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US judge blocks Medicaid work rules in blow to Trump
WASHINGTON - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Medicaid work requirements undermine the program's mission of providing health care for the needy, dealing a blow to the Trump administration's effort...
Mar 29, 2019
Wisconsin appeals court restores laws from lame-duck session
MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday reinstated laws Republicans passed during a lame-duck session to weaken the Democratic governor and attorney general, but the statutes remain blo...
Mar 29, 2019
Engineer didn't check for right materials on stage that collapsed, inquest hears
TORONTO - An engineer who approved the plans for a stage that collapsed before a Radiohead concert in Toronto didn't check that the right materials were being used to support the roof because he trust...
Mar 29, 2019
Position-by-position look at Toronto Blue Jays Opening Day roster
TORONTO - The Blue Jays begin the regular season Thursday at home against the Detroit Tigers. While a couple of roster spots have yet to be announced, here's a position-by-position look at the te...
Mar 29, 2019
Federal NDP proposes expanding tax on capital gains from investments
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is promising an NDP government would expand the tax on investment profits as part of a package of measures aimed at taxing the rich to pay for pharmacare as well as affordable c...
Mar 29, 2019
Wernick issued veiled threats over SNC standoff, Wilson-Raybould says
OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould secretly recorded a conversation with Michael Wernick in which she claims the country's top public servant issued veiled threats that she'd lose her job as justice minist...
Mar 29, 2019
Publishers plan bound editions of Mueller report
NEW YORK - When Attorney General William Barr releases a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation, several publishers will be ready to put out in book fo...
Mar 29, 2019
Man pleads guilty to kidnapping Jayme Closs, killing parents
BARRON, Wis. - A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents, in a move that spares the girl held captive in a remote cabin for three months fr...
Mar 29, 2019
Airline offers to end LA Coliseum name change
LOS ANGELES - United Airlines offered Friday withdraw from a $69 million deal to change Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum into United Airlines Memorial Coliseum following criticism that adding a corporate...
Mar 29, 2019
Saint Lawrence Centre temporarily closing its doors
The Saint Lawrence Centre will be shuttering its services for the next few weeks, while the Rotary House puts new rules and regulations in place on their building.The Centre offers daytime support ser...
Mar 29, 2019 The Centre has operated out of the Rotary House since 2015