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Canada grants asylum to Saudi woman who pleaded for help on Twitter in Bangkok
OTTAWA - Canada granted asylum on Friday to the Saudi woman who won the world's attention on social media in her desperate attempt to flee an abusive family after es...
Jan 13, 2019
Voting ban for long-term expats unconstitutional, Supreme Court rules
A recently repealed law that barred Canadians living abroad for more than five years from voting in federal elections was an unjustified violation of the Constitution, Canada's top court ruled on Frid...
Jan 13, 2019
Voting ban for long-term expats unconstitutional, Supreme Court rules
A recently repealed law that barred Canadians living abroad for more than five years from voting in federal elections was an unjustified violation of the Constitution, Canada's top court ruled on Frid...
Jan 13, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 11
Five stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 11 --- FORMER MLA IN ALBERTA COURT ON SEX CHARGES The case of a former Alberta politician accused of sex charges involving a minor&n...
Jan 13, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 11
Five stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 11 --- FORMER MLA IN ALBERTA COURT ON SEX CHARGES The case of a former Alberta politician accused of sex charges involving a minor&n...
Jan 13, 2019
Former Alberta MLA gets 3 years for sex offence involving 10-year-old girl
RED DEER, Alta. - A young woman says it felt good to see a former politician who sexually touched her when she was a child being led out of an Alberta courtroom to begin a three-year prison ...
Jan 13, 2019
Former Alberta MLA gets 3 years for sex offence involving 10-year-old girl
RED DEER, Alta. - A young woman says it felt good to see a former politician who sexually touched her when she was a child being led out of an Alberta courtroom to begin a three-year prison ...
Jan 13, 2019
Deal reached in northern British Columbia pipeline impasse
SMITHERS, B.C. - Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have reached a deal with the RCMP to allow a natural gas company access across a bridge that had been blocked in their territory. Fo...
Jan 12, 2019
Deal reached in northern British Columbia pipeline impasse
SMITHERS, B.C. - Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have reached a deal with the RCMP to allow a natural gas company access across a bridge that had been blocked in their territory. Fo...
Jan 12, 2019
Thalidomide survivor calls on government to boost annual payment
OTTAWA - A Health Canada revamp of a compensation program doesn't boost annual payments to a level that could make the difference between independence and institutionalization, thalidomide survivor Fi...
Jan 12, 2019
