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Canada will keep up with U.S., won't cut corners on permitting reform, Wilkinson says
WASHINGTON - Canada's natural resources minister says he won't be "cutting corners" when it comes to the environmental assessment process for energy projects. Jonathan Wilkinson says the government is...
May 30, 2023
Drug policy advocate group Moms Stop the Harm wants meeting with Poilievre
OTTAWA - The co-founder of a network of mothers whose children died of drug overdoses says she wants to speak with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about his opposition to prescribing a safer supp...
May 30, 2023
Air Canada failing to provide full services in both official languages: report
OTTAWA - The official languages commissioner says Canadian travellers - particularly francophones - are struggling to get service in their official language of choice from Air Canada. Raymond Thberge ...
May 30, 2023
Mike Benevides returns to Lions as B.C. announces changes to coaching staff
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Former B.C. Lions head coach Mike Benevides is returning to the team as a special teams consultant. The Lions also announced that special teams co-ordinator Don Yanowsky will not be w...
May 30, 2023
Canadian Afghan advisers take government to court over alleged discrimination
OTTAWA - Two Canadians who served the military in Afghanistan are suing the federal government over alleged discrimination for failing to rescue their family members from the Taliban. The federal gove...
May 30, 2023
French Open's No. 2 seed, Daniil Medvedev, loses to 172nd-ranked qualifier, Thiago Seyboth Wild
PARIS (AP) - Second-seeded Daniil Medvedev was stunned in the first round of the French Open on Tuesday, losing in five sets to Thiago Seybolt Wild, a 23-year-old from Brazil who is ranked just 172nd ...
May 30, 2023
Mayor: 5 unaccounted for including 2 likely in wreckage of collapsed Iowa apartment building
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Five people remain unaccounted for, including two people whose remains may be in a pile of rubble at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building, officials of the city...
May 30, 2023
The Stanley Cup Final between Vegas and Florida will end with a first-time NHL champion
Jon Hamm is excited for this Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights. "Stoked, man," the actor and noted hockey fan said. "I live in L.A., so that's a half-hour flight ...
May 30, 2023
Liberals still have faith in David Johnston's work on foreign meddling: House leader
OTTAWA - Government House leader Mark Holland says the federal Liberals still have faith in the man they appointed to investigate the issue of foreign interference in Canadian elections. But Holland w...
May 30, 2023
Fate of Vancouver Chinatown condo project pushed to June 12 as city hearing adjourns
VANCOUVER - It will be at least two more weeks before any decision can be made on a condo development in the heart of Vancouver's Chinatown neighbourhood. Seventy people, both for and against the nine...
May 30, 2023
