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Canada nears end to long, tortuous search for military rescue planes
OTTAWA - The Canadian military's long search for new rescue planes is nearly over as the federal government is formally showing off the first of 16 new aircraft on Canadian soil today. The unveiling a...
Sep 25, 2020
PM Trudeau 'disappointed' by RCMP treatment of Sikh officers over mask issue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is very disappointed that Sikh RCMP officers have been reassigned during the pandemic because their religiously mandated facial hair makes it difficult t...
Sep 25, 2020
Finance Department says federal deficit hit $148.6 billion through July
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $148.6 billion during the first four months of its 2020-2021 fiscal year, the result of unprecedented spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...
Sep 25, 2020
Filippo Ganna becomes first Italian to win men's time trial at road worlds
IMOLA, Italy - Filippo Ganna on Friday became the first Italian to win the men's time trial at the road cycling world championships - and he did it on home turf. Ganna was the penultimate rider to set...
Sep 25, 2020
Snap election in B.C. puts spotlight on party nomination contests
VANCOUVER - The NDP's announcement that former MP Nathan Cullen is a candidate in the B.C. election has stirred controversy and put the nomination processes used by all the parties in the spotlight. A...
Sep 25, 2020
Toronto Wolfpack fate deferred for four weeks as Super League continues review
Super League wants more time - and information - before deciding whether to readmit the Toronto Wolfpack. The Super League board said it is giving prospective new owner Carlo LiVolsi "a further opport...
Sep 25, 2020
'Not a conservation concern': N.S. Mi'kmaq won't deplete lobster stock, says expert
HALIFAX - An Indigenous-run lobster fishery off the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia isn't the big environmental threat that it's being made out to be, according to a fisheries expert. The ...
Sep 25, 2020
Bamboo supplies dwindling: Calgary Zoo hopeful pandas will be China-bound soon
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo says it's hopeful two giant pandas will be able to return home soon to China, where bamboo supplies are abundant. The zoo said in May that it would be sending the pair...
Sep 25, 2020
Feds pledge $440 million to join international vaccine program
OTTAWA - Canada will spend $440 million to join an international program which is trying ensure COVID-19 vaccines aren't just hoarded by rich countries, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.But C...
Sep 25, 2020
Tories ask for House of Commons to sit Sunday to debate new COVID-19 aid legislation
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they want the House of Commons to sit this weekend to debate new COVID-19 aid legislation. Opposition House leader Gerard Deltell says the provisions in the bill...
Sep 25, 2020