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Prime minister pleased tensions are easing at site of B.C. pipeline protest
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Arrests at a blockade this week show the government needs to properly engage with Indigenous Peoples and build a different relationship than it has had in the past, Prime Minister Jus...
Jan 10, 2019
Talks continue to break impasse over pipeline construction in northern B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. - A senior Mountie says a meeting with the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation is going "well" as they discuss an agreement that would ...
Jan 10, 2019
Supreme Court set to rule on voting rights for long-term expat Canadians
TORONTO - Long-term Canadian expats are set to find out on Friday whether a now-repealed 25-year-old law barring them from voting in federal elections was constitutional. The pending decision by ...
Jan 10, 2019
Talks continue to break impasse over pipeline construction in northern B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. - A senior Mountie says a meeting with the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation is going "well" as they discuss an agreement that would ...
Jan 10, 2019
Supreme Court set to rule on voting rights for long-term expat Canadians
TORONTO - Long-term Canadian expats are set to find out on Friday whether a now-repealed 25-year-old law barring them from voting in federal elections was constitutional. The pending decision by ...
Jan 10, 2019
Quebec premier backs order forcing hospital to remove bilingual signs
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault is defending an order forcing a hospital northwest of Montreal to remove its bilingual signs. To the dismay of local politicians, the hospital in L...
Jan 10, 2019
Quebec premier backs order forcing hospital to remove bilingual signs
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault is defending an order forcing a hospital northwest of Montreal to remove its bilingual signs. To the dismay of local politicians, the hospital in L...
Jan 10, 2019
Thalidomide survivor calls on government to boost annual payment
OTTAWA - Thalidomide survivor Fiona Sampson says a Health Canada revamp of a compensation program doesn't boost annual payments to a level that could make the difference between independence and insti...
Jan 10, 2019
Nine coworkers at Guelph, Ont., car parts plant split $60-million lotto jackpot
GUELPH, Ont. - A group of coworkers at an Ontario automotive parts plant are the winners of a $60-million lottery jackpot. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. says the nine colleagues worked the same...
Jan 10, 2019
Mike Duffy appeals ruling blocking him from suing Senate for suspension
OTTAWA - Sen. Mike Duffy is asking Ontario's Court of Appeal to overturn a decision blocking him from suing the Senate for millions of dollars over his dramatic and protracted suspension without ...
Jan 10, 2019
