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Ontario announcing new spending in first balanced budget in a decade
TORONTO - Ontario’s Liberal government will release its first balanced budget in a decade on Thursday, with a host of new spending measures focused on pocketbook issues it hopes will resonate wi...
Apr 26, 2017
Rays of hope emerge in rebuild of Lytton, B.C., months after wildfire destruction
Denise O'Connor is back in Lytton, B.C., living in the home where she spent her childhood years. But it's not where she was living last summer when a wildfire swept through the Fraser Canyon village a...
Feb 18, 2022
Recovery Days celebrate sobriety, aim to inspire those struggling with addiction
TORONTO - Almost a year ago, Terance Brouse was struggling to hold on to a month of sobriety, free for the first time in years from a life fuelled by booze and drugs, when he stumbled upon an event ca...
Sep 13, 2016
Tourism booming in Cuba despite tougher new Trump policy
HAVANA - On a sweltering early summer afternoon in Miami’s Little Havana, President Donald Trump told a cheering Cuban-American crowd that he was rolling back some of Barack Obama’s openin...
Jan 19, 2018
'They've found our baby': Mom's joy as B.C. girl's rescue plays out on social media
The mother of a six-year-old girl who went missing for three days in north-central British Columbia has described her joy at their reunion, which played out on social media videos. Footage shared on S...
Sep 23, 2024
Russian presidential hopeful speaks for political prisoners
MOSCOW - A 35-year-old Russian celebrity TV host who wants to become a presidential candidate opened her first news conference on Tuesday by demanding the release of all political prisoners. Ksenia So...
Oct 24, 2017
Rose takes the lead at Farmers Insurance Open; Canada's Hadwin tied for second
SAN DIEGO - Justin Rose already achieved what he wanted Friday in the Farmers Insurance Open. One last birdie for the lead made the day a little bit better Spooked by the bumpy greens late in the day ...
Jan 28, 2017
Ontario to require disclosure of pharma payments to health professionals
TORONTO - Wide-ranging legislation introduced Wednesday by the Ontario government will require public disclosure of payments that pharmaceutical companies make to doctors, increase inspections for spl...
Sep 27, 2017
'Open banking' holds promise but cybersecurity fears loom for Canadian banks
TORONTO - As banks work to fortify their cybersecurity defences amidst a growing number of data breaches, they are also exploring the promise of so-called “open banking,” a concept that co...
Nov 30, 2017
'I'm going to be lost,' 87-year-old Ontario woman says after local paper closed
When Joan Aikins moved to Barrie, Ont., in 1954, she turned to the city’s paper for everything from local news to deals on diapers for her newborn child. Four years later, when the Barrie Examin...
Nov 28, 2017