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Catholic bishops urge Trudeau to scrap changes to assisted dying legislation
OTTAWA - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to voice "very serious concern" about proposed changes to medical assistance in dying...
Feb 02, 2020
PGA Tour remembers Kobe Bryant with 16th-hole pin position
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - The PGA Tour joined players with a 16th-hole tribute to Kobe Bryant on Sunday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, using his two Lakers uniform numbers to cut the final-round pin ...
Feb 02, 2020
Lower Mainland mayors, including Surrey, endorse regional ride-hailing licence
VANCOUVER - Mayors in British Columbia's Lower Mainland have reached an agreement on an interim business licence for ride-hailing companies that want to operate in the region. Surrey Mayor D...
Feb 02, 2020
More Canadians request flight out of Wuhan as coronavirus kills outside China
OTTAWA - The number of Canadians who want to flee the Chinese province afflicted with the novel coronavirus has climbed to 325. Global Affairs Canada provided the updated figure on Sunday, as the worl...
Feb 02, 2020
Timeline for confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Canada
TORONTO - Four cases of the new coronavirus have now been confirmed in Canada - three in Ontario and one in British Columbia. Here is a timeline of Canadian cases. Jan. 25, 2020: A man...
Feb 02, 2020
Trudeau faces tough campaigning in Africa for UN Security Council seat
OTTAWA - Suddenly, the Liberal government is all about Africa, and there is a very practical political reason for that - avoiding an embarrassing defeat in a major upcoming international ele...
Feb 02, 2020
Evacuations, road closures and plenty of cleanup after B.C. flooding, landslides
VANCOUVER - Several British Columbia communities are cleaning up and digging out after a storm swept over the southern part of the province on Friday, prompting flooding and landslides. Local sta...
Feb 02, 2020
Evacuations, road closures and plenty of cleanup after B.C. flooding, landslides
VANCOUVER - Several British Columbia communities are cleaning up and digging out after a storm swept over the southern part of the province on Friday, prompting flooding and landslides. Local sta...
Feb 02, 2020
Britain leaves the European Union, leaps into the unknown
LONDON - So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu. With little fanfare, Britain left the European Union on Friday after 47 years of membership, taking a leap into the unknown in a historic blow to th...
Feb 02, 2020
Senate committee urges renewed suspension for Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak
OTTAWA - Sen. Lynn Beyak should be suspended again without pay, the Senate's ethics committee recommended Friday. Beyak's colleagues ousted her from the upper chamber temporarily last spring afte...
Feb 02, 2020