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RCMP boss responds to watchdog report about alleged spying on anti-oil protesters
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki has responded to a long-delayed watchdog report on alleged surveillance of anti-oil protesters after a civil liberties group went to court to force her hand. Th...
Nov 23, 2020
Canadian Armed Forces to formally apologize to victims for sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces is preparing to formally apologize to victims of sexual misconduct. The apology is part of a $900-million settlement agreement that the federal gove...
Nov 23, 2020
Exclusion of mental health as grounds for assisted death is likely temporary: Lametti
OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says he hopes the exclusion of mental illness as the sole grounds for an assisted death is temporary but the change would need more study than time allo...
Nov 23, 2020
Former WHL head coach Dave Lowry joins Paul Maurice's staff in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have hired Dave Lowry as an assistant coach. The 55-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., joins the Jets after spending the 2019-20 season as head coach of the Western Hockey Leagu...
Nov 23, 2020
COVID-19 Atlantic bubble on hold as 2 provinces pull out; Toronto, Peel in lockdown
Two provinces are temporarily withdrawing from the Atlantic bubble in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, while tighter restrictions - including short-term lockdowns - take effect today in parts...
Nov 23, 2020
Bruce, the last ‘Jaws’ shark, docks at the Academy Museum
Bruce, the fiberglass shark made from the "Jaws" mould, is ready for his close-up. The 1,208 pound, 25-foot-long, 45-year-old shark, famous for being difficult to work with on the set of Steven Spielb...
Nov 23, 2020
Pope book backs George Floyd protests, blasts virus skeptic
ROME - Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the U.S. police killing of George Floyd and is blasting COVID-19 skeptics and media organizations that spread their conspira...
Nov 23, 2020
Google faces UK scrutiny over new advertising data revamp
LONDON - Google faces fresh regulatory scrutiny in Britain over plans to revamp its ad data system, after a group of competitors complained to regulators that the changes would cement the U.S. tech gi...
Nov 23, 2020
Longtime Conservative MP Peter Kent won't run again in key riding for the party
OTTAWA - Longtime Conservative MP Peter Kent says he won't run again in the next federal election. Kent captured the previously Liberal stronghold riding of Thornhill, in the Greater Toronto Are...
Nov 23, 2020
N.L. and P.E.I. impose new travel restrictions, bursting the Atlantic bubble
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador are temporarily pulling out of the Atlantic bubble as COVID-19 cases rise in the region. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier A...
Nov 23, 2020
