Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Freeland says Liberals will extend aid programs to October because of uneven rebound
OTTAWA - The federal government is tapping the brakes on its plans to phase out pandemic aid programs this summer, deciding instead to freeze benefits at current levels and extend help by an extra mon...
Jul 30, 2021
Finance Department says federal deficit was $23.8 billion deficit over April and May
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of nearly $24 billion over the first two months of its fiscal year, a sharp drop from the unprecedented spending one year earlier at the start of the COVI...
Jul 30, 2021
Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games
TOKYO (AP) - Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics. Prime Minister Y...
Jul 30, 2021
Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games
TOKYO (AP) - Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics. Prime Minister Y...
Jul 30, 2021
Statistics Canada says economy appears to have grown in second quarter
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy appears to have bounced back after its worst two-month stretch since the start of the pandemic, eking out a gain in June and growth in the second quarter of the year. Sta...
Jul 30, 2021
Doctors, lawyers want B.C. to track injuries after record heat wave
VANCOUVER - Two groups focused on environmental issues are calling on the British Columbia government to come up with a plan to track "heat dome injuries" following record-setting temperatures that ar...
Jul 30, 2021
Telltale transactions help financial intelligence centre combat sex trafficking
OTTAWA - Transactional clues - from hotel bills paid in cash to purchases of escort-service ads - are helping Canada's financial intelligence agency detect human trafficking in the sex trade. The Fina...
Jul 30, 2021
Hong Kong protester given 9-year term in 1st security case
HONG KONG (AP) - A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong's national security law as the ruling Communist Party t...
Jul 30, 2021
Carl Levin, Michigan's longest-serving senator, dies at 87
DETROIT (AP) - Famous for gazing over eyeglasses worn on the end of his nose, Carl Levin seemed at ease wherever he went, whether attending a college football game back home in Michigan or taking on a...
Jul 29, 2021
Carl Levin, Michigan's longest-serving senator, dies at 87
DETROIT (AP) - Famous for gazing over eyeglasses worn on the end of his nose, Carl Levin seemed at ease wherever he went, whether attending a college football game back home in Michigan or taking on a...
Jul 29, 2021
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On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...