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Trudeau expected to trigger September election this weekend
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is intending to visit Governor-General Mary Simon on Sunday and ask her to dissolve Parliament, triggering an election.The expectation is that the election would...
Aug 12, 2021
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Trudeau expected to trigger fall election this weekend
whOTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is intending to visit Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Sunday and ask her to dissolve Parliament, triggering an election.The expectation is that the election would take...
Aug 12, 2021
Quebec judge fails in bid to appeal reprimand over comments about sex assault victim
OTTAWA - A former Quebec court judge has failed in his attempt to overturn a reprimand he received over comments suggesting a 17-year-old victim of sexual assault might have been a flattered by the in...
Aug 12, 2021
US official: US troops to help evacuate embassy in Kabul
WASHINGTON (AP) - With security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, the United States is sending additional troops into the country to help evacuate some personnel from the embassy in Kabul, a U.S. ...
Aug 12, 2021
Federal government to enact single-game sports betting bill Aug. 27
The federal government says it will enact legislation that will legalize single-game sports betting in Canada on Aug. 27. Justice Minister David Lametti says Bill C-218 will allow Canadians to bet on ...
Aug 12, 2021
'Cheering for the mammoth': Scientists retrace the steps of 17,000 year-old animal
More than 17,000 years ago, a woolly mammoth roamed enough of the Alaskan landscape to circle the Earth twice. That's according to a new paper from an international team of researchers who retraced th...
Aug 12, 2021
Judge reserves decision to exclude evidence in cannabis cupcake court martial in N.B.
OROMOCTO, N.B. - A military judge has reserved her decision on an application to exclude evidence at the court martial of a New Brunswick soldier accused of giving cannabis-laced cupcakes to a group o...
Aug 12, 2021
Canada in 4th wave, top doc says days ahead of expected election call
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says the country is now in the midst of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam's assessment follows a troubling surge in new cases over t...
Aug 12, 2021
Alberta Teachers concerned for return to school amid rise in COVID cases
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) is "seriously concerned" about the lack of provisions to protect students from COVID-19.As Alberta is seeing a small rise in COVID-19 cases, the ...
Aug 12, 2021
Quebec man charged with first-degree murder after woman killed at shopping centre
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been charged with first-degree murder after a woman was stabbed at a shopping centre Wednesday east of Montreal. Marc-Andr Houle, 43, appeared briefly by videoconference to...
Aug 12, 2021