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Ex-astronaut Thirsk to help define Canada's place in Mars mission
OTTAWA - The Canadian Space Agency says it wants to hire former astronaut Robert Thirsk to help it figure out how to contribute medical expertise to a human mission to Mars. Thirsk is a medical d...
Dec 28, 2018
Liberals hope funding change solves infrastructure spending, cost concerns
OTTAWA - Federal Infrastructure Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says an overhaul of how the government approves funding for projects should solve concerns about construction delays...
Dec 28, 2018
Police north of Toronto charge 59-year-old man with historical sex offences
PORT COLBORNE, Ont. - York Regional Police in Ontario have charged a 59-year-old man with historical sex offences allegedly involving two children. Police say Richard Rose of Port Colborne, Ont.,...
Dec 28, 2018
Elizabeth May predicts she won't stand alone after the next election
OTTAWA - Finishing fourth in a byelection is not usually cause for celebration. But delight was in the air for Elizabeth May and the Green Party of Canada over their candidate's fourth-place result in...
Dec 28, 2018
Apple trees from Isaac Newton's bring 'magic' to universities around the world
VANCOUVER - On a cold, sunny day in December, Jean-Michel Poutissou paused to admire the six apple trees that he once fought to save. Poutissou came to Vancouver in October 1972 when the trees on the ...
Dec 28, 2018
Quebec's Pelletier leads 'farthest exploration of any planetary body in history'
MONTREAL - Frederic Pelletier is boldly predicting he and his team will get the New Horizons spacecraft exactly where it should be on New Year's Day - 1.6 billion kilometres beyond Pluto to ...
Dec 28, 2018
Vancouver gets first licensed pot shop as B.C. lags behind other provinces
VANCOUVER - A licensed marijuana store is set to open in Vancouver as the number of legal pot shops in British Columbia still lags behind other provinces. Evergreen Cannabis owner Mike Babins said the...
Dec 28, 2018
Roiled in oil: Alberta votes in 2019 as energy issues, Trudeau dominate debate
EDMONTON - The year 2019 will decide whether Premier Rachel Notley's NDP gets to finish the job of getting more oil to market or become the first party in provincial history to be one and done. "...
Dec 28, 2018
As nasty 2019 campaign looms, Polievre rejoices in agitating Liberal front bench
OTTAWA - Longtime Conservative MP and finance critic Pierre Poilievre heads toward the 2019 federal election as one of his party's chief agitators, relishing the task of getting under the skins of the...
Dec 27, 2018
Police chief calls 2018, with 95 homicides so far, a 'unique' year for Toronto
Toronto's police chief says an unusually violent year in the city hit closer to home for most of the public because of two mass killing incidents. Mark Saunders says a deadly van attack in April and a...
Dec 27, 2018
