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Toronto theatre company developing play based on Russell Williams interrogation
TORONTO – A Toronto-based theatre company is developing a play based on the intense police…
Study suggests third of cigarettes sold in Ontario are contraband
TORONTO – A new study suggests nearly a third of cigarettes sold in Ontario are…
Trump-friendly lawmaker: Forget NAFTA, let’s do one-on-one deal with Canada
WASHINGTON – A well-connected U.S. congressman is calling for the United States to work out…
Victims of former priest’s abuse need Anglican Church to apologize: minister
OTTAWA – A long-awaited public apology from the Anglican Church for the rampant sexual abuse…
PM to meet Trump in the ‘next 30 days or so’ to talk new NAFTA deal
WASHINGTON – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet the new U.S. president within the next…
Federal Court of Appeal dismisses First Nations’ challenge of B.C.’s Site C dam
VANCOUVER – The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a legal challenged filed by two…
Canada needn’t be ‘enormously worried’ about U.S. trade reset: Trump official
CALGARY – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau need not be “enormously worried” about a looming overhaul…
Federal Court rejects Quebec professor’s bid to condemn Ottawa’s Saudi arms deal
OTTAWA – The Federal Court has dismissed a challenge by a Quebec law professor to…
Montreal-area city of Westmount reaches agreement with sexual-abuse victims
MONTREAL – The Montreal-area city of Westmount says it has reached a settlement with the…
U.S. city defends plan to draw water from Great Lakes in face of opposition
TORONTO – An American city is defending its plan to draw water from the Great…
White House doubles down on Trump’s voter fraud claim
WASHINGTON – The White House on Tuesday stuck firmly to President Donald Trump’s claim that…
Saskatchewan pipeline leak reaction criticized as too slow by Greenpeace
CALGARY – An environmental group says it’s “astonishing” the Saskatchewan government took three days to…
B.C. launches aboriginal family court program to reduce indigenous kids in care
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – British Columbia hopes to reduce the over-representation of indigenous children in…
Alberta’s Notley lauds Trump reviving Keystone, says all pipelines helpful
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she welcomes approval of the Keystone XL project,…
New Brunswick government asked to remove ‘Negro’ from place names in province
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Name changes are being proposed for two places near New Brunswick’s…
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Jan. 24 ——— TRUMP SIGNS KEYSTONE XL ORDER:…
A dream come true: Numbers for Lotto 6-49 winner came while he was sleeping
WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg woman and her son are millionaires because of a dream. Bahadur…
Mulcair urges Trudeau to stand up to Trump on Keystone XL pipeline
OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau should be standing up to Donald Trump, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair…
Canada pauses peacekeeping plan to better co-ordinate with Americans
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan plans to talk to his American counterpart before he…
Health minister says B.C. can’t wait for Ottawa’s approval during drug crisis
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s health minister says the province’s overdose prevention sites and at least…
Trudeau navigates perils of energy, climate, Trump as Liberals wrap retreat
CALGARY – Justin Trudeau edged his way across a political tightrope Tuesday, doing his level…
Toronto doctors remove dying woman’s diseased lungs to buy time for transplant
TORONTO – In what’s believed to be a world first, Canadian doctors say they were…
Liberals see artificial intelligence as a path to reverse stalled growth
OTTAWA – They see it as a way of saying “Hasta la vista, baby” to…
Cheers, jeers for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Calgary town hall
CALGARY – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched an impassioned defence for balancing the environment and…