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Liberals asked to make basic living costs more affordable in poverty plan
OTTAWA - The minister in charge of a federal plan to reduce poverty nationwide says he has heard clearly that Canadians want the Liberals to find a way to make it easier to cover the basic costs of li...
Feb 20, 2018
Program looks educate those at risk of heart conditions before it is too late
Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in Canada and those working with a program in North Battleford designed to help those cope with conditions hope people will sign up before it is too...
Nov 04, 2016
Program looks educate those at risk of heart conditions before it is too late
Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in Canada and those working with a program in North Battleford designed to help those cope with conditions hope people will sign up before it is too...
Nov 04, 2016
Group opposing nuclear weapons wins Nobel peace prize
OSLO - The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a forceful show of support for a grassroots effort that seeks to pressure the world’s nuclear po...
Oct 06, 2017
Schumer calls on FDA to regulate 'snortable chocolate'
NEW YORK - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is urging federal regulators to look into a “snortable chocolate” powder, saying he’s worried that it could prove harmful and is being marketed l...
Jul 09, 2017
Three ways federal politics touched Canadians this week, the Budget 2017 edition
OTTAWA - It’s been dubbed the innovation-and-skills budget, the feminist budget, the do-nothing budget, the do-it-later budget, the wait-and-see budget. Whether or not you think the 278-page emp...
Mar 24, 2017
Three ways federal politics touched Canadians this week, the Budget 2017 edition
OTTAWA - It’s been dubbed the innovation-and-skills budget, the feminist budget, the do-nothing budget, the do-it-later budget, the wait-and-see budget. Whether or not you think the 278-page emp...
Mar 25, 2017
Tokyo panel details venue changes, cost cuts for 2020 Games
TOKYO - The rowing and canoeing venue for the 2020 Olympics should either be moved to a site hundreds of miles (kilometres) away in northern Japan or downgraded to a temporary facility in Tokyo, a cit...
Nov 01, 2016
Trump declares US opioid emergency but pledges no new money
WASHINGTON - In ringing and personal terms, President Donald Trump on Thursday pledged that “we will overcome addiction in America,” declaring opioid abuse a national public health emergen...
Oct 26, 2017
A seven-step guide to what does, doesn't happen if Trump starts NAFTA pullout
WASHINGTON - As NAFTA talks enter their most sensitive phase, a fever of speculation has broken out about whether Donald Trump might soon announce his intention to withdraw from NAFTA - and it’s...
Jan 11, 2018