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US home sales climbed 2.5% in May amid lower mortgage rates
WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales jumped 2.5% in May, as lower mortgage rates appeared to help buyers overcome affordability challenges. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that existing homes...
Jun 23, 2019
Despite billions in new spending, Duclos still sees 'affordability' gaps
OTTAWA - Despite billions of dollars in new spending over the last four years, the federal Liberals' social-development minister concedes that seniors and families seeking housing and child care ...
Jun 23, 2019
'Clients fall off:' Calgary program helps recently released prisoners with hep C
CALGARY - Imagine adjusting to life after serving prison time, then add mental- health struggles, addiction or homelessness. Now, throw in hepatitis C, a blood-borne virus that can cause serious liver...
Jun 23, 2019
California launches ad campaign against illegal pot shops
LOS ANGELES - Marijuana shoppers are going to be getting a message from California regulators: Go legal. Aiming to slow illegal pot sales that are undercutting the nation's largest licensed market, Ca...
Jun 23, 2019
Montreal street renamed to erase tribute to Amherst, honour Indigenous history
Montreal removed the name of British general Jeffery Amherst's from its street map on Friday in favour of Atateken Street - a Mohawk word that means brotherhood. City and Indigenous lea...
Jun 23, 2019
Score a goal, shake a leg. Canada's World Cup soccer women have the music in them
GRENOBLE, France - Safe to say, members of the Canadian women's soccer team have the music in them. From grooving to Shania Twain's "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" on the team bus to flossin...
Jun 23, 2019
Jagger appears healthy as Rolling Stones rock Soldier Field
CHICAGO - Mick Jagger appeared healthy and energetic Friday night as the Rolling Stones launched their North American tour at Chicago's Soldier Field. The 75-year-old frontman ran and skipped along a ...
Jun 23, 2019 'Mick Jagger and his seemingly ageless fellow "Stones' keep on rocking.(The Canadian Press)
Thousands march for LGBT rights in Ukraine's capital
MOSCOW - Thousands of supporters of LGBT rights have marched through the centre of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, under a heavy police presence to separate them from opponents. Police said Sunday that n...
Jun 23, 2019
Bolton warns Iran not to mistake US 'prudence' for weakness
JERUSALEM - U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Sunday that Iran should not "mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness," after the U.S. abruptly called off military strikes against...
Jun 23, 2019
ASEAN leaders call for restraint amid sea row, US-China rift
BANGKOK - Southeast Asian leaders on Sunday pressed their call for self-restraint in the disputed South China Sea and renewed their alarm over the U.S.-China trade war, with one leader warning it may ...
Jun 23, 2019
