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Freeland says Vice-President Mike Pence a valuable partner on free trade
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence has been a valuable partner to Canada because he supports free trade. Freeland says the government is looking fo...
May 23, 2019
Federal government funds millions to help B.C. police spot drugged driving
VANCOUVER - The federal government is boosting funding to help British Columbia police departments recognize drug-impaired drivers and buy roadside testing devices, as many forces remain wary of the t...
May 23, 2019
A timeline of official apologies from the federal government
OTTAWA - When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday exonerated Chief Poundmaker in Saskatchewan, it was the latest in a long list of government efforts to apologize for past wrongs. Here...
May 23, 2019
Lowry: Nothing to be done about thumb until off-season except play through pain
MILWAUKEE - Kyle Lowry will be playing in pain for the rest of the post-season. Whether the Raptors' thrilling playoff run ends against Milwaukee, or Toronto goes on to make its first appearance in th...
May 23, 2019
Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge
OTTAWA - A Liberal-dominated parliamentary committee's report on rural crime is "an insult to all Canadians," Conservative MPs say in a dissenting statement that decries waits of hours or ev...
May 23, 2019
Philippines dismisses Canada's plan to bring garbage back by end of June
OTTAWA - The Philippines is rejecting Canada's late-June timeline for repatriating its garbage. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo told a media briefing in Manila Thursday that Canada's timeline i...
May 23, 2019
Mooseheads' Raphael Lavoie, a power forward, ready for the NHL draft
Halifax Mooseheads forward Raphael Lavoie is showing he can do a little bit of everything ahead of the NHL draft. Score, hit, even chirp. "Game gets hard and sometimes, it happens that we sa...
May 23, 2019
Asian, Asian American heroes to power Marvel comics series
Asian superheroes - assemble. Marvel Comics is giving ink to an unprecedented team-up of its mightiest Asian and Asian American heroes, also known as the new Agents of Atlas. Established icons like ma...
May 23, 2019
Winds helping in battle against fire threatening northern Alberta town
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Fire officials say winds continue to be favourable as crews battle a large wildfire burning a few kilometres from a northern Alberta town. Nearly 5,000 people have cleared out of H...
May 23, 2019
Britain's losing Eurovision song now lower-scoring than ever
PARIS - Britain's Eurovision song "Bigger Than Us" is an even bigger flop than previously thought after its last-place entry was stripped of five points to correct a math error. The song performed by ...
May 23, 2019