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Elections Canada recalculates, says voter turnout last fall higher than 2015
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says voter turnout in last fall's federal election was actually slightly higher than the 2015 election. The independent agency initially reported a slight decl...
Aug 06, 2020
A timeline of the controversy around WE, the Liberals and a student program
OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public documents, events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charity: March 6...
Aug 06, 2020
Capitol negotiators trade broadsides on stalled virus aid
WASHINGTON - The rival sides in bumpy congressional negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief package exchanged public broadsides rather than constructive concessions Thursday as they stumbled toward a s...
Aug 06, 2020
Canada 'profoundly concerned' over Chinese death sentence for citizen in drug case
OTTAWA - A spokesman for the federal government says Canada is "profoundly concerned" about a Canadian citizen sentenced to death on drug charges in China. The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate Court a...
Aug 06, 2020
After recovering from virus, Domingo vows to clear name
SALZBURG, Austria - Placido Domingo is back in Europe to receive a lifetime achievement award after a bout with the coronavirus, vowing in an interview with a top Italian daily newspaper to clear his ...
Aug 06, 2020
Coroner: TV host Flack killed herself before assault trial
LONDON - A British coroner ruled Thursday that reality TV host Caroline Flack killed herself while facing an assault trial she feared would end her career and bring unbearable media scrutiny. Flack, t...
Aug 06, 2020
Georges Island: public granted access to historic island in Halifax harbour
HALIFAX - Ottawa has announced the public will soon be able to visit Georges Island, the national historic site in the middle of Halifax harbour, on weekend boat tours. Halifax MP Andy ...
Aug 06, 2020
Saudi Crown prince sent hit squad to Canada to kill former spy, lawsuit claims
TORONTO - The crown prince of Saudi Arabia sent a hit squad to Canada in an effort to hunt down and kill a former top intelligence official who knows too much, a civil suit filed Thursday in cour...
Aug 06, 2020
New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA
New York's attorney general sued the National Rifle Association on Thursday, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over allegations that high-ranking executives diverte...
Aug 06, 2020
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests positive ahead of Trump visit
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive Thursday for the coronavirus just ahead a planned meeting with President Donald Trump. The Republican governor's office said Thursday that he too...
Aug 06, 2020