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No End in Simmering Trade Dispute with China over Canadian Canola
OTTAWA – China’s ambassador to Canada is hoping a simmering trade dispute over Canadian canola exports won’t become an even bigger problem with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to v...
Aug 26, 2016
Totem pole taken on journey in U.S. and Canada in fossil fuels protest
PORTLAND, Ore. - A Pacific Northwest tribe is travelling nearly 5,000 miles across Canada and the United States with a 22-foot-tall totem pole on a flatbed truck in a symbolic journey meant to galvani...
Aug 26, 2016

PQ leadership hopeful Veronique Hivon drops out of race due to viral infection
JOLIETTE, Que. - Citing an acute viral infection, Veronique Hivon dropped out of the Parti Quebecois leadership race Friday. Hivon suspended her campaign last week due to labyrinthitis, which is an in...
Aug 26, 2016

Three B.C. cities want Ottawa to share revenue of prospective marijuana tax
VANCOUVER - Three municipalities in British Columbia want a stake in any tax revenue that the federal government collects from the legalization of marijuana. Nelson, Duncan and Prince George put forwa...
Aug 26, 2016

'Making a Murderer' attorney seeks more evidence testing
MADISON, Wis. - The attorney for a Wisconsin inmate featured in the hit Netflix documentary series “Making a Murderer” filed a motion Friday seeking permission to perform extensive scienti...
Aug 26, 2016
AP EXPLAINS: Why burkini swimsuits are causing controversy
PARIS - France’s top court has ruled that banning burkini swimsuits violates people’s fundamental rights, setting a legal precedent after a swimsuit crackdown that elicited shock and anger...
Aug 26, 2016

Memorial arch marks departure of soldiers who fought in the Great War
HALIFAX - Dozens of boot prints are burned into a boardwalk, vivid black scars that form part of a new memorial honouring tens of thousands of soldiers who left from the port of Halifax to fight in th...
Aug 26, 2016

Preliminary Hearing Set for Woman Accused of Killing Her Mother
LETHBRIDGE – A woman accused in the death of her mother earlier this year, has elected trial by judge alone and set a date for a preliminary hearing. Lisa Freihaut was charged with second degree...
Aug 26, 2016
St. John's Telegram blasts sexist 'trolls' after feminist backlash
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The St. John’s Telegram - which calls itself the People’s Paper - used its front page Friday to blast what it says is “a huge lack of respect” for fema...
Aug 26, 2016
Labour minister appoints mediator as Canada Post warns of huge pension problem
OTTAWA - With the clock ticking toward potential job action at Canada Post, lawyer and author William Kaplan was appointed Friday to seek an end to the months-long labour dispute at the Crown agency. ...
Aug 26, 2016