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Impact announce executive Nick De Santis' decision to leave club
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact announced Sunday that executive Nick De Santis has decided to leave the club. De Santis, a former Impact player and head coach, served as the club's sporting director fr...
Aug 25, 2019
Timing of Bank of Canada's next statement gives it potential to tinge election
OTTAWA - Canadians last heard the Bank of Canada's take on the economy in the early days of summer - and the timing of its next update has the potential to tinge pol...
Aug 25, 2019
Supreme Court: Ginsburg treated for tumour on pancreas
WASHINGTON - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a cancerous tumour on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining, according to the Supreme Court. It is...
Aug 25, 2019
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
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