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Canada, South Asian bloc to begin free-trade talks in effort to diversify from China
OTTAWA - Canada is launching free-trade talks with a major group of southeast Asian countries as it seeks to diversify from China and find new ways of coping with a snarled global supply chain. Intern...
Nov 16, 2021
O'Toole boots senator who challenged his leadership out of Conservative caucus.
OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole kicked Sen. Denise Batters out of the Conservative caucus Tuesday - one day after she challenged his leadership. "As the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, I will not to...
Nov 16, 2021
Michigan judge rejects attorney general's effort to move Line 5 case to state court
WASHINGTON - Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. scored a key victory in the Line 5 dispute Tuesday as a judge in Michigan rejected the state attorney general's bid to get the dispute over the cross-border pi...
Nov 16, 2021
Michigan judge rejects attorney general's effort to move Line 5 case to state court
WASHINGTON - A judge in Michigan has rejected the state attorney general's effort to get the dispute over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline kicked out of federal court. U.S. Circuit Court Judge Janet N...
Nov 16, 2021
B.C.'s flooded, devastated highways strand hockey teams, halt games
Getting a hockey team home is half the battle in B.C. as mudslides, floods and collapsing highways have stranded several. Teams and leagues relying on bus travel will also face the question "how do we...
Nov 16, 2021
Veterans Affairs' case managers near 'breaking point,' union warns
OTTAWA - The head of the union representing Veterans Affairs Canada case managers is warning her members are near their "breaking point" thanks to an excessive amount of work and lack of support from ...
Nov 16, 2021
AP source: House to vote on censuring Gosar over video
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for tweeting an animated video that depicted him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
Nov 16, 2021
Montreal mayor calls for federal action on gun violence after teen's shooting
MONTREAL - The "cowardly" shooting of a 16-year-old boy Sunday in Montreal is renewing calls for the government to do more about gun violence as authorities work to solve his murder. Thomas Trudel, 16...
Nov 16, 2021
Court hears testimony of second complainant in Sohil Bindra sex assault trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - **Warning - graphic content in this article**The testimony has been heard from the second alleged victim in the first of three trials for Lethbridge's Sohil Bindra.Bindra, who was 33-...
Nov 16, 2021
Health minister says announcement coming on COVID-19 border measure changes
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will announce changes to COVID-19 prevention measures at the Canadian border "very soon." The government has faced mounting pressu...
Nov 16, 2021