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Top military judge to face court martial overseen by deputy this summer
OTTAWA - Canada's chief military judge is set to be tried in a court martial this spring that will be overseen by his own deputy. Col. Mario Dutil was charged last year in relation to allegations that...
Jan 25, 2019
'She was loved:' Man gets 15-year sentence in shooting death of Jeanenne Fontaine
WINNIPEG - The best friend of a woman who was shot dead during a botched robbery sang a mourning song and called for an end to the killing of Indigenous women before a judge sentenced one of the ...
Jan 25, 2019
Ottawa to spend $21M to help fire-damaged Waterton Lakes National Park
CALGARY - Ottawa is spending nearly $21 million to help Waterton Lakes National Park park bounce back from a destructive wildfire. The fire in September 2017 scorched about 200 square k...
Jan 25, 2019
RCMP charge Kingston youth with trying to get someone to plant a bomb
KINGSTON, Ont. - The RCMP say they have charged a Kingston youth with terrorism, alleging he tried to get someone to plant a bomb. He's charged with knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity an...
Jan 25, 2019
U.S. airports hit by shutdown-fuelled shortage of air traffic controllers
WASHINGTON - Two of the busiest airports in the United States are reporting flight delays due to a shortage of air-traffic controllers, believed to be a direct result of a federal government shutdown ...
Jan 25, 2019
U.S. hunters use duck hunting ruse to bag illegal quarry in Canada: ministry
REGINA - Several charges related to illegal hunting in Saskatchewan have been laid against two men from Missouri who were found guilty last month in one of that state's largest deer-poaching cases. Th...
Jan 25, 2019
Canada's archive buys 1944 book that hints at Nazi plans for North America
OTTAWA - Canada's national archive has acquired a rare book it believes could have served as a blueprint for a Nazi purge of Jews in North America. Once part of Adolf Hitler's personal ...
Jan 25, 2019
Canada pulling refuelling plane from anti-ISIL mission
OTTAWA - More than four years after it started, Canada is ending its air-to-air refuelling support to the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. Rear Admiral Brian Sant...
Jan 25, 2019
Canada China envoy assailed for assessing merits of Meng extradition case
OTTAWA - Canada's envoy to China faced criticism Wednesday for opining on how a Huawei executive might avoid extradition to the United States, fuelling speculation his remarks were a political ploy to...
Jan 25, 2019
Ethics czar warns Liberal-named CEO of investment body over conflict of interest
OTTAWA - Canada's ethics czar is ordering the head of a federal investment-promotion agency - and former national director of the Liberal Party of Canada - to resign from...
Jan 25, 2019
