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New study offers insight and recommendations to reduce right whale deaths
FREDERICTON - A new study says more than half the 70 North Atlantic right whale deaths recorded over the last 16 years were the result of either entanglement in fishing gear or vessel collis...
Jun 20, 2019

Justice system making slow but sure steps to more timely justice, top judge says
OTTAWA - Canada's top judge says there is slow but sure progress toward more timely justice in Canadian courts after years of backlogs and delays. Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner says thing...
Jun 20, 2019

Coroner concludes death of Gilles Duceppe's 93-year-old mother preventable
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner has ruled the hypothermia death of Gilles Duceppe's 93-year-old mother last January was accidental, but video footage of the woman trying to re-enter the luxury senior...
Jun 20, 2019

Blair says more gun-control action needed, signals no new steps before election
OTTAWA - Crime Reduction Minister Bill Blair says more must be done to address gun violence, but he's also signalling that no new measures will be taken before the fall election. Steps could - an...
Jun 20, 2019

Massachusetts woman cleared of murder in baby's death
WORCESTER, Mass. - A Massachusetts woman who lived in a home where authorities found the remains of three dead babies has been cleared of second-degree murder. A judge said Thursday that prosecutors d...
Jun 20, 2019

St. Louis abortion clinic to defy state over pelvic exam
ST. LOUIS - Missouri's only abortion clinic, already facing the threat of losing its license, says it will defy the state by refusing to perform a required pelvic examination days before an abortion. ...
Jun 20, 2019

Traffic stop in downtown Kamloops nets weapons
KAMLOOPS - A man and woman from Kamloops are facing charges after a traffic stop downtown.Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says in a news release that at 2:00 a.m. June 19, an officer did ...
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Quebec's biggest French school board postpones applying religious symbols law
MONTREAL - Quebec's largest school board has voted to delay application of Quebec's controversial new secularism law for at least a year to allow for consultations with parents, unions ...
Jun 20, 2019

Canadian Forces investigating after soldier dies while parachuting in Bulgaria
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces were searching for answers Tuesday after an Ontario-based soldier was killed during a parachute-training exercise in Bulgaria. Bombardier Patrick Labrie, a soldier based o...
Jun 20, 2019

Spending plans may limit impact of Liberals' housing strategy, PBO says
OTTAWA - The federal government's 10-year housing strategy may not be as effective as promised when it comes to easing Canada's housing crunch, the parliamentary budget officer warned Tuesday&nbs...
Jun 20, 2019

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