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National Energy Board suspends hearings into Energy East
MONTREAL – All future National Energy Board hearings into the Energy East pipeline project will…
Impossible to tell from remains in storage locker how babies died: pathologist
WINNIPEG – Ontario’s chief forensic pathologist says there’s no way to determine the cause of…
Bylaw forces business to build $10K ‘sidewalk to nowhere’ in Smithers, B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. – On a lonely stretch of pavement in Smithers, B.C., a black-and-white sign…
Canada Post, postal union avert job action, reach tentative deals
OTTAWA – Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk says Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal…
Northern Saskatchewan mine worker recovering in hospital after wolf attack
SASKATOON – A 26-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was attacked in northern…
NDP handily wins Nova Scotia byelection race in Halifax party stronghold
HALIFAX – The provincial NDP in Nova Scotia has handily won a byelection in one…
Military says progress made on sexual misconduct, but admits long way to go
OTTAWA – The military’s top brass says progress has been made in the war on…
Canadian National Exhibition shuts down early due to fights, overcrowding
TORONTO – The Canadian National Exhibition shut down a few hours earlier than planned on…
Five things about Canada’s canola industry
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that existing dockage rules with China on canola exports…
Alberta man gets life in prison for double shooting in U.S.
KALISPELL, Mont. – A Canadian man convicted of shooting his ex-girlfriend and a man during…
Trudeau says Canada seeking to join controversial Chinese infrastructure bank
BEIJING – Justin Trudeau has announced plans to apply for a controversial new international infrastructure…
Industrial milk price hike likely to be passed down to consumers at restaurants
TORONTO – Restaurateurs are crying foul over a second industrial milk price increase this year…
Envoy lists snags to Canada-China free trade: labour, environment and investment
BEIJING – Formal free trade talks between Canada and China have yet to proceed because…
China gives Canada reprieve in canola dispute by extending deadline
BEIJING – China says it will lift a fast-approaching deadline to introduce rule changes on…
Armed forces looking into deaths of four military college students or graduates
TORONTO – Canada’s armed forces says it’s looking into a recent spate of deaths involving…
Coming home: Gordie Howe’s ashes to be interred in Saskatoon statue
SASKATOON – Hockey legend Gordie Howe is coming home. A Saskatoon official says the city…
Teen girl charged after commotion at CNE in Toronto, fair closed early
TORONTO – A teen girl is facing charges after a commotion at the Canadian National…
Canadian economy shrinks in second quarter, worst showing since financial crisis
OTTAWA – Weak exports and the Alberta wildfires hammered the Canadian economy as it posted…
New Brunswick sex-abuse ruling sets record as more victims sue their tormentors
FREDERICTON – Canadian lawyers are applauding a precedent-setting judgment for decades-old child abuse in New…
Police shouldn’t use public shaming, critics say after prostitution sting
HALIFAX – Experts in privacy and civil rights are raising questions about a police news…
Toronto woman reading on New Jersey beach is run over by trash truck
SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. – Authorities say a Canadian woman lying on a New Jersey beach…
A look at some recent instances where anger boiled over in Alberta politics
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Wildrose Opposition leader apologized Wednesday for hinting at violence against Premier Rachel…
P.K. Subban admits disappointment at not being on Canadian team at World Cup
MONTREAL – Nashville Predators defenceman P.K. Subban admits he’s disappointed at not making the Canadian…
Reconnaissance mission sent to study peacekeeping operations in Mali
OTTAWA – The federal government is sending a “reconnaissance mission” to take a closer look…