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Senate Arctic committee calls report a 'wake-up call' in latest report
OTTAWA - Canada's Senate says it's time the federal government stopped ignoring the Arctic. In a new report, the Senate has issued what it says is a wake-up call for Ottawa to deal with...
Jun 12, 2019
MPs face summer recall for new NAFTA approval if no U.S. progress next week
OTTAWA - The Canadian Press has learned the Liberal government is prepared to recall Parliament this summer to ratify the new North American trade agreement. The government wants to move "in tandem" w...
Jun 12, 2019
Improvements coming to highway standards across Southern Interior
MERRITT, B.C. - With new highway contracts for the Southern Interior going into place next month, the province says standards for roadways will improve.The new contractor for the Merritt and surroundi...
Jun 12, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Sunrise Records joins Marshalls as future Aberdeen Mall tenants
KAMLOOPS - Aberdeen Mall is filling one of its vacancies with a record store.On social media this morning, the mall announced it will add Sunrise Records to the upper level this fall. Sunrise Records ...
Jun 12, 2019 Sunrise's Orchard Park Mall location (Image Credit: Sunrise Records)
Canada Pension Plan's money managers worth more than they cost, PBO says
OTTAWA - Having the money in the Canada Pension Plan fund actively managed by investment experts has been worth nearly $50 billion in extra returns since the mid-2000s, says the parliamentary budget o...
Jun 12, 2019
Trio of Canadian RADARSAT Constellation satellites head into orbit
MONTREAL - A trio of Canadian satellites that represent the next generation of Earth-observation technology launched successfully into orbit today and will be deployed soon. The Ca...
Jun 12, 2019
Expert panel recommends Canada implement single-payer pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - An expert panel is calling for the federal government to work with the provinces and territories to create a single-payer national pharmacare plan to cover every Canadian. Eric...
Jun 12, 2019
Highlights from expert panel report on national pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - An expert panel is calling for a universal, single-payer national pharmacare plan. Here's what it recommends: - The federal government should work with provinces and territories to creat...
Jun 12, 2019
'Disgusting' donation enthusiastically received for Yukon's Sourtoe Cocktail
DAWSON CITY, Yukon - A donation that an expert in Yukon happily describes as disgusting has arrived in Whitehorse, destined to become the centrepiece of a bizarre cocktail. The frostbitten big toe of ...
Jun 12, 2019
White House asserts executive privilege in census fight
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is asserting executive privilege over documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The Justice Departm...
Jun 12, 2019
