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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints repeal ban on baptisms for children of gay parents
SALT LAKE CITY - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday repealed rules banning baptisms for children of gay parents and making gay marriage a sin eligible for expulsion - marking ...
Apr 04, 2019
B.C. company can sell prescription eyewear online in Ontario, court rules
TORONTO - Ontario regulators have no right to block a company legally operating elsewhere in Canada from selling prescription eyewear to online customers in the province, an Appeal Court ruled on Thur...
Apr 04, 2019
Lethbridge man charged in connection with armed standoff needs a new lawyer
LETHBRIDGE – Nearly a year-and-a-half after 47-year old Jaysun Sinclair made his first court appearance in connection with a police standoff, his lawyer says he will not be able to see the matte...
Apr 04, 2019
Toronto Marlies sign North Bay Battalion star Justin Brazeau
TORONTO - The Toronto Marlies have signed the second-leading scorer in the Ontario Hockey League this season. North Bay Battalion overage winger Justin Brazeau inked a two-year American Hockey League ...
Apr 04, 2019
Liberals' mortgage plan to have tiny effect on housing prices: CMHC
OTTAWA - Canada’s housing agency says new spending measures aimed at helping first-time buyers afford homes won’t push prices up more than a few tenths of a percentage point. A report Thur...
Apr 04, 2019
Ex-hostage Boyle was angry, bossy after release, witnesses tell court
OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle was angry and domineering in the days following his release from captivity, witnesses told his assault trial Thursday. Boyle and his wife, Caitlan Cole...
Apr 04, 2019
Anna Burns, Tommy Orange up for Rathbones Folio Prize
LONDON - Booker Prize winner Anna Burns and National Book Critics Circle laureate Tommy Orange are among finalists for Britain’s Rathbones Folio Prize for literature. Burns’ Northern Irela...
Apr 04, 2019
Liberals withdraw plan to impose deadlines on 11 bills sitting in the Senate
OTTAWA - The government has backed down from a procedural move that would have imposed deadlines on almost a dozen bills in the Senate to ensure they pass before Parliament rises in June. Earlier this...
Apr 04, 2019
New AG Lametti says he will resist any attempts to pressure him on SNC case
OTTAWA - Attorney General David Lametti says he will resist any attempt to pressure him on the SNC-Lavalin criminal prosecution. Lametti is now in the hot seat on the court case that has rocked the Li...
Apr 04, 2019
Baloney Meter: Liberal claim 8 in 10 better off with carbon tax partly accurate
OTTAWA - “Climate change is real and it requires real solutions. It’s a fact that pricing pollution is the most cost-effective way to cut pollution. Our plan will also leave 8 out of 10 fa...
Apr 04, 2019