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Privacy commissioner says RCMP ignored his investigators in complaint cases
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog has accused the RCMP of ignoring his office's efforts to investigate complaints about the national police force's failure to respond to i...
Feb 25, 2020
Liberal MPs defer call for immediate blockade debate at committee
OTTAWA - Liberal MPs have temporarily thwarted an attempt by a Bloc Quebecois MP to immediately debate the "Indigenous crisis" involving rail and road blockades across the country at a Commons co...
Feb 25, 2020
Manitoba premier hints at possible carbon tax deal with federal government
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is hinting at a potential breakthrough with the federal government on a carbon tax. Pallister says federal and provincial senior officials have been in cons...
Feb 25, 2020
Private clinics would harm 'ordinary' people using public system in B.C.: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the British Columbia government says private clinics would increase wait lists for "ordinary" people in the public system and especially harm those who are...
Feb 25, 2020
Raymond's "Knight Residence" gets historical resources designation
RAYMOND, AB - The Town of Raymond is recognizing a home owned by the man who would become their namesake.The Knight Residence was built in 1926-27 and was first owned by Oscar Raymond Knight.Oscar Ray...
Feb 25, 2020 The Knight Residence in Raymond. (Supplied by Town of Raymond)
Sen. Lynn Beyak apologizes for racist letters, says she'll obey ethics report
OTTAWA - Sen. Lynn Beyak sought to stave off suspension from the upper chamber today, apologizing unreservedly for posting offensive letters online and pledging to do more to show her contrition. Beya...
Feb 25, 2020
Six-time Canadian curling champion Jennifer Jones denied a seventh
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Jennifer Jones will have to wait for another chance to win a record seventh Canadian women's curling championship. The decorated skip believes she has the team and the time to ...
Feb 25, 2020
3 courts, 3 rulings: Carbon tax seen differently in different courts
EDMONTON - Legal experts say rulings from provincial Appeal Courts on the federal carbon tax aren't about the tax itself, but rather the government's legal grounds for it.The Alberta Court ruled on Mo...
Feb 25, 2020
Hurricanes to bring emergency backup goalie Ayres to Raleigh for game
TORONTO - The Carolina Hurricanes aren't done with David Ayres just yet. Ayres, a 42-year-old Zamboni driver, was forced to be Carolina's emergency goalie for its road game Saturday night against...
Feb 25, 2020
Vets with PTSD treated like 'lepers,' doctor tells Desmond fatality inquiry
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A New Brunswick doctor who specializes in treating veterans with PTSD apologized today for comments he made about the Department of Veterans Affairs during testimony before a fatal...
Feb 25, 2020