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G7 leaders should step up own climate plans to help the Amazon, Greenpeace says
OTTAWA - Some Canadian environment groups are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to put the brakes on attempts to seal a free trade agreement with Brazil until stronger policies to protect the Amazo...
Aug 25, 2019
Feds, First Nations eye first Indigenous self-government agreement in Ontario
OTTAWA - Negotiations have concluded on a proposed self-government agreement in Ontario that the federal government says would be the first of its kind if ratified. The milestone shows groundwork...
Aug 25, 2019
Code Orange: inside a Toronto hospital's preparation for the next catastrophe
TORONTO - The warning signalling a mass casualty situation blares out from the overhead speakers in the emergency department at St. Michael's Hospital minutes before the first patient shuffles in with...
Aug 25, 2019
Kamloops-based production company utilizing $50,000 Telus Storyhive grant
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops-based film production company has received a $50,000 grant for its next project. Alpha-Omega Productions was chosen through Telus Storyhive and will now be able to use the money ...
Aug 25, 2019 (Image Credit: YouTube / Muriel Sasakamoose: Kind Heart and Secwepemc Matriarch - Alpha-Omega Productions)
Senate's new independence so good it should be enshrined in law: Harder
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government's changes aimed at making the upper chamber a more independent place have worked so well that they should be made permanent, the Liberals' representative in the Se...
Aug 25, 2019
A look at policy areas scrutinized by a new book on the Trudeau government
OTTAWA - A group of two dozen Canadian academics took a deep dive into the promises and policies of the Trudeau government as part of a new book that examines the prime minister's pledge-ful...
Aug 25, 2019
People's Party outlines seats with prominent candidates in bid to enter debates
OTTAWA - The People's Party of Canada made another bid Friday to convince debate organizers they deserve to be included in two televised events in October. In a letter to the Leaders' Debates Commissi...
Aug 25, 2019
Quebec designer and partner say they were victims of homophobic attack
MONTREAL - A Quebec fashion designer and his partner say they were victims of a homophobic attack after they were allegedly beaten outside a bar in the province's Charlevoix region. Markanto...
Aug 25, 2019
Attack ads on simmer: Manitoba election campaign more about issues than scandal
WINNIPEG - With one party leader getting into trouble over his tropical vacation home and another with past criminal convictions and misogynistic writings, there's a lot of material for a negativ...
Aug 25, 2019
Trudeau and Trump hold face to face meeting on sidelines of G7 summit
BIARRITZ, France - Justin Trudeau met face-to-face with U.S. President Donald Trump today on the margins of the G7 summit in France for a discussion that covered trade, diplomacy and a bit of a lighte...
Aug 25, 2019
