wong is so enthusiastic about mayor-elect Ken Sim that he's already thinking about 2026. He says Sim visited his Hong-Kong-style bakery before last we...
Oct 20, 2022
Judge found Iowa police slaying suspect hit, exploited mom
DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa man jailed Thursday in the killings of two police officers was facing intense money problems, had been found by a judge to hit and financially exploit his mother and was ord...
Nov 02, 2016
Multiple murder convictions that have led to consecutive sentencing for killers
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Derek Saretzky was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 75 years for killing a father, daughter and senior in 2015. Federal legislation allows a judge...
Aug 09, 2017
Cogliano suspended 2 games, ending ironman streak
NEW YORK - Anaheim Ducks forward Andrew Cogliano was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Sunday, ending the fourth-longest consecutive games streak in NHL history. Cogliano had the longe...
Jan 14, 2018
Federal auditor general's office cancels work for lack of money
OTTAWA - Canada's auditor general's office says it doesn't have enough money to do all the work it's supposed to. The office's latest financial report says its funding isn't enough to keep up with &qu...
Feb 28, 2019