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Fence blocking Signal Hill's famous vista dismantled after outcry
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A widely scorned fence blocking one of Canada's most spectacular vistas - the view of St. John's, N.L., from the Signal Hill historic site - was almost entirely dismantled Thursday ...
Jul 20, 2019
British Open marches on without its star attraction
PORTRUSH, Ireland - Royal Portrush had all of Saturday morning to recover from the reality that Rory McIlroy is no longer part of this British Open. In a second round so packed with emotion that it fe...
Jul 20, 2019
High court won't hear NDP expenses case over mailings, offices
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court may have just killed off the NDP's last legal hope to end a dispute with the House of Commons over payments to political staff, leaving the party's financial pictu...
Jul 20, 2019
'I'm choosing not to be a victim,' Danforth shooting survivor says
TORONTO - Danielle Kane struggled with depression in her 20s and even contemplated suicide. But then she fell in love, enrolled in nursing school and felt she was finally on her way&nbs...
Jul 20, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: More on how we try, and mostly fail, to control panhandling
SUPPOSE YOU'RE AT THE BANK MACHINE and there's a panhandler sitting or standing there and he asks you for some spare change.Would you feel comfortable sliding your bank card into the machine and withd...
Jul 20, 2019 Panhandling bylaw sign, Columbia Street
Trudeau, Tusk take aim at Trump, and fixing WTO at Canada-EU summit
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Donald Tusk ended a summit Thursday that was bathed in the symbolism of solidarity with critical words for U.S. President D...
Jul 20, 2019
Trump blasts 4 congresswomen; crowd roars, 'Send her back!'
GREENVILLE, N.C. - Going after four Democratic congresswomen one by one, a combative President Donald Trump turned his campaign rally into an extended dissection of the liberal views of the women of c...
Jul 20, 2019
CRA program to help poor file taxes yields noticeable bump in people helped
OTTAWA - A federal program designed to help low-income Canadians file their taxes has boosted the number of returns it's handled in the year since the government increased its funding. The extra money...
Jul 20, 2019
EU fines chipmaker Qualcomm for 'predatory pricing'
BRUSSELS - In yet another European Union move against a U.S. tech company, the bloc's antitrust chief on Thursday fined chipmaker Qualcomm $271 million, accusing it of "predatory pricing" to drive a c...
Jul 20, 2019
Iran state TV: Iranian forces seize foreign oil tanker, crew
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran said Thursday its Revolutionary Guard seized a foreign oil tanker and its crew of 12 for smuggling fuel out of the country, and hours later released video showing th...
Jul 20, 2019
