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In the news today, May 17

Four stories in the news for Friday, May 17 --- LIBERALS WIN MINORITY IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR VOTE Voters in Newfoundland and Labrador registered their frustration with traditional poli...

May 17, 2019

QuickSketch: Liberal Premier Dwight Ball of Newfoundland and Labrador

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A look at Dwight Ball, the newly re-elected Liberal premier of Newfoundland and Labrador: Age: 62 Early years: Grew up in Deer Lake, a small town in western Newfoundland where his f...

May 16, 2019

Liberals stymie Commons defence committee inquiry into Mark Norman case

OTTAWA - The Liberals have used their majority on a House of Commons committee to block an attempt to launch an inquiry into the failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Opposition members on t...

May 16, 2019

Kenney lauds Senate committee rejecting tanker ban, promises to continue fight

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is calling for a full-court press to kill Ottawa's proposed B.C. coast tanker ban now that it has been defeated in a Senate committee. Kenney says he hopes ...

May 16, 2019

Billion-dollar autoimmune drug deal a 'dream come true' for Calgary researcher

CALGARY - A University of Calgary researcher says he's hopeful a deal worth up to $1 billion between his drug company and a U.S. biotechnology firm could one day lead to autoimmune...

May 16, 2019

Senate committee approves dozens of energy-industry-friendly amendments to C-69

OTTAWA - A Senate committee has approved dozens of amendments - primarily aimed at mollifying the energy industry - to the Liberal government's controversial environmental assessment legislation. Bill...

May 16, 2019

Montreal mayor says secularism bill targets minorities and violates freedoms

Quebec's secularism bill is causing tension in society and Montrealers feel powerless to do anything about it, Mayor Valerie Plante told committee members studying the controversial legislation Tuesda...

May 16, 2019

'It's worrying': Quebec premier on allegations anti-corruption unit fabricated evidence

MONTREAL - Fresh allegations involving Quebec's anti-corruption unit, once held up as the police force that would rekindle citizens' trust in their institutions, are roiling the province's political c...

May 16, 2019

Tori Stafford kidnapper wants court to declare her prison transfer unlawful

EDMONTON - A woman serving a life sentence for the murder of eight-year-old Tori Stafford says her move from a healing lodge back to a prison was unfair. Lawyers for Terri-Lynn McClintic filed an appl...

May 16, 2019

Clement Gascon, high court justice who went missing, had panic attack

OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon says he suffered a panic attack last week before he briefly went missing Wednesday night. Gascon, who has already announced plans to r...

May 16, 2019