Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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US budget deficit up 25.1% in first 2 months of budget year
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government's deficit in the first two months of the budget year ran 25.1% higher than the same period a year ago as spending to deal with the COVID pandemic soared while tax reve...
Dec 10, 2020
Yukon to get first Moderna vaccine doses in January, with more in March
WHITEHORSE - Yukon says it will get Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in January.Premier Sandy Silver says the territory will get enough of the vaccine for every adult who wants it.Health minister Pauline Fr...
Dec 10, 2020
CBSA officer says her lack of notes in Meng case 'weighed' on her
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are planning to introduce a new legal argument alleging she was subjected to an abuse of process and should be freed. Meng's legal team has alread...
Dec 10, 2020
Brits fear 'damage' if Canadian politicians delay ratification of trade deal
OTTAWA - The British government is concerned and disappointed that Canada's Parliament won't be able to formally ratify the countries' new trade agreement ahead of a Jan. 1 deadline. British trade off...
Dec 10, 2020
US budget deficit up 25.1% in first 2 months of budget year
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government's deficit in the first two months of the budget year ran 25.1% higher than the same period a year ago as spending to deal with the COVID pandemic soared while tax reve...
Dec 10, 2020
Commons passes assisted-dying bill after Conservatives end filibuster
OTTAWA - A bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying was approved Thursday by the House of Commons after the Conservatives ended a days-long filibuster. Bill C-7 passed by a vote of 212-107...
Dec 10, 2020
Syrian refugees take citizenship oath on fifth anniversary of first arrivals
OTTAWA - A group of Syrian refugees took the Canadian citizenship oath in an online ceremony Thursday, the fifth anniversary of when the first plane carrying Syrian refugees arrived in Canada as part ...
Dec 10, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Thursday, Dec. 10
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:14 p.m. British Columbia has recorded it highest single-day death toll with 28 fatalities from COVID-19. Provincial health off...
Dec 10, 2020
Crackdown on land protests in 2020 infringes on liberties, future activism: experts
TORONTO - Months after a group of Haudenosaunee people set up camp on a construction site near Caledonia, Ont., an provincial court granted Haldimand County an order permanently forbidding people from...
Dec 10, 2020
Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdog
PARIS - France's data privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined Google 100 millions euros ($121 million) and Amazon 35 million euros ($42 million) for breaching the country's rules on advertising co...
Dec 10, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Betty Nippi-Albright did the honourable thing by choosing to sit as independent
Sarah Mills says Betty Nippi-Albright's departure from the Sask. NDP has not forced a byelection, nor has she sought dea...
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Evan speaks with Shaun Semple after Regina City Council approved the Brandt/REAL District purchase deal on Wednesday, th...
