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Wet'suwet'en chiefs, ministers reach draft arrangement in pipeline dispute
SMITHERS, B.C. - Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and senior government ministers reached a proposed arrangement Sunday following days of discussions over a pipeline dispute that prompted solidarity pro...
Mar 01, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 11:15 p.m. ET A spokesman for Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister ...
Mar 01, 2020
There's no 'quick fix' in B.C. pipeline talks: government liaison says
SMITHERS, B.C. - Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs met for a second day with senior government ministers over a pipeline dispute that's sparked protests and economic disruptions, but one p...
Mar 01, 2020
Ontario confirms eighth coronavirus case; man had travelled to Egypt
TORONTO - (Ont-Coronavirus) Ontario health officials say they have confirmed a new positive case of COVID-19 in Toronto. Dr. David Williams, medical officer of health, said Friday night that this is t...
Mar 01, 2020
Public health agency weighs stronger COVID-19 protection for front-line workers
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it will consult with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions on its next set of guidelines for protecting health-care workers against the novel corona...
Mar 01, 2020
Royal Canadian Navy, coast guard short hundreds of sailors
OTTAWA - It's been billed as the largest-ever investment in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard during a time of peace. Over the next decade, the federal government will invest tens of bi...
Mar 01, 2020
Air Force One swoops into South Carolina as voters head to the polls
After a week filled with Democratic rallies, town halls, get-out-the-vote efforts and one frantic, cacophonic televised debate, it was all over in South Carolina but the voting late Friday, save for o...
Mar 01, 2020
Thunberg says sexually explicit decal shows desperation, says activists are winning
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says a decal bearing an energy services company's logo below a cartoon depicting what appears to be a sexual assault shows desperation. An Alberta woman co...
Mar 01, 2020
Outspoken social conservative Richard Decarie rejected from Tory leadership
OTTAWA - Richard Decarie, a social conservative whose views have been condemned by some senior Conservatives, has been barred from running in the party's leadership race. Decarie, who believes being L...
Mar 01, 2020
Ontario reports three new cases of novel coronavirus, B.C reports one new case
Health officials in two provinces confirmed four new cases of the novel coronavirus in Canada on Saturday, but insisted the disease is not widely circulating in this country&n...
Mar 01, 2020