Murray Wood: Conservative floor crossers could hand Mark Carney a majority government
Murray Wood says Prime Minister Mark Carney is happily accepting floor crossers from the Conservatives, but maybe it's t...
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Review of monuments sparks discussion of colonial narratives in N.L. history
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A review of statues that commemorate colonizing figures in Newfoundland and Labrador's history has reignited criticism of "discovery" narratives glorified in the province's culture....
Jun 16, 2020
Indigenous Peoples in U.S. stand with BLM, but await their own reckoning
WASHINGTON - As demand for social change sweeps across the globe, Indigenous Peoples in both Canada and the United States are backing the Black Lives Matter movement in more ways than one: standi...
Jun 16, 2020
Families of Flight 752 victims demand plan, timeline for holding Iran to account
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to keep fighting for answers into Iran's shooting down of a civilian airliner in January even as victims' families prepare to grill Canada's foreign...
Jun 16, 2020
Canada, U.S. confirm plan to extend border restrictions by another 30 days
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada and the United States will continue to limit non-essential travel between the two countries until at least July 21. Despite mounting pressure from bu...
Jun 16, 2020
Police tactics to be reviewed following Albuquerque protest
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Police in Albuquerque were being criticized Tuesday for not stepping in sooner as a protest over a statue of a Spanish conquistador erupted in violence, leaving one man hospitalize...
Jun 16, 2020
Pandemic diplomacy, staggered voting marks finale for UN Security Council seats
OTTAWA - The cutthroat campaigning for a seat on the United Nations Security Council would hardly be described as a picnic or a walk in the park. But it has become just that as COVID-19's arrival in N...
Jun 16, 2020
Key COVID-19 benefit to be extended eight weeks with work-related requirements
OTTAWA - The federal government will provide eight extra weeks of benefits for people whose jobs or earnings have vanished because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but only if they look for work and tak...
Jun 16, 2020
Black MPs, senators call for government action against systemic racism
OTTAWA - A group of Black parliamentarians and their allies are calling on all levels of government to take action to reduce systemic racism in Canada. The request came in a statement Tuesday fro...
Jun 16, 2020
UK cuts development ministry, merges it with Foreign Office
LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday that he is merging the British government's international development department into its foreign ministry to create a "super department" in cha...
Jun 16, 2020
Trust in police drops amid anti-racism protests, poll suggests
OTTAWA - More Canadians are questioning their trust in the police as protests against racism and police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd last month sweep across North America, a new po...
Jun 16, 2020
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