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UCP donations nearly double NDP's in 2018 as Alberta election approaches
CALGARY - Documents show Alberta's Opposition United Conservative Party raised more money in the fourth quarter of last year than the governing New Democrats did in all of 2018. New figures from Elect...
Jan 25, 2019
The battle for 2019 has already begun: Conservatives gearing up for election
OTTAWA - Canada's Conservatives are unapologetically in unofficial election campaign mode as they gather in Ottawa for a three-day caucus retreat this weekend. The MPs and Senators are gathering partl...
Jan 25, 2019
Parks Canada puts brakes on Icefields Parkway bike trail in Alberta
Parks Canada says it won't go ahead with a plan to build a bike trail along the scenic Icefields Parkway that runs through Banff and Jasper national parks. The federal agency had budget...
Jan 25, 2019
Canada endorses Venezuelan opposition leader as interim president
OTTAWA - Canada joined several other countries in the Americas Wednesday in recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's interim president. A statement fro...
Jan 25, 2019
Trudeau pressed in Quebec City to give more contracts to David shipyard
QUEBEC - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing pointed questions in Quebec City over his government's refusal to give a second contract to the Davie shipyard for a supply ve...
Jan 25, 2019
Crown stays manslaughter charge against former Calgary pastor in son's death
CALGARY - The Crown has stayed a manslaughter charge against a former Calgary pastor who had been accused in his infant son's death. Three-month-old Cyrus Nel died in hospital in August 2015...
Jan 25, 2019
Canada to keep paying for F-35 development as fighter-jet competition ramps up
OTTAWA - Canada is poised to contribute tens of millions of dollars toward further development of the F-35 stealth fighter even as the federal government wrestles with whether to buy the plane or not....
Jan 25, 2019
Liberals have options to help more millennials buy homes, experts say
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have several options as they look for ways to help more millennials buy homes in an era of pricey real estate and rising borrowing costs, housing experts s...
Jan 25, 2019
Quebec government to maintain gun registry deadline, will ease some criteria
Quebec's long gun registry will come into force as scheduled next week, but the public security minister offered concessions Wednesday to gun owners who have been slow to sign up. Genevieve Guilb...
Jan 25, 2019
Liberals' infrastructure program problems detailed in internal documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show a focus on small projects bogged down the first phase of the Liberal governments new infrastructure program. An internal analysis obtained by The Canadian Press ...
Jan 25, 2019
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