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Average vet faces 32-week wait for benefits decision, double government target
OTTAWA - The long delays many veterans face when applying to the government for assistance for service-related injuries have reached a new milestone. Former service members have long been promised tha...
Jul 05, 2019
Unemployment low in Thompson-Okanagan, much of B.C.
KAMLOOPS - The doom and gloom in the B.C. Interior forest sector has yet to have an impact on employment statistics.According to June totals from Statistics Canada, unemployment was 4.9 per cent in th...
Jul 05, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Workers who were trapped deep in Saskatchewan mine now safely back on surface
SASKATOON - A fertilizer company says all 34 people who were trapped deep in a Saskatchewan potash mine for more than a day are now safely above ground. Will Tigley, a spokesman with Nutrien Ltd., sai...
Jul 05, 2019
McLeod Bethel-Thompson to start at quarterback for Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - McLeod Bethel-Thompson has another shot at being the Toronto Argonauts No. 1 quarterback. Bethel-Thompson will start Saturday night when Toronto (0-2) hosts the B.C. Lions (0-3)&nb...
Jul 05, 2019
Fed repeats pledge to act to sustain economic expansion
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve on Friday repeated its pledge to "act as appropriate" to sustain the current economic expansion, now the longest in U.S. history, while noting that most Fed officials ...
Jul 05, 2019
Federal government quietly ends asylum seeker triage pilot program
OTTAWA - The Liberals have quietly ended a much-touted "triage" program that aimed to redirect asylum seekers away from crowded shelters in Montreal and Toronto. The federal govern...
Jul 05, 2019
Jay-Z's companies sue NYC licensing company for fraud
NEW YORK - Jay-Z's business entities sued a New York City licensing firm, claiming it cheated the companies as part of a "colossal accounting scandal." The lawsuit accuses Iconix Brand Group Inc. of l...
Jul 05, 2019
Organizers lower ticket prices for CFL game in Moncton, N.B.
MONCTON, N.B. - The group trying to bring a CFL team to Halifax has lowered ticket prices for a regular-season game between the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts next month in Moncton, N.B...
Jul 05, 2019
Federal government commits $2.8 million to anti-workplace harassment project
OTTAWA - The federal government is committing nearly $2.8 million to a project aimed at reducing workplace harassment and promoting accountable work environments. The funding will go to a project...
Jul 05, 2019
S.Korea actress charged in Thailand for catching giant clams
BANGKOK - A South Korean actress has been charged in Thailand with catching endangered giant clams while participating in a reality TV show and could face up to four years in prison if found guilty, a...
Jul 05, 2019
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