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People's Party outlines seats with prominent candidates in bid to enter debates
OTTAWA - The People's Party of Canada made another bid Friday to convince debate organizers they deserve to be included in two televised events in October. In a letter to the Leaders' Debates Commissi...
Aug 25, 2019
Quebec designer and partner say they were victims of homophobic attack
MONTREAL - A Quebec fashion designer and his partner say they were victims of a homophobic attack after they were allegedly beaten outside a bar in the province's Charlevoix region. Markanto...
Aug 25, 2019
Attack ads on simmer: Manitoba election campaign more about issues than scandal
WINNIPEG - With one party leader getting into trouble over his tropical vacation home and another with past criminal convictions and misogynistic writings, there's a lot of material for a negativ...
Aug 25, 2019
Trudeau and Trump hold face to face meeting on sidelines of G7 summit
BIARRITZ, France - Justin Trudeau met face-to-face with U.S. President Donald Trump today on the margins of the G7 summit in France for a discussion that covered trade, diplomacy and a bit of a lighte...
Aug 25, 2019
Accusers in Ohio State doctor scandal top 300
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lawyers for men suing Ohio State University over decades-old alleged sexual misconduct by a team doctor say the growing number of accusers has topped 300. Totals confirmed to The Asso...
Aug 25, 2019
Ottawa police charge transit driver with 38 offences in deadly bus crash
OTTAWA - Two-hundred and twenty-four days after three people died when a double-decker commuter bus slammed into an Ottawa transit station, the woman who was behind the wheel has been charged in ...
Aug 25, 2019
Trade to dominate Trudeau-Trump bilateral meeting during G7 summit
BIARRITZ, France - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived Friday for this weekend's long-awaited G7 summit in France, where he plans to try to shore up Canada's trade and economic interests in&nbs...
Aug 25, 2019
Ad firm says controversial billboards promoting Bernier's party staying up
OTTAWA - The owner of the controversial billboards featuring Maxime Bernier's face and a slogan advocating against mass immigration says the ads are staying up. Criticism has been pouring in since the...
Aug 25, 2019
Ontario shipyard accuses feds of unfairly stacking deck in Davie's favour
OTTAWA - An Ontario shipyard is accusing the federal government of trying to unfairly award Quebec's Chantier Davie shipyard potentially billions of dollars in work without a competition. The allegati...
Aug 25, 2019
5 die in stampede ahead of Algiers rap concert, probe opened
ALGIERS, Algeria - Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the cause of a stampede ahead of a rapper's concert at an Algiers sports stadium that left five youths dead, including a 13-year-old. T...
Aug 25, 2019