New Clinton and Trump hope Tuesday's primaries will pad their leads

Presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in strong positions heading into five state primaries today that could help them pull away from their rivals in the delegate count. More 5:00 AM ET read comments video

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Neil Macdonald: Will retiring boomers bankrupt the millennials?

There’s a cynical sentiment particular to Canadians; it began with the baby boomers, took hold even deeper with the gen-Xers, and evolved into a bedrock assumption for millennials. The question of whether the intergenerational gloom over entitlement costs is justified, though, is empirically measurable. More 5:00 AM ET

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Chornobyl, 30 years later: A 360 tour of a ghost town

Thirty years after the Chornobyl disaster, the Ukrainian town of Pripyat remains unsafe for human habitation. But you can take a 360-degree view of the devastation. More Apr 25

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Food packagers largely ignore campaign to reduce salt levels

Researchers are questioning the effectiveness of the current voluntary approach to reducing salt in our food supply, after a study showing that sodium levels are unchanged or only slightly lower in 84 per cent of packaged food groups sold in Canada, measured over a three-year period. More 4:22 AM ET read comments

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