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Northern residents need bigger rebates to offset carbon tax: Nunavut premier
OTTAWA - Canadians living in the North should receive higher rebates to compensate for the federal carbon tax than people in Southern Canada, the premier of Nunavut said after meeting Thursday with th...
Nov 28, 2019
Independent senators want rule changes to prevent partisan stalling on bills
OTTAWA - The largest group of independents in the Senate wants to change procedural rules to limit the ability of Conservatives senators - the last remaining unabashedly partisan caucus in the up...
Nov 28, 2019
Computer issues may delay murder trial for Alek Minassian in Toronto van attack
TORONTO - The heavily encrypted digital devices owned by the man who carried out the deadly Toronto van attack are giving his own lawyer problems, court heard Thursday, which may delay the start ...
Nov 28, 2019
Multiple people dead after small plane crashes in Kingston, Ont., police say
KINGSTON, Ont. - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is examining weather as a possible factor in a crash that claimed the lives of multiple people, a spokesman said Thursday as a team of f...
Nov 28, 2019
'An important meeting:' Saskatchewan premier hopes leaders can find consensus
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says an upcoming sit-down of Canada's premiers is an important chance to send a message to a prime minister dealing with regional divisions. Moe ...
Nov 28, 2019
B.C. Supreme Court considers request to broadcast Meng Wanzhou extradition case
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge is weighing whether to allow a media consortium's request to allow video and web broadcasting of the extradition hearings of Huawei executive Meng Wa...
Nov 28, 2019
Caribou habitat restoration may be ineffective in the short term, says UBC study
VANCOUVER - A new study done in northeastern Alberta suggests habitat restoration may not be enough to save threatened woodland caribou, at least in the short term, and resear...
Nov 28, 2019
Samuel Opoku, accused in series of Toronto feces assaults, due in court today
TORONTO - A man accused of tossing fecal matter on five people is due in a Toronto courtroom today. Samuel Opoku is charged with five counts each of assault with a weapon and mischief. The 23-year-old...
Nov 27, 2019
Edmonton Eskimos fire head coach Jason Maas after 8-10 regular season
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos fired Jason Maas on Wednesday, ending his four-year run as head coach of the CFL team. Maas guided the Eskimos to an 8-10 record this past season an...
Nov 27, 2019
Jimmy Carter out of hospital after treatment for brain bleed
ATLANTA - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from a fall. ...
Nov 27, 2019