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Feds take digital step to reshape benefits system for expat seniors
OTTAWA - The federal government has started on a path to trade, in bulk, information on expatriate seniors with other countries to save time and money when one of them dies. It's estimated about ...
Jul 26, 2019
Liberal government runs $1.4B budgetary deficit in first two months of 2019-20
OTTAWA - A new preliminary estimate says the federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $1.4 billion through the first two months of the current fiscal year. The Finance Departmen...
Jul 26, 2019
Canadian women's beach volleyball team remains unbeaten at Pan Am Games
LIMA, Peru - Canada's women's beach volleyball team improved to 2-0 on Thursday at the Pan American Games. Amanda Harnett of Burlington, Ont., and Marie-Christine Lapointe of St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Qu...
Jul 26, 2019
Bishop-Nriagu still on "straight and narrow" path to Tokyo after baby
MONTREAL - It was an endearing sight that played out at the University of Windsor Stadium numerous times during Melissa Bishop-Nriagu's comeback. The 800-metre runner pounding around the blue and gold...
Jul 26, 2019
A look at 10 Canadian athletes to watch at the Pan American Games in Lima
The Pan American Games won't feature all of Canada's top 2020 Olympians, but some Tokyo medal contenders are sure to be competing in Lima, Peru. The Games also include some top athletes in non-Olympic...
Jul 26, 2019
N.S. hockey tournament brings in pros to honour player who died of cardiac arrest
HALIFAX - Professional hockey players are taking to the ice for a hockey tournament on Saturday that is held in honour of a 16-year-old player who lost his life to a rare, inherited heart disease. The...
Jul 26, 2019
Supreme Court of Canada says military's no-juries justice system constitutional
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says military members accused of serious offences under military law do not have the constitutional right to a civilian jury trial. In a 5-2 decision rel...
Jul 26, 2019
Canada's Maggie MacNeil storms onto world swim stage
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - The year Maggie MacNeil was born, people thought the world might end. They packed away canned goods and fretted about computer meltdowns as the year 2000 approached, unsu...
Jul 26, 2019
Indonesia's Widodo tells AP he'll push economy, labour reform
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's President Joko Widodo says he is freed from political constraints in his final term and vows to push sweeping economic reforms. Widodo told The Associated Press on Fri...
Jul 26, 2019
Now British PM, brash Boris Johnson faces Brexit conundrum
LONDON - Boris Johnson took over as Britain's prime minister Wednesday, vowing to break the impasse that defeated his predecessor by leading the country out of the European Union and silencing those h...
Jul 26, 2019