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Liberals set table for school-food program, warned to avoid top-down approach
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are being told to avoid creating a one-size-fits-all national school-food program to replace the existing patchwork of efforts to feed hungry children. The Liberals promi...
Jan 05, 2020

New cannabis products may not eat into black market, experts say
TORONTO - The arrival of legal cannabis edibles, vapes and other products in Ontario won't necessarily meet the government's stated goal of cutting into the black market, according to industry observe...
Jan 05, 2020

Passengers removed from WestJet aircraft after it skids off Halifax runway
HALIFAX - A passenger jet skidded off the end of a runway at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport on Sunday, but a spokeswoman for WestJet said there were no injuries. The city a...
Jan 05, 2020

Killing of Iranian general sparks concerns for safety of Canadian troops
OTTAWA - The safety of Canadians in the Middle East is the government's "paramount concern" following the death of a top Iranian general in an American airstrike, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Phi...
Jan 05, 2020

6 arrested in killings of 4 men at California backyard party
FRESNO, Calif. - Police in California announced Tuesday that they have arrested six suspected gang members in the shooting deaths of four men last month at a backyard gathering of family and friends t...
Jan 05, 2020

Parks Canada opens online campsite bookings this week
EDMONTON -- Parks Canada will launch reservations for campsites over the summer starting Jan. 7 in Alberta, with Jasper National Park online bookings being the first. Other park bookings will open thr...
Jan 05, 2020 Parks Canada photo

'Truly sorry:' Poet linked to killer of Indigenous woman cancels Regina lecture
A celebrated Canadian poet has cancelled a lecture about Indigenous justice issues at the University of Regina following outrage over his working relationship and friendship with the killer of a local...
Jan 05, 2020

Canadian Mirela Rahneva takes silver medal at skeleton World Cup
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada's Mirela Rahneva enjoyed a good start to 2020, sliding to a silver medal at the skeleton World Cup on Sunday. The 31-year-old had the fastest run of the day (58.01 se...
Jan 05, 2020

'Truly sorry:' Poet linked to killer of Indigenous woman cancels Regina lecture
REGINA - A celebrated Canadian poet has cancelled a lecture about Indigenous justice issues at the University of Regina following outrage over his working relationship and friendship with th...
Jan 05, 2020

Bryan Brulotte launches effort Monday to win Conservative leadership
OTTAWA - A long-time conservative businessman officially kick starts a run for leadership of the federal Conservative party on Monday. Bryan Brulotte is rolling out ads, a social media campaign and an...
Jan 05, 2020