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Safety board confirms lingering design problem behind N.W.T. float-plane crash
EDMONTON - The Transportation Safety Board says a design problem that has remained unaddressed for decades in a popular small airplane contributed to three deaths in a crash in the Northwest Te...
Nov 15, 2019 (Transportation Safety Board)
NDP has more leverage with Libs because the Bloc not a national party: Singh
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he believes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's only options to pass legislation in a minority Parliament are to work with his New Democrats or the Conservatives, di...
Nov 14, 2019
Review of federal fossil fuel subsidies appears to be behind schedule
OTTAWA - Canada's promise to produce an inventory of its fossil fuel subsidies as part of a joint peer review with Argentina appears to be off schedule and may not deliver results until 2021, an envir...
Nov 14, 2019
Don’t count on me to support western demands: Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet
OTTAWA - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says anyone seeking more independence for the West in the hopes of promoting the oil and gas sector should not come to him for advice. "If they we...
Nov 13, 2019
Calgary Tower reopens four months after elevator fell with people inside
CALGARY - One of Calgary's most recognizable landmarks has reopened nearly four months after an elevator plunged several storeys with eight people inside. Calgary Tower officials say issues with the s...
Nov 13, 2019
Scheer seeks common ground, Moe leaves disappointed after meetings with Trudeau
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe's back-to-back meetings with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday yielded little by way of results in the seemingly el...
Nov 12, 2019
Report predicts drug resistance likely to kill 400,000 Canadians by 2050
VANCOUVER - Superbugs are likely to kill nearly 400,000 Canadians and cost the economy about $400 billion in gross domestic product over the next 30 years, warns a landmark report. An expert panel cau...
Nov 12, 2019
Father of Broncos player who died says Alberta organ donation bill needs work
EDMONTON - The father of a Humboldt Broncos hockey player whose organs were donated after he died in a catastrophic bus crash says a presumed consent bill before the Alberta legislature is a good star...
Nov 12, 2019
Sportsnet cuts ties with Don Cherry in aftermath of poppy controversy
TORONTO - Sportsnet has cut ties with ``Hockey Night in Canada'' broadcaster Don Cherry. Sportsnet says in a statement it is the right time for Cherry to immediately step down. https://twitter.com/Spo...
Nov 11, 2019
Sportsnet cuts ties with Don Cherry in aftermath of poppy controversy
TORONTO - Sportsnet has cut ties with ``Hockey Night in Canada'' broadcaster Don Cherry. Sportsnet says in a statement it is the right time for Cherry to immediately step down. https://twitter.com/Spo...
Nov 11, 2019
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