Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Appellate court halts Wisconsin ballot-counting extension
MADISON, Wis. - A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily halted a six-day extension for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin's presidential election, a momentary victory for Republicans and Pre...
Sep 27, 2020
Parliament Hill security boosted after reports of harassment
OTTAWA - The security service charged with protecting Parliament Hill says it has stepped up its presence in the area following several recent reports of harassment against politicians and others. The...
Sep 27, 2020
Childhood lessons, fight with cancer helped John Horgan forge political goals
VICTORIA - An Indigenous leader says John Horgan would often use a joke to ease tensions during difficult times in talks over the future of fish farms between groups with different interests in Britis...
Sep 27, 2020
Fighting erupts between Armenia, Azerbaijan; 18 killed
YEREVAN, Armenia - Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces has erupted again over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the territory's defence ministry said 16 soldiers and ...
Sep 27, 2020
WE Charity controversy prompts examination of group's overseas footprint
The controversy around WE Charity in Canada is opening the door to a public discussion about whether WE - and groups like it - actually help the African communities where they operate. Firoze Manji, t...
Sep 27, 2020 Fans get their sings autographed before the We Day event in Toronto, on Thursday, September 20, 2018. The controversy around WE Charity in Canada is opening the door to a public discussion about whether WE, and groups like it, actually help the African communities where they operate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Mi'kmaq power, inside and beyond Ottawa, stronger than in past fishery battles
HALIFAX - When Jaime Battiste was in his early 20s, cable news channels were full of images of Mi'kmaq fishermen in New Brunswick battling federal fisheries officers over seized lobster trap...
Sep 27, 2020
Trump taps 'eminently qualified' Barrett for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and th...
Sep 26, 2020
Trump taps 'eminently qualified' Barrett for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and th...
Sep 26, 2020
Demonstration in Fredericton as private abortion clinic to lose its doctor
FREDERICTON - A doctor who runs a private abortion clinic in Fredericton says he can't afford to continue subsidizing the service and is leaving the practice for another job at the end of th...
Sep 26, 2020
Liberals seek to fast track new COVID-19 aid bill after CERB expires
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is asking Parliament to fast-track its latest COVID-19 economic recovery package, prompting a torrent of opposition outrage that government forced this issue by prorogu...
Sep 25, 2020
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