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Catalan leader goes to court after Canada refuses him entry for speaking visit
MONTREAL - The exiled former president of Spain's Catalonia region is fighting a Canadian government decision to refuse him entry into the country to attend an event hosted by a Quebec nationalis...
May 01, 2019
Health Canada sets plain-packaging rules for tobacco, to take effect in November
OTTAWA - Health Canada says cigarette packs will have to be plain drab brown with standardized layouts and lettering, starting in November. The government says plain packages will increase the impact ...
May 01, 2019
Trudeau taps veteran Jeremy Broadhurst to run Liberal re-election campaign
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned to veteran Liberal Jeremy Broadhurst to run the governing party's bid for re-election this fall. Broadhurst, who is currently serv...
May 01, 2019
Flood victims say more homes would be lost if not for volunteers, military
OTTAWA - Many more homes would have been lost to this year's devastating spring flooding in Eastern Canada over the weekend were it not for the back-breaking efforts of volunteers and the military, fl...
May 01, 2019
Liberal MP, retired general, Andrew Leslie says he won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - A first-time Liberal MP and longtime military man says he won't run for re-election this fall. Retired lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie says in an open letter today that after careful conside...
May 01, 2019
Feds to exempt oilsands from new reviews unless Kenney lifts emissions cap
OTTAWA - The federal government is warning the new government in Alberta not to scrap the province's legal limit on total emissions from oilsands of 100 million tonnes a year. Ottawa ha...
May 01, 2019
Quebec government seeks answers from youth protection after 7-year-old girl dies
MONTREAL - Quebec's junior health minister says the death of a seven-year-old girl east of Montreal has exposed clear flaws in the province's youth protection system, and he wants ...
May 01, 2019
White House wants $4.5 billion in emergency border funding
WASHINGTON - The White House is asking Congress for an additional $4.5 billion in emergency spending for border security. That's according to two people familiar with the request who spoke to The Asso...
May 01, 2019
Uganda's opposition pop star Bobi Wine jailed over protest
KAMPALA, Uganda - The Ugandan pop star and opposition politician known as Bobi Wine was remanded to a maximum-security prison on Monday after being charged over his alleged role in a street protest la...
May 01, 2019
Tessitore, McFarland return to ESPN's 'Monday Night' booth
ESPN's "Monday Night Football" will return to a two-man booth when it kicks off its 50th season later this year. The network announced Wednesday that Joe Tessitore will be back doing play-by-play whil...
May 01, 2019