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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly to visit China after years-long rift
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is headed to China on Friday at the invitation of Beijing, after years of diplomatic strain following the 2018 detention of two Canadians. In recent month...
Jul 18, 2024
Organizers for Fredericton Pride say event will go ahead despite intense harassment
Organizers of the annual Pride festival in Fredericton say the city's scheduled events will go ahead as originally planned. Fiert Fredericton Pride issued a statement Wednesday saying city officials h...
Jul 18, 2024
Years after Insite ruling, drug policy landscape is still being shaped in B.C.
VANCOUVER - In 2021, the Vancouver-based Drug User Liberation Front approached Health Canada with a proposal. It wanted permission to buy heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine on the dark web, before ha...
Jul 18, 2024
Former safety minister wants 'protective zones' for MPs' offices as threats increase
OTTAWA - Former public safety minister Marco Mendicino is calling for the creation of "protective zones" around political constituency offices to shield members of Parliament and their staff from a ri...
Jul 18, 2024
'Anything is possible': Gen. Jennie Carignan takes over command of Armed Forces
OTTAWA - Gen. Jennie Carignan was a little emotional on Thursday as she spoke to reporters about what it means to take over command of the Canadian Armed Forces. It's an honour that felt like the natu...
Jul 18, 2024
President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas, has 'mild symptoms'
LAS VEGAS (AP) - President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing "mild symptoms" including "general malaise" from the infection, the White H...
Jul 17, 2024
AFN head meets with Manitoba's viceregal to seek independent inquiry into killings
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging Manitoba's lieutenant-governor to establish an independent inquiry into the killings of four Indigenous women in the province. Ci...
Jul 17, 2024
Report reveals low-income Albertans falling through cracks of health benefits program
EDMONTON - Alberta's ombudsman says thousands of low-income residents seeking benefits to cover off health-care costs face unfair barriers. Kevin Brezinski, in a report issued Wednesday, said these pr...
Jul 17, 2024
Republican National Convention focuses on foreign policy
MILWAUKEE - Republicans criticized U.S. President Joe Biden's record on foreign policy at the national convention in Milwaukee, as many party faithful called for America to step back from its contribu...
Jul 17, 2024
Manitoba, N.L., only provinces to offer publicly to take asylum seekers from Quebec
HALIFAX - The premiers of Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador are so far the only leaders to publicly volunteer to take in asylum seekers to ease pressure on Quebec, despite a joint call from all p...
Jul 17, 2024
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