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Greens to vote against Liberal throne speech unless carbon targets toughened: May
OTTAWA - Capping a week of meetings with opposition leaders, Justin Trudeau met Friday with the Green party's Elizabeth May, who says she will vote against the Liberal go...
Nov 17, 2019

Kenney says his caucus to get free vote on controversial conscience rights bill
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says members of his caucus would be free to vote as they wish on a private member's bill that calls for giving further protection to health workers who invoke conscienc...
Nov 17, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN

N. Scott Momaday remembers 1969 Pulitzer, promises memoir
SANTA FE, N.M. - Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his groundbreaking novel "House Made of Dawn," said he's not done writing and vows to finish his long-anticipated m...
Nov 17, 2019

Swift questions AMAs performance over fight with music group
LOS ANGELES - Taylor Swift said Thursday that she may not perform at the American Music Awards and may have to put other projects including a forthcoming Netflix documentary on hold because the men wh...
Nov 17, 2019

No new rules needed to ensure timely youth justice, Supreme Court says
OTTAWA - There is no need for new rules to ensure timely justice when young people are charged with crimes, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided. The ruling came Friday as the high court dismi...
Nov 17, 2019

CFL stadium group submits revised plan to Halifax Regional Council
HALIFAX - A proposal to build a 24,000-seat stadium for a potential Halifax CFL franchise has been updated by the business group fronting the idea after it was nearly quashed by municipal politic...
Nov 17, 2019

RCMP investigating Vauxhall bank robbery
Vauxhall - RCMP are asking the public for any information possible relating to a robbery at the Scotia bank in Vauxhall, around 1:45 on Friday, (Nov 15) afternoon. The male suspect fled the bank on fo...
Nov 17, 2019 RCMP vehicle -- LNN

Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews apologizes after charge dismissed
TORONTO - Auston Matthews issued an apology after a charge of disorderly conduct and disruptive behaviour against the Toronto Maple Leafs centre was dismissed in his hometown of Sc...
Nov 17, 2019

Conflicting White House accounts of 1st Trump-Zelenskiy call
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump released the rough transcript Friday of a congratulatory phone call he had with the incoming president of Ukraine, holding it out as evidence he did nothing wrong. ...
Nov 17, 2019

Russia providing mood music for House impeachment drama
WASHINGTON - For all the talk about Ukraine in the House impeachment inquiry, there's a character standing just off-stage with a dominant role in this tale of international intrigue: Russia. As has so...
Nov 17, 2019