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Muslim groups denounce Quebec Premier Legault's statements on Islamophobia
MONTREAL - Muslim groups are denouncing as insulting and offensive Quebec Premier Francois Legault's statement Thursday that Islamophobia does not exist in Quebec. The National Council of Ca...
Feb 01, 2019
SGI watching for seatbelt use this month
Everybody knows people should wear their seatbelts when out for a drive.But there is still that small percentage of people in Saskatchewan that don't buckle up.This month's SGI traffic safety spotligh...
Feb 01, 2019
Cuba criticizes Canada's diplomatic downsize after another diplomat falls ill
OTTAWA - The Cuban government is criticizing Canada's decision on Wednesday to halve its embassy staff after a 14th Canadian fell ill to an unexplained illness in Ha...
Feb 01, 2019
Fate of truck driver in Humboldt bus crash will test sentencing system: experts
A legal expert says the punishment for the truck driver responsible for the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash will put Canada's sentencing provisions to the test. Jennifer Quaid, a law profe...
Feb 01, 2019
Court orders conditional release of ex-Ivory Coast leader
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - International Criminal Court judges ordered the conditional release Friday of Ivory Coast's ex-president and a former youth minister, more than two weeks after they were acqui...
Feb 01, 2019
Feds drop appeal of ruling that freed charities to engage in political activity
OTTAWA - The federal government has dropped an appeal of a court ruling that freed charitable organizations to engage in unlimited political activity as long as it's not directly supporting a party. L...
Feb 01, 2019
Canada echoes NATO, pins blame on Russia for U.S. pullout from nuclear treaty
WASHINGTON - The federal Liberal government is blaming Russia for U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of a landmark Cold War-era treaty on nuclear weapons. Trump is accusing t...
Feb 01, 2019
Foxconn factory jobs touted by Trump will not come to pass
MADISON, Wis. - Electronics giant Foxconn reversed course and announced Wednesday that the huge Wisconsin plant that was supposed to bring a bounty of blue-collar factory jobs back to the Midwest - an...
Feb 01, 2019
Canadian men kick off Rugby World Cup preparations with game in Uruguay
Canada kicks off its 2019 Rugby World Cup preparations in Montevideo on Saturday against a Uruguay team it knows all too well. The 17th-ranked Uruguayans consigned the Canadian men to a repe...
Feb 01, 2019
Stolen vehicle and drugs found at home on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation
Three people are facing charges in connection to a weapons and drug bust this week on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation.A total of 14 people were originally arrested by the RCMP and three have since been ch...
Feb 01, 2019
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