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Finance Department says preliminary deficit of $314 billion for last fiscal year
OTTAWA - The federal government says its preliminary deficit for the last fiscal year was $314 billion, an unprecedented figure caused by an equally unprecedented economic shock. The early deficit fig...
May 28, 2021
Supreme Court ruling denies media outlet access to records from Quebec court case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says MediaQMI journalists are not allowed access to exhibits that were once part of a Quebec court file. The decision today comes in a case that began five years a...
May 28, 2021
Malaysia imposes total lockdown after cases soar above 8,000
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's prime minister says a total coronavirus lockdown will be imposed in the country, with all business and economic activities to be halted for two weeks to contai...
May 28, 2021
US consumers boosted their spending by 0.5% in April
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans increased their spending by 0.5% in April, a slowdown after a massive gain in March that had been powered by the distribution of billions of dollars in individual stimulus ...
May 28, 2021
Work on Highway 40 twinning project well underway
The work to twin a 19-kilometre stretch of Highway 40 south of Grande Prairie is well underway.The Peace Regional Director for Alberta Transportation Ryan Konowalyk says clearing work that started in ...
May 28, 2021
As Russia tensions simmer, NATO conducts massive war games
ABOARD HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (AP) - As tensions with Russia simmer, thousands of NATO troops, several warships and dozens of aircraft are taking part in military exercises stretching across the Atlantic...
May 28, 2021
'Cold houses with no hot water': Flood victims return to Fort Simpson, N.W.T.
FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - A village in the Northwest Territories is looking to rebuild what has been lost after the worst flooding in more than 50 years destroyed homes and businesses. Fort Simpson's 1,2...
May 28, 2021
'It feels more animated': athletes, experts say live fans key to good games
Dylan DeMelo heard the cars honking out on Winnipeg's Portage Avenue as he took to the ice for warm-up on Monday. The Jets had a chance to sweep the Edmonton Oilers in their first-round playoff series...
May 27, 2021
Hong Kong tycoon gets 14-month jail term over 2019 protest
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities crack ...
May 27, 2021
Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The remains of 215 children have been found buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk'emlups te Secwpemc First Nation said in...
May 27, 2021