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US new home sales climbed a healthy 7.1% in August
U.S. new home sales jumped 7.1% in August, as low mortgage rates pull buyers into the housing market. The Commerce Department says that new homes sales increased to a seasonally adjusted annual rate o...
Sep 25, 2019
Memo: Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claims
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine's new leader to work with Rudy Giuliani and the U.S. attorney general to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, according to a...
Sep 25, 2019
Multinational crew lifts off for International Space Station
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A multinational crew made up of an American, a Russian and the first space traveller from the United Arab Emirates has blasted off successfully for a mission on the Internationa...
Sep 25, 2019
Matthew Tkachuk signs three-year deal with Calgary Flames
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed forward Matthew Tkachuk to a three-year, US$21-million deal. The move gets Tkachuk, who was a restricted free agent, to camp eight days before the Flames'...
Sep 25, 2019
Dems take up impeachment drive, say Trump betrayed his oath
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, yielding to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nati...
Sep 25, 2019
Al Franken to make return on weekly SiriusXM radio show
NEW YORK - Al Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusX...
Sep 25, 2019
Angry lawmakers challenge attorney general on Brexit advice
LONDON - British Attorney General Geoffrey Cox accused Parliament on Wednesday of being a "disgrace" as lawmakers returned for the first day of work since a bombshell court decision deemed Prime Minis...
Sep 25, 2019
Top UK court: Johnson's suspension of Parliament was illegal
LONDON - In a decision that badly undermines Boris Johnson's authority, Britain's highest court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the prime minister broke the law by suspending Parliament in a way that s...
Sep 25, 2019
TNRD Wins UBCM Award
VANCOUVER - The Union of British Columbia Municipalities has presented its 2019 Community Excellence Awards at the UBCM annual convention in Vancouver. The awards showcase municipalities and regional ...
Sep 25, 2019 Image Credit: UBCM
At least 7 killed as school collapses in Kenya's capital
NAIROBI, Kenya - A school collapsed in Kenya's capital on Monday and killed at least seven children, officials said, while some outraged residents alleged shoddy construction. Two other children were ...
Sep 25, 2019
