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Provinces want to ensure supports are in place for immigration boost
WINNIPEG – Discussions are ongoing about how to best accommodate and support a rising number…
Visiting French PM looking for peacekeeping update from counterpart Trudeau
OTTAWA – When France’s leaders look at Canada, they see an oasis in a desert…
Tony Clement drops out of federal Conservative leadership race
OTTAWA – Conservative MP Tony Clement is ending his bid for the leadership of his…
A by-the-numbers look at Canadians who received medical treatment abroad
VANCOUVER – The Fraser Institute says an estimated 45,619 Canadians left the country for non-emergency…
Victoria top city for women in Canada, while Windsor, Ont., places last: report
TORONTO – A new study ranks Victoria as the best city to be a woman…
Calls mounting for federal government to speed up judicial appointments
CALGARY – Calls are mounting for Ottawa to swiftly appoint more judges after a first-degree…
2 Toronto residents face 18 forgery charges in ‘secret shopper’ fraud probe
LONDON, Ont. – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Toronto police say two Toronto residents…
CIBC head calls federal government’s new housing measures prudent
OTTAWA – The chief executive at one of Canada’s biggest banks is supportive of a…
Global anxiety about change best tackled by first helping families, says Morneau
MONTREAL – Finance Minister Bill Morneau said global public anxieties about trade, jobs and change…
Morneau, private-sector economists set to examine fate of federal finances
OTTAWA – When Finance Minister Bill Morneau meets a group of private-sector economists Thursday to…
Feds’ economic growth council exploring infrastructure ‘institution’
OTTAWA – The chair of the Trudeau government’s influential team of economic advisers says the…
Suspect in shooting of a Mountie in southeast B.C. found dead: police
GOLDEN, B.C. – Police say a man suspected of shooting a Mountie in British Columbia…
Samsung Canada says returns of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones begin today
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Samsung says Canadians with Galaxy Note 7 smartphones can start returning the…
Public safety and justice ministers discuss pot legalization, aboriginal inquiry
HALIFAX – The inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women and the way forward on…
Rapper fires back at lawyers’ association in N.L. rape sentence controversy
HALIFAX – A popular Canadian rapper says he can’t understand why a prominent lawyers’ group…
Rise of the roundabout: ‘Don’t be alarmed. It’s just another piece of road’
They evoke some of the world’s most impressive crossroads – the Place de l’Etoile in…
New Brunswick seeks leave to appeal ruling on cross border beer imports
FREDERICTON – A New Brunswick judge has reserved decision on whether a cross-border beer battle…
Whether PM has constitutional duty to fill Senate vacancies is moot: ruling
OTTAWA – A court challenge over a prime minister’s right to leave Senate seats vacant…
Canada’s humane societies complain of being short-changed by governments
OTTAWA – The long-suffering agencies that look after animal welfare in Canada say they are…
Injured N.S. hockey player ‘improving’ as police continue probe of rough game
TRENTON, N.S. – A Nova Scotia hockey player badly injured during a rough game has…
Five things on radar of federal government’s economic growth council
OTTAWA – Dominic Barton, chair of the federal government’s growth council, gave an update this…
Opportunities abound in changing Cleveland Indians name and brand, say experts
TORONTO – Professional sports teams have successfully changed their names before and there’s no reason…
Canadian writers and musicians celebrate Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize for literature
Several Canadian writers and musicians are praising Bob Dylan’s selection as the Nobel Prize winner…
Alberta union prepares for biggest round of contract talks with right to strike
EDMONTON – Alberta’s largest union is in no hurry to use its newly won right…