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Trump blames Fed for holding back economic growth in 2018
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says the economy would have grown much faster last year if the Federal Reserve had not been tightening credit last year. In a broadcast interview, Trump said withou...
Mar 21, 2019
Provincial funding to hire LPNs for La Ronge detox unit
The $300,000 announced in the provincial budget Wednesday for the detox unit in La Ronge will be used to hire licensed practical nurses to provide 24-hour care. "We did a review of our detox services ...
Mar 21, 2019 A $300,000 funding commitment from the province will benefit the detox unit at the La Ronge Health Centre. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
No timetable for end to fire at Texas chemical facility
HOUSTON - Officials said Tuesday that they're not sure when a fire at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility will burn itself out, but they are confident that the air quality is safe, despite ...
Mar 21, 2019
Defending champs off to perfect start at Canadian mixed doubles championship
FREDERICTON - Defending champions Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres were one of six unbeaten teams halfway through Thursday's play at the Canadian mixed doubles curling championship. The Alberta team (4-0)...
Mar 21, 2019
Blue Jays get bad injury news on Tepera, Axford before 13-6 loss to Phillies
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Toronto Blue Jays were defeated 13-6 by the Philadelphia Phillies in spring training action on Thursday as the team was dealt a battery of bad news on the injury front. Accordin...
Mar 21, 2019
Bianca Andreescu rallies for dramatic win over Irina-Camelia Begu
MIAMI - Canadian teen Bianca Andreescu has posted yet another dramatic victory. In her first match since an improbable run to the BNP Paribas Open title on Sunday, the 18-year-old from Mississauga, On...
Mar 21, 2019
'Thrones' actress Emilia Clarke says she's had 2 aneurysms
NEW YORK - "Game of Thrones" actress Emilia Clarke revealed Thursday that she has had two life-threatening aneurysms, and two brain surgeries, since the show began. An unknown actress before landing t...
Mar 21, 2019
Manitoba Mountie who survived shot to head faces shooter at sentencing hearing
MINNEDOSA, Man. - Two Manitoba RCMP officers spoke of anger and loss at the sentencing hearing of a man who tried to kill them. Cpl. Graeme Kingdon told a provincial court sentencing hearing that...
Mar 21, 2019
Canadian Mfiondu Kabengele leads Florida State to win over Vermont
It did not take long for a Canadian to make a major impact on the first full day of March Madness. Florida State forward Mfiondu Kabengele of Burlington, Ont., posted a double-double (21 points, 10 re...
Mar 21, 2019
Cambridge University rescinds offer of fellowship for Jordan Peterson
A controversial Toronto psychology professor is lambasting a prestigious British university after it opted to rescind a visiting fellowship on the basis of his work. Jordan Peterson published a blog p...
Mar 21, 2019