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Plastics forks at Trudeau lunch a sign of hypocrisy: Conservatives
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a hypocrite over plastic cutlery that was available at a lunch meeting he held with youth activists in his Montreal ri...
Jun 27, 2019
A quick look at a some of the new appointees to the Order of Canada
OTTAWA - On Thursday, Rideau Hall unveiled a list of 83 new appointees to the Order of Canada. Here are short profiles of a few who are being given one of the country's highest honours....
Jun 27, 2019
Blues sign coach Craig Berube to 3-year contract extension
ST. LOUIS - The Blues made official Tuesday what everyone had expected the moment Craig Berube led St. Louis to a remarkable turnaround capped by the first Stanley Cup championship in franchise histor...
Jun 27, 2019
New Ukraine president, and former actor, to meet Trudeau in Toronto
OTTAWA - Ukraine's new president will visit Toronto next week for a major international conference on his country's future that Canada is hosting, and where he will meet Prime Minister ...
Jun 27, 2019
'He's my son: Accused mother cries at trial over boy who died of meningitis
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The mother of a toddler who died of bacterial meningitis broke down several times Tuesday as she testified at her trial that she is still haunted by her boy's death. Coll...
Jun 27, 2019
David Saint-Jacques doing well after space flight: Canadian Space Agency
MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is doing well as he continues his long journey home after a six-month stint aboard the International Space Station, the Canadian Space Agency sai...
Jun 27, 2019
Ottawa sets up secretariat to root out racism in federal institutions, programs
OTTAWA - The federal government is setting up a secretariat to root out systemic racism and discrimination within federal institutions, programs and services. The secretariat is part of a $45-million ...
Jun 27, 2019
Full maternity services return to Williams Lake hospital July 1
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Canada Day will bring a cause for added celebration for expectant mothers in the Cariboo. Interior Health says full in-patient maternity services will return to Cariboo Memorial ...
Jun 27, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Canada urged to take international legal action on Rohingya genocide
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is facing mounting pressure from across the country to take more international action to hold Myanmar to account for the genocide of the Rohingya people. Thirty-fo...
Jun 27, 2019
Couple loses almost everything when U-Haul stolen in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A couple moving from Langley, B.C., to Manitoba didn't even get out of the Lower Mainland before their plans went sideways, but Abbotsford police hope someone has information that c...
Jun 27, 2019
