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Fed’s Powell sees steady growth, signals pause in rate cuts
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell expects the U.S. economy to continue growing at a solid pace, though it still faces risks from slower growth overseas and trade tensions. Powell als...
Nov 13, 2019
Spiritual leaders call for respect, unity during Remembrance Day ceremony
OTTAWA - Thousands of Canadians braved sub-zero temperatures in the nation's capital on Monday to honour and remember all those - no matter their background - who offered up their lives to d...
Nov 13, 2019
Venice ‘on its knees’ after second-worst flood ever recorded
MILAN - The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials calculated hundreds of millions of euros in ...
Nov 13, 2019
'Sad day' or 'scam'? What to watch at impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON - A "solemn day" or a "showtrial"? Americans and the world can decide for themselves as House Democrats let the public in to the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. With...
Nov 13, 2019
Separating fact from fiction at Trump's impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has been fulminating for weeks over the impeachment inquiry, which he sees as a persecution cooked up by Democrats and "Never Trumpers." In reality, a collection of...
Nov 13, 2019
Impeachment hearings go live on TV with the 1st witnesses
WASHINGTON - The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing on Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the ...
Nov 13, 2019
Cirque du Soleil co-founder taken into custody in Tahiti over cannabis growth
TAHITI, French Polynesia - A Canadian entrepreneur and co-founder of the circus show Cirque du Soleil has been taken into custody in French Polynesia over ...
Nov 13, 2019
Cirque du Soleil co-founder taken into custody in Tahiti over cannabis growth
TAHITI, French Polynesia - A Canadian entrepreneur and co-founder of the circus show Cirque du Soleil has been taken into custody in French Polynesia over ...
Nov 13, 2019
US consumer prices up 0.4% in October; gasoline prices surge
WASHINGTON - Surging gasoline prices caused U.S. consumer prices to rise last month at the fastest pace since March. The Labor Department said Wednesday that its consumer price index rose 0.4% in Octo...
Nov 13, 2019
Geoff Regan among the MPs who want to preside over House of Commons
OTTAWA - Geoff Regan, who presided over the House of Commons as Speaker for the past four years, is looking to reprise his role in the new session of Parliament. The Halifax Liberal MP plans to l...
Nov 13, 2019