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Trump's tariffs could blot out positive economic story
WASHINGTON - Just last week, solid economic numbers appeared to be helping President Donald Trump's reelection prospects. The United States had achieved its longest economic expansion. Stock prices we...
Aug 06, 2019
Trump's divisive words collide with his call for unity
WASHINGTON - President Trump on Wednesday will bring a message aimed at national unity and healing to the sites of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. But the words he offers for a divided Ameri...
Aug 06, 2019
Onion Lake Cree Nation again ordered to release financial statements
A Queen's Bench judge has found the Onion Lake Cree Nation to be in civil contempt of court and ordered it to release financial documents to a local activist and online.Saskatoon Justice Meghan McCrea...
Aug 06, 2019 A member of The Canadian Taxpayers Federation stands with Charmaine Stick of the Onion Lake Cree Nation to highlight a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision in 2018. (file photo/CKOM Staff)
FX's new 'A Christmas Carol' has darker take, younger cast
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - FX's new adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" includes a younger Scrooge and Bob Cratchit and a darker take on the Charles Dickens classic. Ebenezer Scrooge, often portrayed on sc...
Aug 06, 2019
Joseph and Olynyk provide backbone for Canada's World Cup basketball roster
TORONTO - Pulling on the Canada jersey never gets old for Cory Joseph. The 27-year-old point guard has dedicated a good chunk of every summer to Canada's national basketball program for more than a de...
Aug 06, 2019
Emails: Pritzker's office not aware band booked for 2 months
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A southern rock band whose logo features the Confederate flag was booked for the DuQuoin State Fair for two months before Gov. J.B. Pritzker's staff learned of the gig and abruptly...
Aug 06, 2019
Canadian teenager Jordyn Huitema scores on debut for Paris Saint-Germain
COLOMIERS, France - Canadian teenager Jordyn Huitema scored 14 minutes into her debut for Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, coming off the bench to head in the winner in a 2-1 victory over Bayern M...
Aug 06, 2019
Ottawa keeping tabs as doctors sound alarm about cancer drug supply
OTTAWA - The federal health minister's office says it is keeping a close watch on the supply of three generic cancer drugs as doctors raise serious concerns about the ris...
Aug 06, 2019
Veronique Hivon, considered favourite for PQ leader, says she won't run
QUEBEC - One of the most popular advocates for Quebec sovereignty and the woman considered the favourite to take over the embattled Parti Quebecois has announced she will not ...
Aug 06, 2019
Prosecutor: Killings of women were clearly work of same man
LOS ANGELES - Four strikingly similar attacks on women were all planned and executed by a skilled serial killer who studied the lives and California homes of victims who lived near him before savagely...
Aug 06, 2019
