58 h. ago Man, 19, and boy, 16, charged in York Region jewelry store heist, home invasion

Two teenagers face charges for a jewelry store robbery in Richmond Hill and a home invasion in Markham. And two more culprits are still sought. York Regional Police say  officers responded to a robbery at a mall near Yonge St. and Carrville Rd. around 6:45 p.m. on Monday. Three bandits entered a jewelry store, discharged […]

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9 d. ago LILLEY: Mark Carney offers words – Pierre Poilievre’s words – but we need action

The PM is leaving all of Justin Trudeau's policies in place while trying to sound like he'll build big projects of national interest

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1 week ago Bank of Canada set for interest rate decision as tariff uncertainty persists

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is set to make an interest rate decision today as the United States’ trade dispute continues to cloud the economic outlook. A poll of economists provided by LSEG Data & Analytics ahead of the decision shows they expect the central bank will leave its policy rate unchanged at 2.75 […]

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1 week ago Brazen Bank Street jewelry store robbery leaves police asking for help

Just before 2:30 p.m. on May 30, four or five masked males entered the jewelry store in the 1700 block of Bank after ramming a stolen pickup truck through the front entrance, police said.

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3 w. ago Texas man facing execution, 13 years to day of robbery in which he set clerk ablaze

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man faced scheduled execution Tuesday evening, 13 years to the day of a convenience store robbery in which he set an elderly clerk on fire. Matthew Lee Johnson was condemned for the deadly May 20, 2012, attack on 76-year-old Nancy Harris, a great-grandmother who was splashed with lighter fluid and […]

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3 w. ago Texas man executed 13 years to day of robbery in which he set clerk ablaze

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man was executed Tuesday evening, 13 years to the day of a convenience store robbery in which he set an elderly clerk on fire in a Dallas suburb. Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:53 p.m, authorities […]

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