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Trudeau featured in new Liberal ad campaign ahead of expected election call
OTTAWA - The Liberal Party has launched a new advertising campaign featuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau one day ahead of the expected launch of a federal election. The English-language ad, titled "...
Aug 14, 2021
Trudeau featured in new Liberal ad campaign ahead of expected election call
OTTAWA - The Liberal Party has launched a new advertising campaign featuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau one day ahead of the expected launch of a federal election. The English-language ad, titled "...
Aug 14, 2021
Military launches online tracker to gauge progress in improving internal culture
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says it's launched an online tracker to help keep staff informed on its efforts to improve culture within the ranks. The Canadian Armed Forces have been roc...
Aug 14, 2021
'A crime': Police investigating handful of cases looking at residential schools
A tally from police across the country shows there are four ongoing criminal investigations and one decade-long probe into complaints involving residential schools. The Canadian Press contacted RCMP a...
Aug 14, 2021
'A crime': Police investigating handful of cases looking at residential schools
A tally from police across the country shows there are four ongoing criminal investigations and one decade-long probe into complaints involving residential schools. The Canadian Press contacted RCMP a...
Aug 14, 2021
Amid spike in gun violence, Montreal groups call for different approach to problem
MONTREAL - As police in the Montreal area deal with a jump in gun violence linked to street gang clashes, community workers are calling for decision makers to focus on the root of the problem. This we...
Aug 14, 2021
Tropical Storm Grace forms; Fred still a tropical depression
HAVANA (AP) - Tropical Storm Grace formed Saturday morning in the Atlantic Ocean, while Fred remained a tropical depression headed into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Grace was centered 420 miles (675 ki...
Aug 14, 2021
UBC researchers map Pacific salmon habitat, finding much is lost or inaccessible
VANCOUVER - Pacific salmon can no longer access hundreds of kilometres of spawning streams or floodplain habitat after decades of urban, agricultural and resource development around British Columbia's...
Aug 14, 2021
Taliban launch multi-pronged assault on northern Afghan city
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban launched a multi-pronged assault early Saturday on Mazar-e-Sharif, a major city in northern Afghanistan defended by powerful former warlords. Munir Ahmad Farhad, ...
Aug 14, 2021
Mariners draw bases-loaded walk in 9th, beat Blue Jays 3-2
SEATTLE (AP) - Jarred Kelenic drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Friday night for their third straight win. Kyle Seager and Abraha...
Aug 13, 2021