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Swedes want checks for hull damage in 1994 ferry disaster
COPENHAGEN - Sweden said Friday it wants divers to inspect the wreck of one of Europe's deadliest peacetime maritime disasters, the sinking of a ferry in the Baltic Sea in 1994 that killed 852 people,...
Dec 18, 2020
Champagne says he takes 'no lessons' from China on courting support for two Michaels
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is shooting back at China's criticism of Canada's efforts to build an international alliance to free Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor fro...
Dec 18, 2020
Federal health minister asked to review Alberta's use of strychnine as wolf control
EDMONTON - Animal advocates have asked the federal health minister to review a decision that allows Alberta to keep using strychnine to poison wolves in an ongoing effort to preserve caribou herds. Wo...
Dec 18, 2020
Feds fund new integrated teams on money laundering, earmark $98.9 million
OTTAWA - The federal government is creating new teams to investigate money laundering across Canada. The RCMP says the teams will work collaboratively and be based in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontari...
Dec 17, 2020
Justice, public safety ministers discuss need for anti-racism training
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says a need for anti-racism training for all people working in the criminal justice system was a focus of conversation with his counterparts from across the ...
Dec 17, 2020
US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for virus
WASHINGTON - A federal prisoner scheduled to be executed just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus, his lawyer said Thursday. The Bureau of Prisons no...
Dec 17, 2020
Coalition Avenir Quebec member out of caucus for not following COVID-19 rules at bar
QUEBEC - A member of the governing Coalition Avenir Quebec party is temporarily out of caucus after a video surfaced of him breaking COVID-19 rules at a holiday gathering. In a statement released by t...
Dec 17, 2020
In historic pick, Biden taps Haaland as interior secretary
President-elect Joe Biden selected New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee for interior secretary on Thursday, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful fed...
Dec 17, 2020
Senator links drug used in botched U.S. lethal injections to assisted death in Canada
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator is questioning why a drug blamed for botched executions in the United States is being used to provide medical assistance in dying in Canada. But Sen. Michael MacDonald'...
Dec 17, 2020
Quebec unimpressed with Trudeau's offer of long-term care cash if standards met
OTTAWA - Quebec Premier Francois Legault is shrugging off the suggestion that new federal funding for long-term care homes would have to be tied to national standards. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to...
Dec 17, 2020
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