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Relationship with Metis Nation a model for reconciliation: Trudeau
OTTAWA - The Canadian government's relationship with the Metis Nation is a tangible and concrete example of reconciliation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. At a meeting known as the ...
Jun 15, 2019

Freeland rebuffs China on Meng in Washington, ahead of Trudeau- Trump meeting
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland firmly rebuffed China's latest demand Thursday to free high-tech scion Meng Wanzhou, saying it would set a dangerous precedent that could endanger a...
Jun 15, 2019

House of Commons unanimously adopts new parental-leave policy for MPs
OTTAWA - For the first time ever, members of Parliament will have the right to take paid parental leave from their jobs on Parliament Hill when they adopt or give birth. The House of Commons...
Jun 15, 2019

Sun Peaks pop-up weddings cutting down expense of mountain nuptials
SUN PEAKS - Sun Peaks Resort is now offering a way for couples looking for an affordable wedding option to say 'I do' in the mountains. August 10, the Sun Peaks Grand will host a number of pop-up wedd...
Jun 15, 2019 Image Credit: Sun Peaks Resort

Charges after car slams into office helping flood victims in Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been charged after a vehicle slammed into an office Wednesday where government employees and volunteers were trying to help flood victims in hard-hit Ste-Marthe-s...
Jun 15, 2019

Canada may need additional carbon taxes to meet its Paris targets, PBO says
OTTAWA - Canada's price on carbon will have to be five times what it is now if the country is to reach its Paris Agreement greenhouse-gas emissions targets just by charging for those emissions, Parlia...
Jun 15, 2019

CSIS destroyed secret file on Pierre Trudeau, stunning historians
OTTAWA - The Canadian Press has learned that Canada's spy service destroyed a Cold War dossier on Pierre Trudeau in 1989 instead of turning it over to the national archives. The Canadia...
Jun 15, 2019

No business case for Trans Mountain expansion, says former environment minister
VANCOUVER - A former Liberal environment minister is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet to reject the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, arguing there is no economic basis for the pro...
Jun 15, 2019

Butterfly garden keeper manages to film large tarantula shedding exoskeleton
VICTORIA - A 20-centimetre tarantula capable of killing a bird has been filmed at its most vulnerable state shedding its armour-like exoskelton at a Victoria-area tropical jungle insectarium...
Jun 15, 2019

No business case for Trans Mountain expansion, says former environment minister
VANCOUVER - A former Liberal environment minister is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet to reject the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, arguing there is no economic basis for the pro...
Jun 15, 2019

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