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Curling's longstanding 10-versus-eight debate continues to simmer
At the 1999 World Curling Federation's annual general meeting in Saint John, N.B., then-president Gunther Hummelt begged member federations to vote in eight-end games. Curling had just returned t...
Mar 21, 2019
A timeline of events in the SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - A chronology of the SNC- Lavalin controversy, according to public documents, reports and testimony to the House of Commons justice committee: Feb. 19, 2015 - The RCMP lays corruption and frau...
Mar 21, 2019
Kenney promises vote on equalization in 2021 if no pipeline progress
CALGARY - The leader of Alberta's United Conservatives is promising a referendum on equalization if there's no major progress on market-opening pipelines. Jason Kenney says if he becomes premier&...
Mar 21, 2019
Ex-President Michel Temer arrested in Brazil for corruption
RIO DE JANEIRO - Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday on corruption charges, a dramatic development in a sprawling graft probe that has roiled Latin America's largest natio...
Mar 21, 2019
Liberals add $4.5B for Indigenous services as reconciliation effort continues
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government plans to spend $4.5 billion over the next five years to try to narrow the socio-economic gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people - part of a plan to ke...
Mar 21, 2019
Deficits in big-spending pre-election budget tee up ballot-box choice
OTTAWA - The final budget of the Trudeau government's mandate will scatter billions in fresh spending - on everything from pharmacare to retraining workers to first-time home buyers - as the Liberals ...
Mar 21, 2019
Highlights of Quebec's 2019-20 budget
QUEBEC - Finance Minister Eric Girard tabled the Coalition Avenir Quebec government's first budget on Thursday. Here are some highlights: - Balanced books for the fifth straight year in Quebec, with a...
Mar 21, 2019
Liberals promise tax credit, EI benefit to help workers
OTTAWA - Canadians could soon be putting $250 a year in federal tax credits toward better skills, while getting federal help to pay the bills. One of the showpieces in Tuesday's federal Liberal budget...
Mar 21, 2019
Liberals promise billions for dairy, chicken farmers affected by trade deals
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is promising billions of dollars to compensate dairy, egg and poultry farmers hurt by Canada's recent free-trade agreements - industries concentrated in vote-rich Quebe...
Mar 21, 2019
Liberals to create national drug agency as building block of pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is promising a new agency to negotiate prescription drug prices for Canadians and try to drive down costs - a move billed as an "important step" ...
Mar 21, 2019
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