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Ottawa's plan on missing and murdered Indigenous women due by June: Bennett
OTTAWA - The Liberal government will release its national action plan to respond to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by June 2020, say...
Dec 06, 2019
Kenney to meet Trudeau next week, discuss pipelines and equalization
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will meet Tuesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa to discuss issues ranging from pipelines to equalization. Kenney says he and eight of h...
Dec 06, 2019
Staff report rejects proposed site for potential Halifax CFL stadium
HALIFAX - A report prepared for Halifax Regional Council recommends the rejection of a proposed CFL stadium in the city's Shannon Park neighbourhood, but also says a one-time payment of $20-million co...
Dec 06, 2019
Scheer warns Liberals his Tories are watching as Parliament prepares to return
OTTAWA - Opposition Conservatives are looking ahead to the return of Parliament Thursday as an opportunity to change the channel after weeks of very public party in-fighting around the future of leade...
Dec 06, 2019
Crown wants murder verdict in death of toddler found outside Edmonton church
EDMONTON - A Crown prosecutor says a man should be found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his 19-month-old son. The toddler's lifeless body was found outside an Edmonton church in 2...
Dec 06, 2019
Scheer champions energy workers, vows to never support carbon tax
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer is doubling down on his insistence that the federal Conservative party will never support a carbon tax. The Conservative leader is proposing an amendment to the Liberals' t...
Dec 06, 2019
US Rep. Denny Heck of Washington state to retire after term
SEATTLE - Democratic Rep. Denny Heck of Washington state announced Wednesday that he is retiring from Congress at the end of his term, saying his work on the investigation into Russian election interf...
Dec 06, 2019
Group narrows search for beluga retirement site to two sites off Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A conservation group has selected two sites in Nova Scotia where it could establish a kind of ocean retirement home for beluga whales raised in captivity. After...
Dec 06, 2019
Liberals to emphasize common ground in throne speech as Parliament resumes
OTTAWA - The 43rd session of Parliament - and a new era of minority government - is to open Thursday with a speech from the throne emphasizing the issues on which Justin Trudeau's Liber...
Dec 06, 2019
Regina teenager Alex Gonzalez named Vancouver Whitecaps esports gamer
Alex Gonzalez, an 18-year-old who turned heads with top-10 performances at FIFA video game tournaments in Atlanta and London, has signed on as the Vancouver Whitecaps' esports gamer. "When I first tol...
Dec 06, 2019