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Refugee advocates 'shocked and dismayed' over asylum changes in budget bill
OTTAWA - Lawyers and advocates who work directly with refugees say they are dismayed by proposed changes to asylum laws included in the Liberals' new budget bill, calling them a devasta...
Apr 09, 2019
Farmers demand strong political response to expanding trade obstacles for Canada
OTTAWA - Canola farmers whose livelihoods have been targeted by China in its feud with Canada say it's time for the federal government to be aggressive at the political level in its fight ag...
Apr 09, 2019
Tories cry foul over $12M to help Loblaws buy energy-efficient coolers
OTTAWA - Conservative environment critic Ed Fast slammed the federal government Tuesday for giving $12 million to help Loblaws stores make their refrigerators and freezers more energy-efficient. ...
Apr 09, 2019
Ministers appear unfazed by Senate changes to federal gun bill
OTTAWA - Federal ministers played down notions Tuesday that Senate committee amendments to the Liberals' gun bill would hobble the legislation. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale suggested the gover...
Apr 09, 2019
Quebecor CEO Peladeau in court in family dispute over company shares
MONTREAL - A judge urged members of Quebec's Peladeau family Tuesday not to air their dirty laundry in public in a quarrel over Quebecor shares that dates back nearly 20 years. But despite Quebec...
Apr 09, 2019
B.C. fights ticket scalpers with consumer protection law, eliminates bots
VICTORIA - British Columbia Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says he fondly recalls the day he waited in line at his local shopping mall for a dozen concert tickets to see Irish rock superstars U2 per...
Apr 09, 2019
Trudeau violated MPs' rights with 'unilateral' expulsion: Philpott
OTTAWA - The Liberals' efforts to put the SNC-Lavalin affair behind them were stymied once again Tuesday by the former cabinet ministers at the centre of the political storm, as Jane Philpot...
Apr 09, 2019
Autopsy: Transgender migrant died from AIDS complications
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - An autopsy has concluded a Honduran transgender migrant who died while in the custody of U.S. federal immigration officials died of complications from AIDS. The New Mexico Office o...
Apr 09, 2019
Santa finds a new home after getting dumped by the city
Jolly Old St. Nick has found a new home after being discarded in the local landfill.A 10-foot-tall Santa Claus that stood for years at the entrance to Prince Albert was discarded earlier this month by...
Apr 09, 2019 A local couple has rescued Santa from the P.A. landfill. (submitted photo/ Wendy Fyrk)
Students show off work at science fair
The top science students from across the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division were at Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Prince Albert campus Tuesday.The Prince Albert and Northeast Regional Science Fai...
Apr 09, 2019 Around 25 students displayed their work at Saskatchewan Polytechnic Tuesday (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
