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Growing natural-disaster response risks dulling Army's fighting edge: Commander
OTTAWA - Canada's top soldier is warning that as the Army gets called out to a growing number of floods, wildfires and other natural disasters, there is a risk that work will hurt the force's ability ...
Jan 22, 2020
Manitoba carbon tax a maybe, Pallister says after meeting Trudeau in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is holding out the possibility of imposing a carbon tax in his province as he tries to fashion a green plan that will meet with the federal g...
Jan 22, 2020
Fraud allegations a facade, Meng lawyer argues as extradition hearing begins
VANCOUVER - Fraud allegations against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are a "facade" and charges filed by the United States are really about the country trying to enforce its sanctions&nb...
Jan 22, 2020
Flights to resume out of St. John's, N.L., as search for missing man suspended
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Commercial flights were set to resume out of St. John's, N.L., this morning, as eastern Newfoundland continues to dig itself out from last week's record-breaking blizzard. Toda...
Jan 22, 2020
Snags, successes in Ottawa's efforts to recruit Indigenous public servants: docs
OTTAWA - The federal government invited a group of Indigenous elders to Ottawa last spring to seek their guidance on how to address barriers faced by Indigenous federal employees, but the well-in...
Jan 22, 2020
Jagmeet Singh says NDP caucus will discuss whether to support new NAFTA
OTTAWA - New Democrat MPs will gather in Ottawa today for a two-day planning session to prepare the re-opening of the House of Commons next week. Party whip Rachel Blaney says the party...
Jan 22, 2020
Military must nearly double annual female recruitment to reach its own target
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces needs to nearly double the number of women it has been recruiting in recent years to reach its goal of having women represent one-quarter of all military person...
Jan 22, 2020
Fraud allegations a facade, Meng lawyer argues as extradition hearing begins
VANCOUVER - Fraud allegations against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are a "facade" and charges filed by the United States are really about the country trying to enforce its sanctions&nb...
Jan 22, 2020
Larry Walker Sr. proud his son voted into National Baseball Hall of Fame
VANCOUVER - Larry Walker's father says he is overwhelmed with emotion about his son being voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on his final try. "I don't know if this is ever going ...
Jan 22, 2020
Facing humiliating controls, Lebanese focus fury on banks
BEIRUT - Before picking up cash from a downtown bank in Lebanon's capital, Mey Al Sayegh mentally braces herself for what would have been a routine trip before the country's crippling cash crunch. For...
Jan 21, 2020