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Extra project cash for cities needed to end-run laggard provinces, Morneau says
OTTAWA - A one-time $2.2-billion windfall in the federal budget to help Canadian cities improve roads, bridges, highways and water systems won't become an annual tradition, Finance...
Mar 22, 2019
NewsAlert: Wilson-Raybould to reveal more details on SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould plans to reveal more - in writing - about her accusation that she faced improper pressure to prevent the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. The former at...
Mar 22, 2019
Barack Obama congratulates A-Rod J. Lo on their engagement
LOS ANGELES - Barack Obama is feeling the love about the engagement of Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod shared a congratulatory handwritten note Thursday on Twitter he received from the former...
Mar 22, 2019
Hungry wolves may get new home at Isle Royale National Park
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - A U.S.-Canadian team is preparing for another mission to relocate grey wolves to Isle Royale National Park in Michigan from a second Lake Superior island, where the predato...
Mar 22, 2019
Wolverines to host charity tournament this weekend
The Wolverines Wheelchair Sports Association will be holding a charity wheelchair basketball tournament this weekend at the Eastlink Centre.The tournament features five teams and will be taking place ...
Mar 22, 2019 (photo credit to the Wolverines Wheelchair Sports Association.)
Montreal priest stabbed while celebrating morning mass at landmark oratory
MONTREAL - A Catholic priest has been stabbed as he was celebrating mass this morning at Montreal's St. Joseph's Oratory. Montreal police say a 911 call was placed at around 8:40 a.m. When officers ar...
Mar 22, 2019
GM announces jobs, electric vehicle after Trump criticism
ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Less than a week after a series of critical tweets from the president over an Ohio plant closure, General Motors is announcing plans to add 400 jobs and build a new electric ve...
Mar 22, 2019
$800K Wells Fargo penalty OK'd in Schilling video game deal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal judge has approved an agreement for Wells Fargo Securities to pay an $800,000 civil penalty to end a lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over Rhode Isla...
Mar 22, 2019
Huskies win thrilling Game 5 over Kings
The Fort St.John Huskies and JDA Kings continue to put on a show in the North West Junior Hockey League Final.Game 5 took place Thursday night in Fort St.John with the best of seven series tied up at ...
Mar 22, 2019 If necessary, Game 7 of the NWJHL Final will be back in Fort St.John on Sunday
Poor People's Campaign to launch bus tour in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Poor People's Campaign is launching a national bus tour of poverty-stricken areas to bring attention to what they call the "real crises" or "interlocking injustices" afflicting th...
Mar 22, 2019