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Big spending bill wins Senate OK, has victories all around
WASHINGTON - The Senate passed a $1.4 trillion government spending package Thursday in a last bipartisan burst of legislating before bolting for the holidays from a Capitol riven by impeachment. Lawma...
Dec 21, 2019
Trump celebrates Rep. Van Drew's switch from Democrat to GOP
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a New Jersey Democrat who broke with his party to vote against Trump's impeachment, is officially switching parties and ...
Dec 21, 2019
After impeachment, House bestows big trade victory on Trump
WASHINGTON - One day after its historic impeachment votes, the Democratic-led House gave President Donald Trump an overwhelming bipartisan victory Thursday on a renegotiated trade agreement with Canad...
Dec 21, 2019
6 die in Las Vegas apartment building fire; 13 injured
LAS VEGAS - A fire in a three-story apartment building in downtown Las Vegas where residents were apparently using their stoves for heat killed six people and forced some residents to jump from upper-...
Dec 21, 2019
Ottawa moves to restrict vaping advertisements to prevent youth exposure
Health Canada is proposing to ban advertising of vaping products in spaces where young people can see them in a bid to rein in the rise of underage e-cigarette use. Minister Patty ...
Dec 21, 2019
Logo a no go: Alberta energy war room to pull image belonging to U.S. company
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy war room says it is pulling and replacing its logo after learning that it was already being used by another company. The war room, officially known as the Ca...
Dec 21, 2019
Crown says former SNC-Lavalin exec Bebawi should be sentenced to 9 years
MONTREAL - Former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi tarnished Canada's reputation and helped perpetuate the corrupt dictatorial regime of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya, federal prosecutor Anne-Marie M...
Dec 21, 2019
Feds won't let resistant premiers scuttle municipal handgun bans: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he won't let resistance from unwilling premiers scuttle the plans of municipalities that want to ban handguns. In an interview with The Canadian P...
Dec 21, 2019
Prince Harry, Meghan and Archie in Canada for the holidays
TORONTO - If you're out and about in Canada this holiday season and happen to spot a couple with a young boy that look remarkably like Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their son Archie, your eye...
Dec 21, 2019
In Nova Scotia, extremes of elation and despair in wake of N.S. mill closure
NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - There was despair and elation in northeastern Nova Scotia on Saturday as the fallout of a pulp mill's coming closure started to ripple through communities ...
Dec 21, 2019
