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Canada will shell out almost $70 billion for its new warships, PBO report says
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says Canada's 15 new warships will cost almost $70 billion over the next quarter-century. A Canadian government estimate in 2017 pegged the price of the project a...
Jun 21, 2019
Veteran horse breeder/owner Gus Schickedanz passes away at the age of 90
TORONTO - Gus Schickedanz was much more than just a boss to trainer Mike Keogh. Gustav (Gus) Schickedanz - who owned Wando, Canada's last Triple Crown winner - died Monday night at the age o...
Jun 21, 2019
Governments earned $186M in pot taxes in 5 1/2 months of legalization: StatCan
Federal and provincial governments earned $186 million in cannabis-related revenue in the first 5 1/2 months since legalization in October, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The Ottawa-based agency&nb...
Jun 21, 2019
Vancouver Whitecaps look to tame surging Colorado Rapids in return from break
VANCOUVER - Goalkeeper Zac MacMath is hungry for his first win with the Vancouver Whitecaps, especially if he can record it against his former teammates. "There's not a team that I want to b...
Jun 21, 2019
Canadian astronaut Saint-Jacques set to return after 'intense adventure' in space
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is set to return to Earth in less than a week as his mission aboard the International Space Station comes to an end. On Day 199 in orbit, Saint...
Jun 21, 2019
Trudeau to meet Pelosi, McConnell, as well as Trump in Washington
WASHINGTON - Justin Trudeau's meeting with Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday is set to be a deal-making session that could turn on an exchange of favours on North American trade and the plig...
Jun 21, 2019
Trudeau to meet Pelosi, McConnell, as well as Trump in Washington
WASHINGTON - Justin Trudeau's meeting with Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday is set to be a deal-making session that could turn on an exchange of favours on North American trade and the plig...
Jun 21, 2019
Purchase of watershed in southeast B.C., protects land, species at risk
NELSON, B.C. - A southeastern British Columbia watershed including a rare inland temperate rainforest has been purchased by the Nature Conservancy of Canada, protecting it from development. The n...
Jun 21, 2019
Canada looks to learn from Dutch loss as it enters deep waters of knockout stage
PARIS - Despite a somewhat deflating loss to the Netherlands to wrap up the preliminary round, Canada still has everything to play for at the Women's World Cup. The fifth-ranked Canadians remain ...
Jun 21, 2019
GM seeks to avoid Takata recalls for fourth straight year
DETROIT - General Motors is trying to avoid recalling potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators in thousands of full-size pickup trucks and SUVs for the fourth straight year, leaving owners to wonde...
Jun 21, 2019
