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Prince Andrew says daughter Beatrice engaged
LONDON - Prince Andrew and his former wife Sarah Ferguson have announced the engagement of their elder daughter, Princess Beatrice. They said Thursday that Beatrice is engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi...
Sep 26, 2019
Chloe gets chic as VIPs create fashion homage to Lagerfeld
PARIS - Model and singer Pixie Geldof and Louis Vuitton designer Nicolas Ghesquiere watched from Grand Palais' front row Thursday morning in Paris as Chloe put on a spring manifesto in wearable chic. ...
Sep 26, 2019
Pending home sales rebound in a hopeful sign for housing
WASHINGTON - More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in August, signalling that low mortgage rates may spark a sustained turnaround for the housing market. The National Association of Realtors sa...
Sep 26, 2019
Scheer promises Conservative government would launch inquiry into SNC-Lavalin
MONTREAL - Andrew Scheer is promising a Conservative government would launch a judicial inquiry to find out what happened during the SNC-Lavalin affair. Scheer made the pledge during a visit to J...
Sep 26, 2019
Supreme Court sides with Ontario in dispute over property survey copyright
OTTAWA - A Supreme Court of Canada decision has put the brakes on a class-action suit over the rights to property surveys in Ontario. In 2007, Keatley Surveying Ltd. brought the ac...
Sep 26, 2019
AP Interview: Karzai says Afghan election threatens peace
KABUL - A presidential election that is days away in Afghanistan threatens the troubled nation's best chance of making peace with the Taliban and ending 18 years of war, former President Hamid Karzai ...
Sep 26, 2019
"How cool is that?" - DeBues-Stafford has three running legends cheering her on
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford was a fierce five-foot-three bundle of energy when Lynn Kanuka got to know her four years ago at the Summer Universiade. The Canadian track legend saw something of herself in ...
Sep 26, 2019
Domingo focus shifts to California, the last of his US shows
SAN FRANCISCO - With the Metropolitan Opera's bombshell announcement that Plcido Domingo will not take the Met stage this week - and possibly ever again - the legendary singer's only scheduled U.S. ap...
Sep 26, 2019
Conservatives pledge review of tax system to ease headaches for small businesses
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is pledging to undo changes to the tax system that led to a near war between small business and the Liberal government two years ago. "No gover...
Sep 26, 2019
Whistleblower complaint says Trump abused power
WASHINGTON - A secret whistleblower complaint at the centre of an impeachment inquiry alleges that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to "solicit interference from a foreign country...
Sep 26, 2019