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Liberal security bill clears key hurdle over objections from many opposition MPs
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s sweeping national security bill has cleared a key legislative hurdle despite the concerns of the two main opposition parties. MPs voted 168 to 125 Monday to app...
Jun 11, 2018
Winnipeg Blue Bombers name rookie Chris Streveler as their starter
WINNIPEG - Rookie Chris Streveler will start at quarterback for Winnipeg on Thursday night when the Blue Bombers kick off the 2018 CFL season against the Edmonton Eskimos. Streveler replaces incu...
Jun 11, 2018
After plastics charter, Ottawa looking at curbing own use to reduce garbage
OTTAWA - The political aide to Canada’s environment minister says the federal government is looking to reduce its use of plastic as it pursues a national strategy to curb Canada’s add...
Jun 11, 2018
CPP Investment Board approached about Trans Mountain, CEO says no decision yet
OTTAWA - The federal government’s financial adviser has raised the possibility of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board becoming involved in the Trans Mountain pipeline pr...
Jun 11, 2018
Trial underway for Quebec provincial police officer in 2014 death of young boy
LONGUEUIL, Que. - A trial began Monday for a Quebec provincial police officer in the death of a young boy more than four years ago. Patrick Ouellet is charged with one count of dangerous dri...
Jun 11, 2018
Geoff Johns exits as president, CCO of DC Entertainment
LOS ANGELES - DC Entertainment president and chief creative officer Geoff Johns, who co-produced “Justice League,” is exiting both roles to focus on creative matters full time. Warner Bros...
Jun 11, 2018
RCMP officer says he was 'skeptical' about shots-fired call in Lisa Dudley case
BURNABY, B.C. - An RCMP officer laughed with a police dispatcher about a call reporting six gunshot sounds in a quiet neighbourhood in rural British Columbia in 2008, not realizing that a woman lay dy...
Jun 11, 2018
Trump's auto tariffs would devastate supply chains, cause mass layoffs: experts
MONTREAL - U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on auto imports from Canada would devastate the integrated supply chain that has taken decades to build and cau...
Jun 11, 2018
West Indies cricket star has no problem playing with disgraced Australia skipper
TORONTO - West Indies cricket star Darren Sammy says he has no problem playing with disgraced former Australia skipper Steve Smith in the Global T20 Canada tournament. Sammy and Smith were the top two...
Jun 11, 2018
Maine town works to save statue of famous harbour seal Andre
ROCKPORT, Maine - A Maine town is raising money to save the statue of a beloved harbour seal that brought the community together. The Bangor Daily News reports Rockport’s 1978 statue of Andre th...
Jun 11, 2018