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Loblaw to merge Shoppers Optimum and PC Plus loyalty programs in February
Customers at Shoppers Drug Mart or any of Loblaw Companies Ltd.’s grocery stores will soon use a new, unified loyalty program that replaces Optimum and PC Plus points. Loblaw (TSX:L) will merge ...
Nov 08, 2017
Lesbos: Europe's migrant barrier nears breaking point
LESBOS, Greece - At the heart of Moria, an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, is a dark rectangular building ringed with police guards and coils of razor wire. Taking photographs ...
May 11, 2018
No one person likely to blame for federal pay system debacle, says bureaucrat
OTTAWA - It’s unlikely that any single person will be held accountable for the government’s failed employee pay system, a senior federal bureaucrat told a news conference Wednesday. The co...
Jan 11, 2017
Truck bomb kills 90, wounds hundreds in Afghan capital
KABUL - A suicide attacker struck the fortified heart of the Afghan capital with a massive truck bomb Wednesday, killing 90 people, wounding 400 and raising new fears about the government’s abil...
May 31, 2017
Greens' universal pharmacare proposal costed at $27B next year
Introducing universal pharmacare would cost $26.7 billion in the first year, the federal Greens said Wednesday as they released the financial details attached to their platform promises. The pledge to...
Sep 27, 2019
Defence Department reports new delays in 10 major procurement projects
OTTAWA - The Defence Department is reporting fresh delays in 10 major military procurement projects, even as defence officials cast about for better ways to predict and manage when new equipment will ...
May 18, 2018
Bank gives Newfoundland town property where five-year-old girl found dead
CARBONEAR, N.L. - A Toronto-based bank has given a small Newfoundland town the property where the body of a five-year-old girl was found after she was allegedly murdered while visiting her father. In ...
Apr 10, 2017
Ex-Gitmo captive set to sue Canada for $50 million for alleged complicity in torture
TORONTO - An Algerian man is set to sue the federal government for the abuses he says he suffered at the hands of American security forces after he left Canada 15 years ago. The unproven allegations b...
Nov 05, 2017
Flames blow 4-1 lead, rally to beat Predators 6-5 in OT
NASHVILLE - The Calgary Flames are showing they have some offensive firepower along with resiliency. They needed every bit in their visit to Music City. Mark Giordano scored 43 seconds into overtime, ...
Feb 22, 2017
Trudeau pushes trade pact in EU summit as France moves ahead on CETA
MONTREAL - Lawmakers in France began their ratification of the comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union and Canada as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed one of the leaders of the 2...
Jul 19, 2019