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Freeland agrees to NDP trade pitch in return for new NAFTA support: letter
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she wants to make Canada's trade negotiations more "transparent," by agreeing to proposals from the New Democrats to provide more details of ...
Feb 22, 2020

Docs gearing up for legal battle over pay
EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta Medical Association says they're prepping for a court fight over the new pay and benefits deal imposed on them by the province.Doctor Christine Molnar says they're e...
Feb 22, 2020 Hospital waiting room

Province doubles number of articling students working for Crown prosecutors in rural areas
The province has announced it has doubled the amount of articling students working for the Crown prosecution service from eight to 16. The students will be coming to different areas of the province, i...
Feb 22, 2020 Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Official says she would have denied Desmond a gun licence had she known more
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why a former Canadian soldier fatally shot three family members and himself heard Thursday from a firearms official who said ...
Feb 22, 2020

Unreleased report finds stop checks, searches of protesters unlawful: Watchdog
VANCOUVER - A civilian police watchdog has released a letter that was described Thursday as "explosive" by a supporter of hereditary chiefs opposed to a pipeline in northern British Columbia...
Feb 22, 2020

Thumbprint, hairbrush: Franklin wreck reveals sailors' lives
It was as if the past literally reached out and touched him. Parks Canada archaeologist Marc-Andre Bernier spent last summer diving into the wreck of the HMS Erebus, the flagship of the Franklin exped...
Feb 22, 2020

Canada's Kingsbury finishes first in moguls for 62nd World Cup victory
TAZAWAKO, Japan - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury earned his 62nd World Cup victory Saturday, winning the gold medal in the men's moguls event. Kingsbury, the reigning Olympic moguls champion from Deux Mont...
Feb 22, 2020

Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs arrive in Kahnawake, Que.
KAHNAWAKE, Que. - Traditional chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have arrived in Kahnawake, Que., as they continue their tour of Mohawk communities in eastern Canada where rail blockades in solid...
Feb 22, 2020

Struggling Victoria's Secret sold as women demand comfort
NEW YORK - Victoria's Secret, which once defined sexy with its leggy supermodels in their lacy bras and oversized angel wings, has a new owner. Now, the big question is whether the once sought after b...
Feb 22, 2020

2010 leader John Furlong urges Vancouver to bid for 2030 Winter Games
While Vancouver celebrates the 10th anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the man who co-led the bid and headed the organizing committee wants the city to do...
Feb 22, 2020