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Teen refugee fleeing Saudi Arabia arrives in Toronto
TORONTO - A Saudi teen described as a "brave new Canadian" by one of the federal government's senior ministers has landed in Toronto after fleeing her allegedly abusive family. Rahaf Mohammed Alq...
Jan 12, 2019
N.B. cannabis retailer lays off staffers as 'operational needs' become clear
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's cannabis retailer is laying off staff, saying it has a better understanding of "operational needs" three months after the historic legalization of recreational marijuana....
Jan 12, 2019
Trump: USMCA to pay for wall; 'I never said they would write out a cheque'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump leaned ever closer Thursday towards declaring a national emergency at the southern U.S. border - and repeated his flummoxing claim that America'...
Jan 12, 2019
Teen refugee fleeing Saudi Arabia arrives in Toronto
TORONTO - A Saudi teen described as a "brave new Canadian" by one of the federal government's senior ministers has landed in Toronto after fleeing her allegedly abusive family. Rahaf Mohammed Alq...
Jan 12, 2019
Trump: USMCA to pay for wall; 'I never said they would write out a cheque'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump leaned ever closer Thursday towards declaring a national emergency at the southern U.S. border - and repeated his flummoxing claim that America'...
Jan 12, 2019
$74M not enough to cut refugee claim backlog: internal documents
OTTAWA - The agency that processes refugee claims in Canada estimated it would need almost four times as much money as it is getting to tackle a major backlog in asylum claims, cau...
Jan 12, 2019
$74M not enough to cut refugee claim backlog: internal documents
OTTAWA - The agency that processes refugee claims in Canada estimated it would need almost four times as much money as it is getting to tackle a major backlog in asylum claims, cau...
Jan 12, 2019
Scott Brison resigning from federal cabinet, won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - Scott Brison is quitting a political career he loves to spend more time with a cherished family that politics made possible. After 22 years representing the Nova Scotia riding of Kings-Hants&...
Jan 12, 2019
Scott Brison resigning from federal cabinet, won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - Scott Brison is quitting a political career he loves to spend more time with a cherished family that politics made possible. After 22 years representing the Nova Scotia riding of Kings-Hants&...
Jan 12, 2019
Former deputy police chief denies he asked officer to lie at Oland trial
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The former deputy chief of the Saint John police force has told the Dennis Oland murder trial he did not ask an officer to lie about his visits to the bloody crime scene where Richa...
Jan 12, 2019
