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Senate's new independence so good it should be enshrined in law: Harder
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's representative in the Senate says changes aimed at making the upper chamber a more independent place have worked so well that they should stay. Sen. Peter H...
Aug 23, 2019
Hotter, larger fires turning boreal forest into carbon source: research
Bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada's vast boreal forest into a significant new source of climate-changing greenhouse gases, scientists say. The shift, which may have already happened, could f...
Aug 23, 2019
People's Party outlines seats with prominent candidates in bid to enter debates
OTTAWA - The upstart People's Party of Canada is making another bid to get leader Maxime Bernier onto the official debate stage during this fall's election campaign. The Leaders' Debates Commissi...
Aug 23, 2019
NAFTA, Hong Kong on agenda for Trudeau-Trump bilateral meeting during G7 summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will have a tete-a-tete with President Donald Trump this weekend on the margins of the G7 summit in France. White House officials have confirmed the bilateral me...
Aug 23, 2019
Ottawa police charge transit driver with 38 offences in deadly bus crash
Ottawa police are charging the driver of a city bus with more than three dozen offences after a deadly crash in January that killed three people and injured 23 others. Aissatou Diallo was in...
Aug 23, 2019
300-plus accusers in Ohio State doctor scandal
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lawyers for men suing Ohio State University over decades-old alleged sexual misconduct by a team doctor say the growing number of accusers has topped 300. Totals confirmed to The Asso...
Aug 23, 2019
Chase RCMP renew call for help in locating missing man
CHASE, B.C. - Police are once again asking the public for any information regarding the disappearance of Travis Sauls.Sauls was last seen in Chase on July 14.He's described as First Nations, 33 years ...
Aug 23, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP Handout
Ontario shipyard accuses feds of unfairly stacking deck in Davie's favour
OTTAWA - An Ontario shipyard is accusing the federal government of trying to unfairly award Quebec's Davie Shipbuilding potentially billions of dollars worth of work without a competition. The allegat...
Aug 23, 2019
New Montreal Impact coach Wilmer Cabrera set for debut against Toronto
Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney doesn't anticipate the Montreal Impact making a ton of changes on Saturday in the aftermath of an abrupt coaching shuffle. Wilmer Cabrera makes his debut as Impact coach i...
Aug 23, 2019
5 die in stampede ahead of Algiers rap concert, probe opened
ALGIERS, Algeria - Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the cause of a stampede ahead of a rapper's concert at an Algiers sports stadium that left five youths dead, including a 13-year-old. T...
Aug 23, 2019
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