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Scheer to name parliamentary lieutenants amid Conservative party strife
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has been working the phones to line up the Opposition front benches as he gets set to reveal the team that will face off against the Liberal govern...
Nov 28, 2019
Newspaper, digital ads will try to woo Quebec civil servants to Manitoba
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is taking out newspaper and electronic advertisements in Quebec that welcome civil servants there to move to Manitoba if they feel threatened by their...
Nov 28, 2019
Opposition front benchers and feces thrower gets a crowd; In-The-News Nov. 28
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 28. What we are watching i...
Nov 28, 2019
Caribou habitat restoration may be ineffective in the short term, says UBC study
VANCOUVER - A new study done in northeastern Alberta suggests habitat restoration may not be enough to save threatened woodland caribou, at least in the short term, and resear...
Nov 28, 2019
Court won't hear case in which former athlete found not criminally responsible
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not revisit the case of a former elite Newfoundland athlete who was found not criminally responsible in the death of a man she struck with a hammer....
Nov 28, 2019
Former Liberal appointed Scheer's deputy as leader vows to stay on at the top
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Thursday that despite considerable party infighting over his future as leader, he will remain at the helm, and as a show of how he intends to ...
Nov 28, 2019
Leader Jagmeet Singh takes on Indigenous affairs in NDP's shadow cabinet
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he'll be his party's critic on Indigenous matters and on intergovernmental affairs. The idea is to emphasize how important the concerns of people who feel ignore...
Nov 28, 2019
War of words escalates between Legault and Pallister over Manitoba's Quebec ads
MONTREAL - Manitoba's premier would be better off spending money on French-language services or retaining NHL players than trying to woo Quebec civil servants to the Prairies, Quebec Premier...
Nov 28, 2019
'Linda O'Leary was not impaired' during fatal boat crash, says defence lawyer
A lawyer for Linda O'Leary, the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary, says his client was not impaired when she got involved in a boat crash on an Ontario lake that left two people dead. Recent...
Nov 28, 2019
Northern residents need bigger rebates to offset carbon tax: Nunavut premier
OTTAWA - Canadians living in the North should receive higher rebates to compensate for the federal carbon tax than people in Southern Canada, the premier of Nunavut said after meeting Thursday with th...
Nov 28, 2019
