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Kashechewan First Nation gets agreement from feds, Ontario to move
OTTAWA - A northern Ontario First Nation signed an agreement on Thursday with the federal and provincial government that lays out a plan to move a reserve threatened every year by ...
May 11, 2019
Controversial environment-review bill faces major changes in Senate as clock ticks
OTTAWA - A controversial Liberal bill overhauling the environmental-review process for new energy and transportation projects is undergoing major reconstruction at a Senate committee. More than 1...
May 11, 2019
A glossy ibis drifts off course to a Nova Scotia marsh and draws a crowd
BROOKFIELD, N.S. - Nature photographers are gathering in a marsh in the centre of Nova Scotia this weekend to capture images of the latest species of bird to fly off course and find its...
May 11, 2019
US seizes North Korean ship amid tense moment in relations
WASHINGTON - The U.S. said Thursday that it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that was used to violate international sanctions, a first-of-its kind enforcement action that comes amid a tense moment...
May 11, 2019
Ex-Tory MP Del Mastro accuses Elections Canada of 'personal vendetta'
OTTAWA - A former Conservative MP who spent time behind bars for electoral offences is accusing Canada's elections commissioner of having a personal vendetta against him - and he wants ...
May 11, 2019
U.S., European diplomats support Canada in Chinese court in death-penalty appeal
OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats were joined in a Chinese courtroom Thursday by American, British, French and German colleagues to watch the appeal of a Canadian who has been sentenced ...
May 11, 2019
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign veteran middle linebacker Solomon Elimimian
REGINA - Veteran linebacker Solomon Elimimian has a new home. The six-foot-two, 225-pound Elimimian signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Thursday. Elimimian spent his first nine CFL seasons wit...
May 11, 2019
Leafs centre Tavares suffers oblique injury while practising with Canada
Toronto Maple Leafs centre John Tavares suffered an oblique injury while practising with the Canadian team ahead of the world hockey championship and will miss the tournament, Hockey Canada ...
May 11, 2019
Local woman joins Canadian choir at international show
A St. Mary graduate will soon be packing her bags for Portugal, as a member of the only Canadian choir invited to sing at the World Choral Expo in July.Janaya Fuller who currently attends the Universi...
May 11, 2019 Janaya Fuller. (submitted photo/ Bonnie Fuller)
PBS film tackles Mexican Americans' role in winemaking
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A new PBS documentary is examining at the contributions of Mexican Americans in the wine industry of California's Napa Valley. "Harvest Season," scheduled to begin airing Monday on...
May 11, 2019
