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NewsAlert: Feds to deliver budget March 30
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal Liberals will deliver the budget for this year on March 30. This year's budget will be the first of the government's minority mandate, and will ...
Mar 11, 2020

Canadian boxing team in holding pattern after Olympic trial event cancelled
Canada's boxing team is in limbo after the cancellation of the Americas Olympic qualifying event in Argentina amid the threat of COVID-19, the condition caused by an outbreak of the novel co...
Mar 11, 2020

Justices allow 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy to continue
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings, despite lower ...
Mar 11, 2020

Canada, U.S. in touch 'almost daily' in coronavirus battle: minister
WASHINGTON - The federal government and the United States are communicating "almost daily" in a collective effort to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus north of the border and acro...
Mar 11, 2020

Kenney worried layoffs coming as oil and gas sector struggles with coronavirus
CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney says time is of the essence as he takes demands for more aid to Alberta businesses to the first ministers meeting in Ottawa this week. Kenney spoke to reporters this mor...
Mar 11, 2020

Mariners move home games out of Seattle thru end of March
SEATTLE - The Mariners will move home games out of Seattle through end of March following the state of Washington's decision to ban large group events in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Seattle ...
Mar 11, 2020

Ex-CFL football player to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scam
BOSTON - A former Canadian Football League player will plead guilty to paying US$200,000 to have someone take a college entrance exam in place of his two sons as part of an admissions cheating scheme,...
Mar 11, 2020

Ex-CFL football player to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scam
BOSTON - A former Canadian Football League player will plead guilty to paying US$200,000 to have someone take a college entrance exam in place of his two sons as part of an admissions cheating scheme,...
Mar 11, 2020

AP Exclusive: Inside massive DEA raid targeting drug cartel
CHANTILLY, Va. - In the darkness, the team suits up quietly, putting on their helmets and tactical gear. Federal agents lug battering rams, bolt cutters and heavy weaponry by foot up a hill on a resid...
Mar 11, 2020

Morneau talks up fiscal room to react to impacts of COVID-19 as concerns mount
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau sought to ease the concerns over the novel coronavirus outbreak on a day where financial markets dropped along with the price of oil,&nb...
Mar 11, 2020