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Bloc Quebecois expects to have leverage in new Parliament, keeps strategy secret
MONTREAL - The Bloc Quebecois says it plans to leverage its 32 members to pressure the Liberal minority government into making concessions that benefit Quebec, but party leader Yves-Francois Blanchet ...
Oct 24, 2019

Next election could be some time away, predicts Green Leader Elizabeth May
OTTAWA - Elizabeth May isn't expecting another federal election any time soon. The Green leader says she believes none of the parties that have the electoral muscle to pull th...
Oct 24, 2019

Conservative carbon tax 'resistance' showing cracks after Liberals re-elected
The so-called "resistance" force of Conservative premiers waging war against the carbon tax implemented by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began showing cracks on Tuesday, following ...
Oct 24, 2019

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg visits glacier in Jasper National Park
JASPER, Alta. - Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has visited a glacier in Jasper National Park on her way to Vancouver to attend a climate rally. In a tweet to her followers, the Swedish te...
Oct 24, 2019

Doctors urge national surveillance after curler dies during childbirth
TORONTO - The sudden death of Saskatchewan curler Aly Jenkins is shedding light on a devastating complication of childbirth that some doctors say could benefit from a national surveillance system...
Oct 24, 2019

Autoworkers from closed plants fight new GM contract
DETROIT - If they can close our plant, they can close yours, too. That's the message from workers at three shuttered General Motors factories that didn't get new products under the tentative contract ...
Oct 24, 2019

Nicki Minaj indicates she's now a married woman
NEW YORK - Ms. Minaj wants you to know she's now officially Mrs. Petty. Nicki Minaj - who has dated Kenneth Petty for about a year - seems to confirm her marriage with a video on Instagram on Monday t...
Oct 24, 2019

Outgoing ECB chief defends legacy against stimulus skeptics
FRANKFURT - Mario Draghi ended his eight-year term as head of the European Central Bank by defending his most recent stimulus package and reminding that the eurozone is now in better shape than during...
Oct 24, 2019

The 'Man in Blue'? Sheriff donates Johnny Cash deputy photo
NASHVILLE - A sheriff has presented the Johnny Cash Museum proof that the late musician who famously cultivated an image as an outlaw was in fact granted law enforcement authority decades ago. This we...
Oct 24, 2019

Singh calls for reform of 'broken' voting system after NDP falls short in Quebec
BURNABY, B.C. - If there's any election that has highlighted how "broken" Canada's electoral system is, it's this one, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in his morning-after assessment. Monday's...
Oct 24, 2019

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