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A carbon tax or cap-and-trade: Feds suggest every province must choose
NEW YORK – Every province could soon have either a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade…
Royal tour shows off Canada’s beauty, shines light on social issues
VICTORIA – It’s been almost 30 years since Diana, Princess of Wales, kissed an AIDS…
Alberta-based army officer faces 22 charges including sexual assault
WAINWRIGHT, Alta. – A Canadian Army officer in Alberta faces 22 criminal charges including sexual…
Criminal defence lawyer wounded in shooting outside Toronto law office
TORONTO – A man who witnessed a “horrific” daytime attack in an upscale Toronto neighbourhood…
Metis toddler removed from B.C. foster parents, to be moved to Ontario later
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia foster mother says there are no words to describe her…
Raitt pays emotional tribute to caregivers of Alzheimer’s afflicted Canadians
OTTAWA – Conservative MP Lisa Raitt’s voice broke with emotion Wednesday as she urged Canadians…
Can do ‘better job’ for First Nations kids, says Trudeau; advocates urge action
OTTAWA – More must be done to improve the lives of young people in First…
All Prince Edward Island schools evacuated over potential threat
CHARLOTTETOWN – Traffic slowed to a crawl and offices emptied across Prince Edward Island Wednesday…
Canada’s peacekeeping plan not politically motivated, says top soldier
OTTAWA – The country’s top soldier is pushing back against suggestions the Liberal government wants…
Shell weighs options of two kilometres of dropped pipe near abandoned wellhead
HALIFAX – Shell Canada may have abandoned the first of its deepwater wells off Nova…
Bomb threat shuts down Nunavut schools temporarily; will reopen when safe
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Nunavut RCMP say a bomb threat that caused evacuations at schools in…
Statcan sets plan to keep consumer price index from slipping into irrelevancy
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada officials were warned late last year that one of the country’s…
Nestle outbids small Ontario municipality to buy well for bottled water
TORONTO – A small but fast growing Ontario community looking for a safe drinking water…
Quebec taxi industry’s injunction request against Uber put off until Monday
MONTREAL – A new injunction being sought by the taxi industry in Quebec against ride-hailing…
B.C. First Nation at UN calling for government help in battling toxic drug crisis
Members of the Tsilhqot’in Nation were at the United Nations headquarters in New York City…
Man charged in his hospital bed with attempted murder in shooting of Toronto lawyer
TORONTO – A 51-year-old man accused of shooting a Toronto lawyer has been formally charged…
SNC-Lavalin signs agreement-in-principle to build nuclear reactors in China
MONTREAL – SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) has signed an agreement-in-principle for a new joint venture that would…
Atheist United Church minister closer to defrocking; formal hearing requested
TORONTO – A United Church minister has moved one step closer to potentially losing her…
Figures show B.C. foreign buyers tax set off completion frenzy before deadline
VICTORIA – Property purchase figures released Thursday by British Columbia’s government reveals a stampede of…
Decline in crime rate obscures rise in online wrongdoing: police chief
HALIFAX – Statistics suggesting crime rates in Canada have been falling for decades may not…
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Sept. 22 ____ CANADA AND CHINA TALK FREE…
School officials in four Canadian provinces respond differently to bomb threats
HALIFAX – School officials in four Canadian provinces all received similar bomb threats this week,…
The relationship between Canada and China, by the numbers
OTTAWA – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday their two…
Examples of sizable federal fall fiscal and economic updates of the past
OTTAWA – The federal government’s fall economic and fiscal updates typically contain little more than…