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Feds worry technology will force 'vulnerable' groups out of labour force
OTTAWA - Fearing that technologically demanding jobs will force "vulnerable" workers out of the labour market - and strain government benefits programs - federal officials have quietly looke...
Jan 05, 2019
MPs, senators to push for release of imprisoned Canadians during trip to China
OTTAWA - A group of Canadian lawmakers travelling to China this weekend will use the trip to push for the release of two Canadians detained there since last month, says a Conservative MP in the d...
Jan 05, 2019
B.C. 'adventure' traveller detained in Syria, missing for more than one month
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man who went to Syria seeking adventure has been detained in the war-ravaged country, and Canada's foreign ministry says there is little it...
Jan 05, 2019
Russia: Too early to consider exchange of Canadian US spy suspect
MOSCOW - Russia's deputy foreign minister is brushing back suggestions that an American with Canadian citizenship being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be exchanged for a Russian. Pau...
Jan 05, 2019
Military expert suggests Canada may want to consider its own space force
MONTREAL - President Donald Trump's push to create a U.S. space force is being welcomed by military experts in Canada, and the executive director of one defence think tank says Canada s...
Jan 05, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 3
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 3 ___ FOURTH FEDERAL RIDING FALLS VACANT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is poised to call byelections in three federal ridings within days and now ...
Jan 05, 2019
Peace bond hearing withdrawn for B.C. couple cleared in legislature terror plot
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man and woman who were cleared of terror charges due to RCMP entrapment are allowed to live freely for the first time in years after prosecutors dropped a bid to re...
Jan 04, 2019
Lotto multimillionaire from Surrey, B.C., says jackpot win an 'amazing blessing'
VANCOUVER - A woman from Surrey, B.C., has claimed a Lotto Max prize of $39.5 million and is thinking about a trip to Rome. Michelle De Roma purchased her ticket at the Tsawwassen Mills...
Jan 04, 2019
BEAVER, MMMBEER: Some licence plates rejected by Manitoba Public Insurance
WINNIPEG - A "Star Trek" fan is in the middle of a legal challenge after Manitoba Public Insurance revoked his personalized ASIMIL8 licence plate in 2017 following complaints it was offensive to ...
Jan 04, 2019
Syncrude to pay over $2.7M to settle charges in Alberta blue heron deaths
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Syncrude has pleaded guilty and been fined more than $2.7 million in the deaths of 31 great blue herons at one of its oilsands mines north of Fort McMurray. An ag...
Jan 04, 2019
