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Trans woman hopes funding cut will send message to Vancouver rape crisis group
VANCOUVER - A transgender woman whose case against Canada's oldest rape crisis centre was dismissed by the courts says she hopes the City of Vancouver's decision to ...
Mar 21, 2019
'It has to send a message:' Broncos families await sentencing for truck driver
Kevin Matechuk says he will never, never forgive the semi driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash.Matechuk's 19-year-old son Layne of Colonsay, Sask., is still coping with a brain inju...
Mar 21, 2019
Leaders set sights on each other as Alberta election called for April 16
Alberta's NDP leader and her main conservative rival wasted no time pointing fingers at each other on the first day of the campaign for an April 16 election. Premier Rachel Notley called the vote...
Mar 21, 2019
Export slump deepens for American whiskey producers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - American whiskey producers are suffering a worsening hangover from the Trump administration's trade disputes. Overall exports of bourbon, Tennessee whiskey and rye whiskey fell 11 pe...
Mar 21, 2019
Levi Strauss readies for prime time in the public markets
NEW YORK - Levi Strauss & Co., which gave America its first pair of blue jeans, is public again, for the second time. The 166-year-old company, which owns the Dockers and Denizen brands, previousl...
Mar 21, 2019
New Leger polls suggests federal Liberals lagging Conservatives
OTTAWA - A new poll conducted by Leger for The Canadian Press suggests the governing federal Liberals have lost ground to the Conservatives over the past month. Overall, 31 per cent of respondents pol...
Mar 21, 2019
'Full House' to big house in college scheme? Experts differ
BOSTON - Could Aunt Becky be headed to prison? It could go either way, experts say. Some of the wealthy parents accused of paying bribes to get their kids into top universities may get short stints be...
Mar 21, 2019
EU leaders open to Brexit delay but demand UK passes deal
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders said Thursday they were likely to grant Britain a short delay in its departure from the bloc if the U.K. government can win parliamentary support next week for its EU...
Mar 21, 2019
Analysis: Victory over Islamic State may be short-lived
WASHINGTON - In a campaign that spanned five years and two U.S. presidencies, unleashed more than 100,000 bombs and killed untold numbers of civilians, the U.S. military engineered the destruction of ...
Mar 21, 2019
First artificial intelligence Google Doodle features Bach
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google is celebrating composer Johann Sebastian Bach with its first artificial intelligence-powered Doodle. Thursday's animated Google Doodle shows the composer playing an orga...
Mar 21, 2019