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After warnings of under-spending, Liberals eye boosts to job-training programs
OTTAWA - Senior government officials have been warned that Canada was dangerously behind last year on spending to help workers improve their skills to stay employed. A January 2018 presentation to a g...
Dec 27, 2018
Olympians, artists, and 'The Doctors' among 103 added to Order of Canada
OTTAWA - When Beckie Scott left behind her competitive cross-country ski career in 2006, the Olympic gold medallist didn't foresee the path she would take next. A dozen years later, Scott has become a...
Dec 27, 2018
Canadian's appeal in drug case to be heard in Chinese court on Saturday
OTTAWA - China's state media say a Canadian charged with smuggling drugs will be in court for an appeal on Saturday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said in a daily briefing today that sh...
Dec 27, 2018
'I lost everything': Winnipeg lap dance teacher shares story years later
Chrystie Fitchner knows she made a stupid mistake, a one-minute mistake. And she feels she's paid enough for it over the last eight years. The former Winnipeg high school teacher made headli...
Dec 27, 2018
How long can it go? Resilient economy enters 2019 with signs of weakness
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy entered 2018 on an unexpectedly impressive run. The country begins 2019 on a healthy note but signs of weakness have raised a key question: how l...
Dec 27, 2018
Somali refugee takes amazing road from refugee camps to Victoria city council
VICTORIA - It was one of the happiest days of his life, but Sharmarke Dubow says he was paralyzed with emotion the day he was sworn in as a member of Victoria city council. Dubow said he couldn't smil...
Dec 27, 2018
Flush with party funds, Manitoba Tories could call early election
WINNIPEG - Flush with party fundraising cash and facing two opposition parties still in rebuilding mode, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is not ruling out a snap election call well in advance of the ...
Dec 27, 2018
Can the Liberals take all the credit for economic and jobs gains?
OTTAWA - "We took a one-per-cent growth rate under the Conservatives and turned it into a three-per-cent growth rate. We created 700,000 new jobs over the past three years, and right now we have the l...
Dec 27, 2018
Glaciers in Western Canada retreat because of climate change: experts
VANCOUVER - Climate change is prompting glaciers in British Columbia, Yukon and Alberta to retreat faster than at any time in history, threatening to raise water levels and create ...
Dec 27, 2018
Maxime Bernier challenges Quebec political orthodoxy with new party
MONTREAL - When Maxime Bernier, leader of the nascent People's Party of Canada, recently appeared on a Quebec TV news panel, the pundits laughed at his suggestion that Ottawa could forc...
Dec 27, 2018
