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Doug Ford slams federal carbon tax that takes effect in four provinces today
TORONTO - Canada's most populous province and the federal government engaged in a pitched battle for public opinion over the carbon tax as it launched Monday, just six months ahead of the federal elec...
Apr 03, 2019
Book of Gorsuch speeches and writings out in September
NEW YORK - Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has a collection of speeches, writings and eight original essays coming out this fall. Crown Forum, a conservative imprint at Penguin Random House, announ...
Apr 03, 2019
Protesters vow to fight Quebec government's religious symbols ban
MONTREAL - Teachers and community members linked hands outside a Montreal high school this morning as about 150 people formed a human chain to protest the Quebec government's secularism bill...
Apr 03, 2019
TSA's social media highlight weird stuff in travellers' bags
WASHINGTON - David Johnston stands over a table full of peculiar items confiscated at Dulles International Airport: a glittery clutch with brass knuckles as a clasp. A perfume bottle shaped like a gre...
Apr 03, 2019
Israeli president travels to Niagara, Ottawa, Toronto on state visit
OTTAWA - The president of Israel is in Ottawa on Monday, meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before laying a wreath at the new National Holocaust Monument. Reuven Rivlin and Trudeau held a bilateral...
Apr 03, 2019
Harris eyes reform as candidate, was cautious as prosecutor
WASHINGTON - When Kamala Harris made her much-heralded arrival in Washington as California's first black U.S. senator, she made a curious early decision. Within months of her swearing-in, she sponsore...
Apr 03, 2019
UK Parliament rejects alternatives to May's Brexit deal
LONDON - Britain's Parliament has spoken - and it has said no, again. Lawmakers seeking a way out of the country's Brexit morass on Monday rejected four alternatives to the government's unpopular Euro...
Apr 03, 2019
Biden team blasts 'trolls' amid scrutiny over behaviour
WASHINGTON - Aides to Joe Biden struck a more aggressive tone on Monday as the former vice-president faced scrutiny over his past behaviour toward women. In a statement, Biden spokesman Bill Russo bla...
Apr 03, 2019
US finds "severe" problems in Alabama prisons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Justice Department has determined that Alabama's prisons are violating the Constitution by failing to protect inmates from violence and sexual abuse and by housing them in unsaf...
Apr 03, 2019
DAZN signs three-year deal for English Premier League rights in Canada
TORONTO - DAZN confirmed Wednesday it has secured Canadian broadcast rights for the English Premier League for the next three seasons, adding to the sports streaming service's soccer arsenal. DAZN (pr...
Apr 03, 2019