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Canada Pension Plan's money managers worth more than they cost, PBO says
OTTAWA - Having the money in the Canada Pension Plan fund actively managed by investment experts has been worth nearly $50 billion in extra returns since the mid-2000s, says the parliamentary budget o...
Jun 12, 2019
Trio of Canadian RADARSAT Constellation satellites head into orbit
MONTREAL - A trio of Canadian satellites that represent the next generation of Earth-observation technology launched successfully into orbit today and will be deployed soon. The Ca...
Jun 12, 2019
Expert panel recommends Canada implement single-payer pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - An expert panel is calling for the federal government to work with the provinces and territories to create a single-payer national pharmacare plan to cover every Canadian. Eric...
Jun 12, 2019
Highlights from expert panel report on national pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - An expert panel is calling for a universal, single-payer national pharmacare plan. Here's what it recommends: - The federal government should work with provinces and territories to creat...
Jun 12, 2019
'Disgusting' donation enthusiastically received for Yukon's Sourtoe Cocktail
DAWSON CITY, Yukon - A donation that an expert in Yukon happily describes as disgusting has arrived in Whitehorse, destined to become the centrepiece of a bizarre cocktail. The frostbitten big toe of ...
Jun 12, 2019
White House asserts executive privilege in census fight
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is asserting executive privilege over documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The Justice Departm...
Jun 12, 2019
Assailants raid village in Mali, killing at least 95 people
BAMAKO, Mali - Assailants raided a central Mali village early Monday, killing at least 95 people in the latest massacre in a growing ethnic conflict that has been enflamed by Islamic extremists, gover...
Jun 12, 2019
'Super fan' buying childhood home of rocker Tom Petty
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A California real estate agent and self-proclaimed "super fan" says he's extended an offer to buy the Florida home of rock legend Tom Petty. Kevin Beauchamp tells The Gainesville S...
Jun 12, 2019
Trump Jr. on Capitol Hill for closed-door Senate interview
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump Jr. told reporters he has "nothing to correct" as he arrived on Capitol Hill Wednesday for a second closed-door interview with the Senate intelligence committee. Trump Jr. ma...
Jun 12, 2019
Correction: Naval War College story
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - In a story June 10 about an investigation into the president of the U.S. Naval War College, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer was sche...
Jun 12, 2019
