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Canada's emissions target gets further away as 2017 report shows increase
OTTAWA - The return of oil and gas production following the devastating Fort McMurray wildfire and a colder than usual winter pushed Canada's national greenhouse gas emissions up in 2017 for the ...
Apr 18, 2019
FSIN wants Indigenous kids in Indigenous care, says gov. isn’t helping
"Saskatchewan First Nations are ready to take over and to assert that jurisdiction and to bring our children home to our communities," said David Pratt, vice-chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan ...
Apr 18, 2019 David Pratt, Vice-Chief of the FSIN, speaks with reporters at the Legislature on April 17, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'I love you because I know you:' Century-old love letters found in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - Century-old love letters are being returned to a family after they were uncovered by a construction crew working on a historic building in Manitoba. The slightly yellowed letters were ...
Apr 18, 2019
New commemorative loonie recognizing gay 'equality' sparks concern
OTTAWA - A new commemorative loonie is sparking concern among academics and advocates who fear it could perpetuate myths about Canada's treatment of lesbian, gay, transgender, queer and two ...
Apr 18, 2019
Ontario's challenge of carbon-pricing law wraps up; judges reserve decision
TORONTO - Ontario's constitutional challenge to Ottawa's imposition of a carbon charge was left in the hands of five Appeal Court justices on Thursday after the hearing wrapped up with each side press...
Apr 18, 2019
Man faces murder charges in slayings of two men, two women in Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - A former city employee described as a hard-working, civic-minded gentleman has been charged with four counts of murder after a series of daytime sh...
Apr 18, 2019
Top 1% paid slightly more in taxes after Liberal changes, figures show
OTTAWA - New federal data suggest Canada's highest earners paid a slightly greater share of the country's overall income taxes following Liberal changes designe...
Apr 18, 2019
Inuit Heritage Trust and Parks Canada ink deal on fate of Franklin artifacts
OTTAWA - Parks Canada and the Inuit Heritage Trust have come to an agreement on how the artifacts from the ill-fated Franklin expedition will be preserved and studied. All artifacts from the wrec...
Apr 18, 2019
Michael Wernick, clerk of the Privy Council, bids farewell to public service
OTTAWA - Michael Wernick, the clerk of the Privy Council, is bidding farewell to the more than 200,000 workers in the federal public service. Wernick announced in mid-March that he would lea...
Apr 18, 2019
Trudeau ignores Tory complaints, launches search for next Supreme Court justice
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially launched the selection process to replace Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon today, ignoring calls from the federal Conservatives to delay...
Apr 18, 2019
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