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Local golfer Hughes expects Hamilton course to challenge at RBC Canadian Open
Mackenzie Hughes grew up about 15 minutes from Hamilton Golf and Country Club and says he has played the course around 50 times. While the native of Dundas, Ont., will have the most experience playing...
May 31, 2019
Liberals rolling out new measures to protect migrant workers, newcomers
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is rolling out several new measures to protect vulnerable migrant workers and immigrants living in Canada. Starting next week, temporary foreign workers who find themse...
May 31, 2019
Stocks slump after US expands trade war to Mexico
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks tumbled on Wall Street Friday after the U.S. announced plans to expand its trade war to Mexico. The slump all but guarantees that May will be the first monthly loss for the mark...
May 31, 2019
Supreme Court sides with Toronto man over detention in race-tinged case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has set aside a man's gun and drug-related convictions, saying police had no reasonable cause to walk into a backyard and begin questioning him. The ruling comes t...
May 31, 2019
China's ambassador makes second trip to Nova Scotia, calls McNeil "great friend"
HALIFAX - Just days after saying Canada's ties with China have hit "rock bottom", China's ambassador is praising Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil as "a great friend." Lu Shaye made the comment ...
May 31, 2019
Mueller declares his Russia report did not exonerate Trump
WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging President Donald Trump with a crime was "not an option" because of federal rules, but he used his first public remarks on the R...
May 31, 2019
Couture Council to honour Louboutin and his red-soled shoes
NEW YORK - From a tiny bottle of nail polish, a luxury fashion empire was born. Designer Christian Louboutin says he was experimenting in his factory one day when he suddenly seized his assistant's bo...
May 31, 2019
Elite 8: National Spelling Bee too easy for octet of champs
OXON HILL, Md. - There were warning signs throughout a marathon day of spelling that this Scripps National Spelling Bee would not conclude like any other in the event's 94-year history. Rishik Gandhar...
May 31, 2019
Judge: Kodak Black should remain jailed until trial
MIAMI - Federal prosecutors in Miami on Wednesday successfully appealed a judge's decision to release rapper Kodak Black on bond after his arrest for a weapons violation. In a hearing in U.S. District...
May 31, 2019
Paris wants a 'Princess Diana Square' at site of her death
Paris City Hall wants to name a small plaza after Princess Diana, at the site of the 1997 car crash that killed the cherished British royal. The site is adjacent to the Alma Tunnel where the accident ...
May 31, 2019
