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Federal housing minister says Canadians will be consulted on housing strategy
VICTORIA – Canada’s housing minister says he and his provincial and territorial counterparts are working…
Trump levels clear warning shot as NAFTA leaders gather in Canada
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump has delivered his most explicit threat to smash the North American…
Chretien lays claim to ‘Three Amigos’ nickname, says gathering sets example
OTTAWA – When he was prime minister, Jean Chretien never got the chance to play…
Clean power projects from Three Amigos agreement expected to increase exports
CALGARY – A commitment to increase non-emitting, clean power generation being made at this week’s…
Canada’s beef industry welcomes Mexico lifting import ban on older cattle
CALGARY – Mexico’s lifting of a more than decade-long ban on some cattle imports will…
Explorers find 1868 Canadian schooner wreck in Lake Ontario
ALBANY, N.Y. – The shipwreck of a Canadian schooner that sank off Lake Ontario’s central…
20 years since murder, but Rebecca Middleton ‘still part of the family’
TORONTO – Rebecca Middleton’s family members celebrated what would have been her 37th birthday this…
Canadian Navy rescues defunct, unmanned solar-powered kayak off Newfoundland
HALIFAX – An unmanned solar-powered kayak that spent the last week alone and adrift off…
Liberals settle election nomination lawsuit with Ottawa-area candidate
OTTAWA – The federal Liberal party says it has settled a lawsuit with a man…
Pride marchers in Steinbach, Man., get permission to walk on street
STEINBACH, Man. – Organizers of the first pride march in the heart of Manitoba’s so-called…
Quebec police make 47 arrests in anti-drug raids east of Montreal
GRANBY, Que. – Authorities say they have arrested 47 people in anti-drug raids east of…
No survivors in rubble of house that exploded west of Toronto, killing one woman
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Some residents displaced by a powerful house explosion west of Toronto that…
New rules designed to shield Fort McMurray from ‘unscrupulous’ homebuilders
CALGARY – The resumes of companies that want to rebuild homes destroyed or damaged by…
Depressed oil prices help push Alberta deficit to $6.4B last fiscal year
EDMONTON – The Alberta government says depressed oil prices and a shrinking economy pushed its…
U.S. President Barack Obama passes diplomatic torch to Trudeau, with a warning
OTTAWA – U.S. President Barack Obama brought the House down Wednesday as he passed a…
Six stories in the news today, June 30
Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: ——— OBAMA PASSES DIPLOMATIC TORCH…
Arrests made in hit-and-run death of former UFC fighter Ryan Jimmo
EDMONTON – Police in Edmonton have charged two people in the hit-and-run death of former…
Uber Canada drivers to be covered under ride-hailing insurance plan in Alberta
EDMONTON – Uber Canada says Alberta’s new insurance policy for ride-hailing companies could pave the…
CSeries federal funding ‘critical’ despite turning page on past: Bombardier CEO
MIRABEL, Que. – Bombardier says it still needs federal financial support for its new CSeries…
In Ottawa’s Byward Market, cookies made famous by Obama in 2009 a staple
OTTAWA – Memories of the last time U.S. President Barack Obama visited Ottawa were alive…
Weight-loss doc Stanley Bernstein beats back ‘steering’ complaint
TORONTO – A doctor who set up dozens of weight-loss clinics across Canada has won…
Canadian economy edges up in April, no thanks to lack of playoff hockey
OTTAWA – The Canadian economy edged up 0.1 per cent in April — no thanks…
Atheist minister defends her views at United Church ‘inquisition’
TORONTO – An avowed atheist fighting to keep her job as a United Church minister…
Manitoba woman charged in mother’s death, believed in alternative care
BRANDON, Man. – Police in Manitoba have charged a woman in the death of her…