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Liberal bleeding after SNC-Lavalin affair seems to have stopped: Leger Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the federal Liberals have stopped the bleeding from the beating they took in the SNC-Lavalin furor. The Leger poll suggests the Liberals have closed the gap slig...
Jun 14, 2019
Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will accept nearly 100 changes the Senate has made to a bill overhauling the federal environmental-assessment process for major construction projects but are rejecti...
Jun 14, 2019
Hussen names 11 communities for rural immigration experiment
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says 11 communities the federal government is choosing for a new rural immigration program will gain new workers and citizens that are ba...
Jun 14, 2019
In the news today, June 12
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, June 12 --- ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT UPHOLDS RULING IN BOYLE CASE A lawyer for Joshua Boyle can introduce evidence of his client's estranged wi...
Jun 14, 2019
In the news today, June 14
Five stories in the news for Friday, June 14 --- RAPTORS WIN FIRST NBA TITLE IN FRANCHISE HISTORY The Toronto Raptors, a team whose magical playoff run sparked civic pride and raucous enthusiasm ...
Jun 14, 2019
Principal accused of copying Kutcher speech is suspended
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - A West Virginia principal accused of plagiarizing Ashton Kutcher in an address to his school's graduating class has been suspended without pay for five days. The News and Sentinel...
Jun 14, 2019
First Nations push for massive conservation area in northern British Columbia
LOWER POST, B.C. - First Nations in northern British Columbia are calling on the provincial government to endorse an ambitious proposal for a 40,000-square-kilometre conservation area to pro...
Jun 14, 2019
Ottawa to launch 'pay experiments' as next step to replace Phoenix pay system
OTTAWA - The federal government could soon revert to using multiple pay systems to replace the Phoenix system it adopted more than three years ago in a costly, failed attempt to streamline how it...
Jun 14, 2019
Liberals prepare to spend $50M on social-finance plan, but no strategy for now
OTTAWA - The Liberals made their first $50-million move Wednesday in a plan to finance experimental ways to deliver social services, intending to help small social-service organizations...
Jun 14, 2019
Missy Elliott, in tears, gets inducted into Songwriters Hall
NEW YORK - Missy Elliott, the creative mastermind who has written hit songs for a number of female acts and created camaraderie among women in the music industry, felt the love back from her musical s...
Jun 13, 2019
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