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Country's new top bureaucrat to take over from embattled Wernick on April 19
OTTAWA - Michael Wernick will officially step down as the country's top bureaucrat in April, one month after he announced plans to step down in the wake of being drawn into the explosiv...
Mar 31, 2019
US new-home sales increased 4.9 per cent in February
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes climbed 4.9 per cent in February, an indication that falling mortgage rates have given a boost to demand from buyers. The Commerce Department said Friday that new ...
Mar 31, 2019
Government pushes China for canola evidence, mulling aid for farmers
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is considering subsidizing farmers hit by China's $2-billion ban on Canadian canola imports, and is pushing the People's Republic to prove recent shipments...
Mar 31, 2019
New carbon tax starts coming in for 4 provinces that fought the federal plan
People in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will be paying more for gasoline and heating fuel Monday when the federal government's carbon tax begins in provinces th...
Mar 31, 2019
Seeing double: Candidates with same name square off in P.E.I. election fight
Voters in one P.E.I. riding face a tough choice in the April 23 provincial election: Matthew MacKay, or Matthew MacKay. Seeking re-election in the provincial district of Kensington-Malpeque, Progressi...
Mar 31, 2019
Wealthy parents appear in court in college admissions scam
BOSTON - From a Napa Valley vintner to a Hot Pockets heiress, a procession of wealthy parents made their first appearances in federal court Friday on charges they paid bribes to get their children int...
Mar 31, 2019
US struggling with growing number of asylum seekers
WASHINGTON - Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day, a major expansion of a top government effort to address the sw...
Mar 31, 2019
Ukraine presidential vote begins under bribe claim cloud
KIEV, Ukraine - Voters in Ukraine are casting ballots in a presidential election Sunday after a campaign that produced a comedian with no political experience as the front-runner and allegations of vo...
Mar 31, 2019
Israel reopens Gaza crossings after week of hostilities
JERUSALEM - Israeli authorities have reopened the two crossings with the Gaza Strip after days of hostilities in a sign that cease-fire talks may be advancing. Israeli and Hamas officials confirmed Su...
Mar 31, 2019
N. Korea calls for investigation into Madrid embassy attack
TOKYO - North Korea said Sunday it wants an investigation into a raid on its embassy in Spain last month, calling it a "grave terrorist attack" and an act of extortion that violates international law....
Mar 31, 2019
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