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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
Memorial service to honour Humboldt Broncos on anniversary of bus crash
Next Saturday will mark one year since devastation struck the city of Humboldt following the Broncos bus crash.A memorial service is planned to take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Elgar Petersen Arena to p...
Mar 29, 2019 (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)
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
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime drops semifinal against John Isner
MIAMI - Felix Auger-Aliassime's dramatic run at the Miami Open finally has come to an end. The 18-year-old Montreal native lost 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) to No. 7 seed and defending champion&nbs...
Mar 29, 2019
Ex-MVP Wetteland indicted on 3 counts of child sex assault
DENTON, Texas - A Texas grand jury has indicted former All-Star and World Series MVP pitcher John Wetteland on three counts of continuous sexual assault of a child. The indictments Thursday in Denton ...
Mar 29, 2019
Ex-MVP Wetteland indicted on 3 counts of child sex assault
DENTON, Texas - A Texas grand jury has indicted former All-Star and World Series MVP pitcher John Wetteland on three counts of continuous sexual assault of a child. The indictments Thursday in Denton ...
Mar 29, 2019
Canada won't extend peacekeeping mission in Mali: Freeland
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Trudeau government will not extend Canada's peacekeeping mission in Mali despite a UN appeal for it to stay longer. The eight Canadian heli...
Mar 29, 2019
