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Manitoba joins two other provinces challenging federal carbon tax in court
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government is challenging the federal government's carbon tax in court. Saskatchewan and Ontario have already launched court action. Manitoba Premier Bri...
Apr 03, 2019
Cryptocurrency platform QuadrigaCX should be placed in bankruptcy: monitor
HALIFAX - The court-ordered monitor picking over the remains of the shuttered QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency platform says the insolvent operation should be placed in bankruptcy. Ernst and Young says ...
Apr 03, 2019
Defence lawyer suggests Joshua Boyle's wife lied about an alleged assault
OTTAWA - A lawyer for Joshua Boyle is suggesting his wife made up a story that he struck her in the face at their Ottawa apartment in the months after the couple were freed fr...
Apr 03, 2019
Mexican American group MEChA eyes name change amid furor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - MEChA, a Mexican American student group founded 50 years ago at the end of the turbulent 1960s, is considering a name change, highlighting the divisions between older civil rights ...
Apr 03, 2019
Group of doctors calls for stronger gun control laws across country
TORONTO - A group representing doctors and other health-care workers pushing for stronger gun laws was holding rallies across the country on Wednesday, calling for a national ban on private ownership ...
Apr 03, 2019
Canadiens notch important wins but still battling for a playoff spot
MONTREAL - With a season-ending schedule against four of the NHL's top teams, the Montreal Canadiens knew their push for a playoff spot wouldn't be easy. Halfway there, they have picked...
Apr 03, 2019
Loughlin, Huffman set for court appearances in college scam
BOSTON - Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman faced court appearances Wednesday on charges they took part in the college bribery scandal that has ensnared dozens of wealthy parents. The actres...
Apr 03, 2019
Group of doctors calls for stronger gun control laws across country
TORONTO - A group representing doctors and other health-care workers pushing for stronger gun laws was holding rallies across the country on Wednesday, calling for a national ban on private owner...
Apr 03, 2019
Chinese complaint to third canola firm not a recent escalation: minister
OTTAWA - A spokesman for federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says China's move to issue a non-compliance complaint against a third Canadian canola-seed exporter was not a r...
Apr 03, 2019
Court reduces sentence for Winnipeg woman guilty of hiding infant remains
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg woman convicted of hiding the remains of six babies in a U-haul storage locker has had her sentence reduced to three years. Andrea Giesbrecht was originally sentenced to 8 1...
Apr 03, 2019
