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Cuts to Legal Aid Ontario will cause hearing delays: Immigration and Refugee Board
OTTAWA - Cuts to legal-aid funding imposed by the Doug Ford government in Ontario will lead to delays and other disruptions of refugee hearings, says the tribunal that adjudicates asylum claims in Can...
Jul 18, 2019
Retail rivals crash Amazon's Prime Day party
NEW YORK - The gravitational pull of Amazon Prime Day is so strong on shoppers it's benefiting other retailers as well, according to an early analysis from a key data group. On Monday, the first day o...
Jul 18, 2019
Brandon Banks, Vernon Adams Jr. and Andrew Harris named CFL top performers
TORONTO - Hamilton receiver Brandon Banks, Montreal quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris are the CFL top performers for Week 5. Banks recorded nine receptions for 86 ya...
Jul 18, 2019
Local boy Ashtone Morgan still making his mark in ninth season with Toronto FC
TORONTO - A rare goal by Ashtone Morgan helped Toronto FC secure the win over the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday night. While scoring is not Morgan's forte, Toronto's longest-serving player stil...
Jul 18, 2019
Southwest cancellations will rise due to grounded Boeing jet
DALLAS - Southwest Airlines is again pushing back the date it expects to be able to fly the grounded Boeing 737 Max jet, meaning more flight cancellations. Southwest said Thursday that it was taking t...
Jul 18, 2019
Three dead, four missing after float plane crashes in Labrador lake
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Four occupants of a downed float plane remained missing Tuesday after the aircraft crashed into a Labrador lake, killing three others on board. Jean Tremblay, preside...
Jul 18, 2019
Montana, North Dakota push against Washington state rail law
BILLINGS, Mont. - Attorneys general for North Dakota and Montana asked the Trump administration on Wednesday to overrule a Washington state law that imposed new restrictions on oil trains from the Nor...
Jul 18, 2019
Documents shed light on seniors poverty figures used by federal Liberals
OTTAWA - Internal government documents say that many of the 57,000 seniors the Liberals say they have helped lift out of poverty only moved above the poverty line when the government changed the measu...
Jul 18, 2019
Supreme Court won't hear WestJet appeal in harassment case
OTTAWA - WestJet Airlines has lost a legal bid to put an end to a proposed class-action harassment lawsuit. The Supreme Court of Canada refused today to hear WestJet's arguments&nb...
Jul 18, 2019
High court won't hear NDP expenses case over mailings, offices
OTTAWA - The federal NDP may have lost its final legal bid for judicial review of decisions by the House of Commons management body that left the party on the hook for as much as $2.7 millio...
Jul 18, 2019