Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
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Re-elected Liberals would still run big deficits, despite new taxes
By Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau tried to make virtue out of red ink Sunday as he released a Liberal platform that promises to impose new taxes on wealthy individuals, large ...
Sep 29, 2019
‘What a role model:’ Paralyzed Bronco makes Adidas ad, hall of fame nominee list
AIRDRIE, Alta. - An ad shows a serious Ryan Straschnitzki taping up his hockey stick and pulling on an Adidas jersey before he slides away on an ice sled. "As a kid I always dreamed of playing for Tea...
Sep 29, 2019
Roughriders cement CFL playoff berth with 41-16 road victory over Argonauts
TORONTO - Now the real fun begins for Cody Fajardo and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Fajardo threw three TD passes and ran for another as Saskatchewan (9-4) clinched a playoff berth with a convincing ...
Sep 28, 2019
Scheer, Singh campaign in their parties’ regions of relative strength
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh kept their campaign machines rolling Saturday - and they focused their efforts on their parties' historic strongholds. Scheer pr...
Sep 28, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Suspects confessed to B.C. murders in videos but showed no remorse: RCMP
SURREY, B.C. - Two suspects confessed to the murders of three people in northern British Columbia in several videos taken before they shot themselves in a suicide pact, the RCMP said Friday. The Mount...
Sep 27, 2019 RCMP Asst. Comm. Kevin Hackett, who oversees the RCMP's federal organized crime investigations in B.C., reads a statement about Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod and the homicides of three people in northern B.C., during a news conference in Surrey, B.C., Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Sask. RCMP commanding officer ‘wouldn’t stand in the way’ of civilian oversight
The commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP said he would support the province if it introduced civilian-led oversight for police. The Ministry of Justice has said officials are exploring what opt...
Sep 27, 2019
‘I accomplished my mission,’ accused in Yonge Street van attack told police
TORONTO - Hours after driving a rented van down a busy Toronto sidewalk killing 10 people and injuring 16 others, Alek Minassian described himself to police as a 25-year-old virgin seeking retribution...
Sep 27, 2019
Security-clearance backlogs bedevilled RCMP as employee allegedly leaked secrets
OTTAWA - The RCMP was struggling to keep staff security clearances up to date during the time a senior employee allegedly tried to pass secrets to adversaries, an internal Mountie audit shows. The aud...
Sep 27, 2019
Source of Trudeau ‘brownface’ photo says only motive was public’s right to know
OTTAWA - The source of a photo of Justin Trudeau appearing in brownface at a 2001 event - the first to rock the Liberal leader's re-election campaign - broke his silence Friday to say he was acting wi...
Sep 27, 2019
Trudeau, Scheer navigate climate marches that dominate federal campaign
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer did not take part in Friday's massive climate-change marches as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau waded in deep, accepting the criticism of teenaged climate-chan...
Sep 27, 2019 Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau speaks Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg in Montreal on Sept. 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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