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Saskatchewan premier says meeting with Freeland more cordial than with Trudeau
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he had a more cordial meeting with Federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland than he did with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Moe an...
Nov 28, 2019
CN, Teamsters reach tentative strike deal, economic fallout still top of mind
MONTREAL - An end to a nationwide rail strike that has gripped the country for eight days is within sight, but concerns linger over the economic fallout. Canadian National Railway Co. and Te...
Nov 28, 2019
Snowbirds aerobatics team to return to Canada after crash in U.S.
OTTAWA - The Canadian military's Snowbirds aerobatics team is returning home after a crash grounded the planes in the U.S. for more than a month. Military investigators are still trying to determ...
Nov 28, 2019
Quebec religious group pleads not guilty after refusing to provide kids' names
MONTREAL - Leaders of a fringe Quebec religious group pleaded not guilty to contempt of court Wednesday as the provincial government continued its legal battle to establish whether members' child...
Nov 28, 2019
Person arrested and questioned in case of premature births at N.B. hospital
MONCTON, N.B. - RCMP in New Brunswick say one person has been arrested in connection with allegations that patients at the Moncton Hospital were improperly given a labour-inducing drug earlier th...
Nov 28, 2019
Montreal archeologists find remains of 19th century Irish famine victims
MONTREAL - Archeologists digging at the site of a future light-rail station unearthed a piece of Montreal history last week when they uncovered what is believed to have been a ceme...
Nov 28, 2019
You've got mail: Feds test new e-notification service to save cash, time
OTTAWA - A group of digital disruptors inside the federal government is testing a way to send tens of millions of e-notifications each month to save workers - and taxpayers - time and money. Know...
Nov 28, 2019
'I thought I was going to die:' Manitoba liquor store worker recalls attack
WINNIPEG - One week after a violent liquor store robbery left her unconscious, Randi Chase can clearly recall feeling as if she could not move as her attacker came at her. "I just froze and ...
Nov 28, 2019
Climate change threatens food production in countries that need it most: study
About 90 per cent of humanity - including most of the world's poorest people - faces poorer harvests and smaller catches if efforts to fight climate change don't drastically ramp up, says researc...
Nov 28, 2019
Climate change shifting protected marine ecosystems outside conservation areas
Governments may have to rethink how they conserve ocean ecosystems as climate change forces marine animals from their usual homes, says newly published research. "Things are going to keep changin...
Nov 28, 2019
