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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

Alberta Election: Where the leaders are on April 3
This morning NDP Leader Rachel Notley is in Calgary for an announcement.United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney is in Edmonton today to detail a plan to support Indigenous partnerships in the en...
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

Two dead after shooting in northeast Calgary
CALGARY - Two men are dead after an overnight shooting outside a Calgary restaurant.Emergency crews were called to the northeast area shortly after 2 a.m. following reports of shots being fired.Police...
Apr 03, 2019