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Ethics commissioner ready to testify to committee today: NDP critic
OTTAWA - The NDP's Charlie Angus says he expects ethics commissioner Mario Dion to be in a position to testify before a parliamentary committee today about his findings on the prime minister...
Aug 21, 2019
Jury to weigh ex-school head's lawsuit against writer Sparks
RALEIGH, N.C. - A jury will decide whether the former head of a private Christian school that novelist Nicholas Sparks founded in his North Carolina hometown was unjustly fired, then defamed when the ...
Aug 21, 2019
German city offers $1.1M to whoever proves it doesn't exist
BERLIN - A German city that's been the subject of a long-running online light-hearted conspiracy theory claiming it doesn't really exist is offering big bucks to whoever proves that's true. Officials ...
Aug 21, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Elections Canada shouldn’t decide who has a say on climate change
KAMLOOPS - IT APPEARS A CHILL has set in on the most important issue of our time after the strange warning from Elections Canada that came to light this week. Some environmental groups are expressing ...
Aug 21, 2019
China says British consulate staffer detained 15 days
HONG KONG - China said Wednesday a staffer at the British consulate in Hong Kong has been given 15 days of administrative detention in the city of Shenzhen for violating regulations on public order. T...
Aug 21, 2019
Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president has sent a bill to parliament that would cut four zeroes from value of the nation's sanctions-battered currency, the rial. Semi-official news agencies reported the news...
Aug 21, 2019
In the news today, Aug. 21
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 21 --- ETHICS REPORT NOT HURTING LIBERALS: POLL A new poll suggests a scathing ethics report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's handling of ...
Aug 21, 2019
Judge acquits Manitoba Mountie of manslaughter; says officer feared for his life
THOMPSON, Man. - A judge says he believes that a northern Manitoba RCMP officer genuinely feared for his life when he repeatedly shot at a drunk driver coming at him during an atte...
Aug 21, 2019
RCMP originally planned to arrest Meng Wanzhou on plane, defence lawyers say
VANCOUVER - The defence team for a Huawei executive wanted on fraud charges in the United States is alleging Canadian officials initially planned to arrest Meng Wanzhou when her plane landed, but...
Aug 21, 2019
Liberals unhurt, Tories not helped by scathing SNC-Lavalin report: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a scathing ethics report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair hasn't so far hurt the Liberals' chances of re-election this fall - and...
Aug 21, 2019
