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Liberals' infrastructure program problems detailed in internal documents
OTTAWA - A large number of small construction transit and water system projects funded through the first phase of the Liberal government's infrastructure program bogged down the approval pro...
Jan 27, 2019
Two years after shootings, recovery continues for Quebec City's Muslims
QUEBEC - Almost two years after being hit by seven bullets in Quebec City's biggest mosque, Aymen Derbali says the nightmares have finally stopped. The 42-year-old was one of more than 50 pe...
Jan 27, 2019
Top military judge to face court martial overseen by deputy this summer
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces' top judge is set to be tried in a court martial this spring that will be overseen by his own deputy, in a case that is shaping up as a test for the military's judicial sy...
Jan 27, 2019
Cousteau calls on all countries to do more to save and restore oceans
OTTAWA - Even the family that pioneered efforts to protect the worlds' oceans once believed you could throw garbage overboard without consequence. Jean-Michel Cousteau, environmental filmmaker and son...
Jan 27, 2019
As U.S. air travel stalls, Trump agrees to halt shutdown temporarily
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump sounded a full retreat Friday in his border-wall war with Congress, agreeing to a three-week pause in the longest government shutdown in U.S. hi...
Jan 27, 2019
RCMP charge Kingston youth with trying to get someone to plant a bomb
KINGSTON, Ont. - The RCMP have charged a Kingston youth with terrorism, saying the person - who cannot be identified - allegedly tried to persuade someone to plant a bomb. A second...
Jan 27, 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 27, 2019
Lucky 7: Djokovic routs Nadal for record 7th Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so flawless, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance. Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another outclassed oppon...
Jan 27, 2019
'Restore and rebuild Waterton:' $21M from Ottawa for fire- damaged national park
CALGARY - Ottawa is spending almost $21 million to help Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta bounce back from a destructive wildfire that scorched nearly 40 per cent of ...
Jan 27, 2019
Lucky 7: Djokovic routs Nadal for record 7th Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so flawless, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance. Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another outclassed oppon...
Jan 27, 2019
