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HRW: Iraqi militias recruiting children ahead of Mosul push
IRBIL, Iraq - Iraqi militias are recruiting children from camps for civilians displaced by conflict ahead of the long-awaited operation to retake militant-held Mosul, according to a report from Human ...
Aug 29, 2016
NEB review hearing into Energy East Pipeline to begin in Montreal today
MONTREAL - The National Energy Board’s review of the Energy East Pipeline is heading into what could be hostile territory when hearings resume today in Montreal. First up to speak will be Mayor ...
Aug 29, 2016
Fraud case of ex-Quebec deputy premier Normandeau put off until Sept. 28
QUEBEC - The fraud case of former Quebec deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau will resume in late September. Normandeau and six co-accused appeared in a Quebec City courtroom for the first time on Monda...
Aug 29, 2016
Trudeau ends Harper's tradition of attending Arctic military exercise
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flying to China on Monday, adding to the long list of countries he has visited since winning last year’s federal election. Yet there’s one place c...
Aug 29, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves for first official visit to China
OTTAWA - More than four decades after his father first began paving the way in the 1970s, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in China early Tuesday to begin his first official visit there, with bot...
Aug 29, 2016
Fentanyl crisis coming to Ontario, police and community groups warn
Ontario police and community groups are raising the alarm that a fentanyl crisis could be looming as synthetic versions of the drug appear across the province. An advisory released Monday by the Ontar...
Aug 29, 2016
Libs looking at foreign workers for liquefied gas projects
OTTAWA - The federal labour minister was told earlier this year to give a positive signal to liquefied natural gas companies on the use of temporary foreign workers, but only if Canadians were conside...
Aug 29, 2016
Islamic State bombing kills 54 government recruits in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen - A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State in Yemen’s southern city of Aden on Monday killed at least 54 pro-government recruits, officials said, underscoring how the mili...
Aug 29, 2016
Fentanyl crisis coming to Ontario, police and community groups warn
Ontario police and community groups are raising the alarm that a fentanyl crisis could be looming as synthetic versions of the drug appear across the province. An advisory released Monday by the Ontar...
Aug 28, 2016
Airport scare hard to avoid with cascade of false reports
LOS ANGELES - In the moments before reports of gunshots spread panic at Los Angeles International Airport, police with weapons drawn had confronted a masked man outside a terminal who was carrying a p...
Aug 28, 2016