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Ontario called 'alarmist' about federal powers if carbon pricing law stands
TORONTO - Ontario is being alarmist in fighting Ottawa's carbon pricing law by suggesting the federal government is grabbing new powers that would allow it to regulate when people drive or where they ...
Apr 18, 2019
Harvard prof says Concordia disinvited him because of his conservative views
MONTREAL - A Harvard professor is claiming he was disinvited from speaking at Concordia University because he is white and holds conservative opinions. Harvey Mansfield wrote an opinion piece in ...
Apr 18, 2019
Ontario court upholds stay of legal proceedings against 3 tobacco companies
TORONTO - An Ontario court has upheld an order that suspended legal proceedings against three major tobacco companies, rejecting arguments from lawyers representing Quebec smokers. Ontario Superior Co...
Apr 18, 2019
Load management 101: Looking at how the Raptors have treated Kawhi Leonard
TORONTO - Clive Brewer likes to compare high-performance athletes to F-14 fighter jets. "They'll fly right at the edge of physics," he said. "They'll do things that are incredibly agile and they...
Apr 18, 2019
Quebec public security minister warning flood zone residents not to take chances
Quebec's public security minister is urging people in regions at risk of flooding not to take any chances and to follow the advice of civil security officials. Genevieve Guilbault spoke toda...
Apr 18, 2019
In 'Red Joan', Judi Dench gets spy role far from 007's boss
LONDON - Judi Dench is back in the world of espionage, but her latest film role is a far cry from James Bond's unflappable spy chief, M. In "Red Joan," Dench plays an elderly British woman whose quiet...
Apr 18, 2019
2019 CFL Canadian college draft will include a pair of territorial selections
TORONTO - The 2019 CFL draft will include two territorial picks. The two teams with the highest waiver priority will be able to make one selection of a player born within their territor...
Apr 18, 2019
Ukraine election: The president vs. guy who plays one on TV
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's presidential runoff Sunday is a battle between a billionaire tycoon who rode anti-Russian protests to the nation's top office five years ago and a comedian who plays a presid...
Apr 18, 2019
With redacted Mueller report imminent, Trump celebrates
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is celebrating the upcoming release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russia's 2016 election interference. The report is due to be...
Apr 18, 2019
Spike in Afghanistan-related suicides may be receding: Military
OTTAWA - A spike in military suicides during and after Canada's decade-long war in Afghanistan may be subsiding, according to a new report, but some service members remain at increased risk of taking ...
Apr 18, 2019