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Trudeau says U.S. state abortion bans are 'backsliding on women's rights'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is deeply disappointed in a "backsliding on women's rights" happening in American states moving to ban abortion access. Alabama's legislature p...
May 16, 2019
Woman tells Winnipeg murder trial drugs blossomed into romance
WINNIPEG - One of five women who lived with a man now accused of first-degree murder testified she met him buying methamphetamine but it soon turned romantic. Perez Cleveland, who is 46, has plea...
May 16, 2019
RCMP wants to see evidence that led to demise of Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - RCMP investigators say they're not sure why the Mark Norman case collapsed because they haven't seen the new evidence that led to the stay of a breach-of-trust charge agai...
May 16, 2019
CFL, CFL Players' Association into marathon collective bargaining talks
TORONTO - The CFL and CFL Players' Association are now into marathon bargaining. According to a pair of sources, the two sides met into the night Monday and got a head start on talks early T...
May 16, 2019
Firefighter killed, 3 injured at Wisconsin transit station
APPLETON, Wis. - A firefighter responding to a medical emergency was killed in a shooting at a Wisconsin bus station that left three others injured, officials said. The shooting happened after police ...
May 16, 2019
Tilda Swinton relishes her samurai turn in 'Dead Don't Die'
CANNES, France - Tilda Swinton feels most at home at the Berlin Film Festival, but she's steadily become a regular at the Cannes Film Festival. "I'm racking them up," she says cheerfully the day after...
May 16, 2019
Bank of Canada identifies climate change as important economic weak spot
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is highlighting its growing concerns about the challenges of climate change for the economy and the financial system. For the first time, the central bank's ...
May 16, 2019
Feds 'deeply concerned' by China's arrests of Canadians Kovrig, Spavor
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the government is "deeply concerned" about China's decision to formally arrest two Canadians citizens it has been holding since December. Goodale say...
May 16, 2019
British Columbia man has a right to trial in French, Supreme Court says
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a British Columbia man charged with a driving offence is entitled to a trial in French. The ruling comes today in the case of Joseph Roy Eric Bessette, who wa...
May 16, 2019
Replacing Phoenix pay system cheaper than fixing its mess, PBO reports
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says the cost of building and putting in place a new pay system for federal civil servants should pale in comparison to stabilizing the failed Phoenix system. I...
May 16, 2019
