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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
New Brunswick judge to deliver verdict Friday in second Oland murder trial
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Just over eight years after multi-millionaire Richard Oland was bludgeoned to death in his Saint John office, his only son, Dennis, is about to find out whether he will be judged gu...
Jul 18, 2019
Toronto Raptors sign free-agent forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
TORONTO - Forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson signed with the Toronto Raptors on Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, as per Raptors team policy. Hollis-Jefferson averaged 8.9 points,...
Jul 18, 2019
Woman who got postcard sent in 1993 tracks down sender
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois woman who recently got a 1993 postcard in her mailbox has tracked down the man who sent it to his children more than two decades ago. Kim Draper's story about the myste...
Jul 18, 2019
Police lay charges against man accused of forging Connor McDavid's signature on jerseys
Edmonton police have laid charges against a man who is accused of forging the signature of Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid on authentic team jerseys, then selling them to score big profits. They s...
Jul 18, 2019
Migration begins: blame toadlets if ground seems to move in Whistler, B.C.
WHISTLER, B.C. - An annual migration involving tens of thousands of creatures is underway in Whistler, B.C., but observers could miss it if they don't look down. Up to 40,000 tiny western to...
Jul 18, 2019
Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the spotlight to h...
Jul 18, 2019