Murray Wood: When football is just a game
There is extra anticipation around the Roughriders' first-place showdown with the Elks tonight. Murray Wood says everyon...
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Letter asks Ottawa to force Alberta to reinstate oilpatch monitoring
EDMONTON - A dozen conservation and Indigenous groups have written federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson asking him to force the Alberta government to reinstate environmental monitoring in t...
Jun 10, 2020
Veterans activist, government reach settlement of $25,000 libel suit
TORONTO - A noted veterans activist has settled his $25,000 defamation lawsuit against former minister of veterans affairs Seamus O'Reagan after a two-year battle, the parties said on Wednesday. Detai...
Jun 10, 2020
Freeland says police must acknowledge racism, advocates call for action
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says all federal agencies, including police, must understand that systemic racism is a problem, but advocates say they want more than the minister's ac...
Jun 10, 2020
Ex-judge says push to dismiss Flynn case is abuse of power
WASHINGTON - A former federal judge appointed to review the Justice Department's motion to dismiss criminal charges against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn said...
Jun 10, 2020
Ex-ambassador and Utah hopeful Huntsman says he has COVID-19
SALT LAKE CITY - Former ambassador and current Republican candidate for Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. said Wednesday he has tested positive for COVID-19. Huntsman said he has "classic symptoms" of th...
Jun 10, 2020
Trudeau uses commencement speech to compare youth today to Greatest Generation
OTTAWA - Graduates of the class of 2020 should take inspiration from the generation of Canadians who came of age ahead of the Second World War, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday as he deliv...
Jun 10, 2020
'Stop the pain,' George Floyd's brother pleads with Congress
WASHINGTON - George Floyd's brother challenged Congress on Wednesday to "stop the pain" as lawmakers consider a sweeping law enforcement overhaul, so the man he looked up to won't become just "another...
Jun 10, 2020
Garneau asks Iran to explain to UN aviation council where black boxes are
OTTAWA - Canada wants Iran to explain why it still hasn't handed over the black boxes from the Ukrainian jetliner that was shot down by Iranian military near Tehran on Jan. 8, Canadian Transport Minis...
Jun 10, 2020
Sweden halts probe into 1986 murder of PM Olof Palme
STOCKHOLM - Sweden on Wednesday dropped its investigation into the unsolved murder of former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was shot dead 34 years ago in downtown Stockholm, saying that decisi...
Jun 10, 2020
Greta Thunberg pushes Canada, Norway, on climate before UN Security Council vote
OTTAWA - Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is urging developing island nations to use the upcoming United Nations Security Council election as leverage to push Canada and Norway to ste...
Jun 10, 2020
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Sarah Mills: History revealed in Ireland could teach Canada a lesson
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