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Sask. minister blasts feds over health funding
Saskatchewan’s health minister is calling for continued negotiations on a new national health funding plan, despite a breakdown in talks this week. Jim Reiter said Monday’s discussions wit...
Dec 20, 2016
Sask. minister blasts feds over health funding
Saskatchewan’s health minister is calling for continued negotiations on a new national health funding plan, despite a breakdown in talks this week. Jim Reiter said Monday’s discussions wit...
Dec 20, 2016
With workers at home, feds eye ways to fast-track training program, groups say
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking at ways to speed-up the introduction of skills-training help for out-of-work Canadians, say groups involved in helping implement the program. The training he...
Apr 05, 2020
Unfettered online hate speech fuels Islamophobia in China
HEFEI, China - The flood of angry anti-Muslim rhetoric on social media was the first sign of how fiercely the suburban middle-class homeowners in this central China city opposed a planned mosque in th...
Apr 10, 2017
Trudeau, allies call for global unity at UN summit on pandemic recovery
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led a united call for global co-operation at a major United Nations meeting Thursday aimed at mitigating the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID...
May 28, 2020
Bronze ceiling: Girls seek statue of woman for Central Park
NEW YORK - Wander through Central Park past monuments to figures including Christopher Columbus, Alexander Hamilton, William Shakespeare and Sir Walter Scott, and it may suddenly hit you: Where are th...
Oct 09, 2016
Dominion Diamond to be taken over by Washington Cos. in US$1.2B agreement
CALGARY - The Washington Companies has won over the board of Dominion Diamond Corp., one of the world’s largest diamond producers, with a sweetened US$1.2-billion bid. The privately held Montana...
Jul 17, 2017
Procurement minister defends rule change for F-35 as necessary for competition
OTTAWA - The federal procurement minister is defending the government's plan to loosen procurement rules for the F-35 stealth fighter in the face of questions and concerns from companies that make com...
Jun 01, 2019
RCMP fails to submit plan on how it will respond to Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - The RCMP have failed to meet a self-imposed deadline to detail how they plan to implement recommendations from the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting. When the Mass Casualty Com...
Jan 09, 2024
UK court rules Johnson's suspension of Parliament unlawful
LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament less than two months before Britain is due to leave the European Union was unlawful, a Scottish court ruled Wednesday - though it...
Sep 11, 2019