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New Brunswick begins talks with Ottawa on funds for flood relief and mitigation
FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick says discussions are underway with the federal government to provide financial relief to homeowners affected by this year's spring flood. Blaine Higgs met wi...
May 03, 2019
Health Canada sets plain-packaging rules for tobacco, to take effect in November
OTTAWA - Canadian cigarette packs will have to be plain drab brown with standardized layouts and lettering under new rules that kick in next Nov. 9, Health Canada says. Officials said plain packa...
May 03, 2019
B.C. takes Alberta to court on law that could see gasoline exports cut
EDMONTON - British Columbia's premier fought battles over the Trans Mountain pipeline on two fronts Wednesday, going to court against Alberta's premier, who wants the line exp...
May 03, 2019
Decorated equestrian Ian Millar announces retirement from show jumping
Ian Millar promised his wife Lynn on several occasions that he would retire when show jumping was no longer fun. Millar kept his promise to his late wife on Wednesday afternoon, en...
May 03, 2019
Trudeau taps veteran to run Liberal re-election campaign, loses star recruit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a bid Wednesday to mobilize old-guard Liberals in the coming federal election campaign even as he lost another of his star rookie recruits from th...
May 03, 2019
High school rugby season in Nova Scotia cancelled amid safety concerns
HALIFAX - A ban on rugby by Nova Scotia's governing body for high school athletics drew political fire Friday, with the province's Official Opposition calling for an immediate reinstatement of the spo...
May 03, 2019
High school rugby season in Nova Scotia cancelled amid safety concerns
HALIFAX - A ban on rugby by Nova Scotia's governing body for high school athletics drew political fire Friday, with the province's Official Opposition calling for an immediate reinstatement of the spo...
May 03, 2019
Winger Liam Kay ready to return after lengthy injury absence from Wolfpack
TORONTO - The Wolfpack's mid-season return to Canada also marks a new beginning for winger Liam Kay. The transatlantic rugby league team's first training session in Toronto last week was the first of ...
May 03, 2019
White House wants $4.5 billion in emergency border funding
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress for an additional $4.5 billion in emergency funds for the U.S.-Mexico border as it grapples with a surge of Central American migrant f...
May 03, 2019
Feds to exempt oilsands from new reviews unless Kenney lifts emissions cap
Ottawa is warning the new government in Alberta not to scrap the province's legal limit on greenhouse-gas emissions from the oilsands if it doesn't want to lose jurisdiction to review t...
May 03, 2019
