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New gun-control recommendations due 'in the coming weeks,' minister says
OTTAWA - New ideas for federal gun-control rules will likely come with in weeks, says the minister responsible for devising them. Since August, Bill Blair has been studying ways to get handguns and as...
Feb 05, 2019
Controversial Gatineau city councillor questions whether the Earth is round
MONTREAL - A Quebec municipal councillor who was already under fire for denying the existence of Islamophobia is drawing new scrutiny for recent comments questioning whether the Earth is round. Nathal...
Feb 05, 2019
Khadr trying new way to get out from under 'indefinite' sentence and bail
TORONTO - Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr is asking Alberta youth court to order his release and declare his eight-year sentence - imposed by a widely maligned military commission in the Uni...
Feb 05, 2019
Atlantic Schooners could begin their CFL tenure playing in Moncton
If all goes to plan, the CFL’s Atlantic Schooners will begin play in 2020 in Moncton, N.B., while a new stadium is being built in Halifax. Schooners Sports and Entertainment (formerly Maritime F...
Feb 05, 2019
Resolution passed by City Council in response to urban drilling in city limits
LETHBRIDGE - Lethbridge City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Monday, Feb. 5, to immediately respond to an urban drilling site within city limits, upon learning of its operations. The resolu...
Feb 05, 2019
Model-actress Dayanara Torres says she has skin cancer
NEW YORK - Actress Dayanara Torres says she has skin cancer and is awaiting news on the treatment to follow after having undergone two surgeries. The former Miss Universe said in an Instagram post Mon...
Feb 05, 2019
Ottawa moving up construction of new naval support ship in Vancouver
OTTAWA - In a move likely to send shockwaves through Quebec and its shipbuilding industry, the federal government has decided to speed up construction of one of its permanent new naval support vessels...
Feb 05, 2019
Parliament's security service looks for cyber guru
OTTAWA - The organization in charge of providing physical security to Parliament is looking to improve its cybersecurity. The Parliamentary Protective Service is considering using cloud-based software...
Feb 05, 2019
Jolie urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya Muslims
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Angelina Jolie on Tuesday urged Myanmar to show a genuine commitment to ending violence and displacement in its Rakhine state, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya M...
Feb 05, 2019
Food Banks Canada releases Hunger Count 2018
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge saw well over 5,000 visits a year ago. Food Banks Canada has released its Hunger Count 2018. The report looks at food bank use across th...
Feb 05, 2019