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PSAC rejects government offer, setting up potential post-election strike
OTTAWA - There could be a federal public-service strike later this year, but it will be up to whoever is in power after the October election to deal with it. The Public Service Alliance of C...
May 10, 2019

Pentagon: US moving Patriot missile battery to Mideast
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon says the U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East region to counter threats from Iran. The department provided no details, but a defence official says th...
May 10, 2019

House Democrat issues subpoenas for Trump tax returns
WASHINGTON - A top House Democrat has issued subpoenas for six years of President Donald Trump's tax returns, giving Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig a deadline of...
May 10, 2019

Vigneault takes the wheel for Canada at men's world hockey championship
Alain Vigneault is back coaching in a big way after a winter of unemployment. Vigneault is not only Canada's head coach at the men's world hockey championship starting Friday in Sl...
May 10, 2019

Calgary cabbie accused of striking passenger
Charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon have been laid against a 40-year-old Calgary taxi driver who is accused of striking a passenger.Police got word Wednesday evening about an alter...
May 10, 2019

Pence slams district court rulings against Trump policies
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue rulings blocking nationwide policies, arguing tha...
May 10, 2019

Human trafficking charges laid against Edmonton couple
Nearly three dozen charges have been laid against a man and woman in Edmonton who are accused of involvement in human trafficking.Police say they became aware this past February of a 15-year-old girl ...
May 10, 2019

Judge transferring decision on Smollett special prosecutor
CHICAGO - A judge in Chicago says another judge will decide if a special prosecutor is needed to investigate why the state prosecutor's office dropped charges accusing Jussie Smollett of staging a rac...
May 10, 2019

Five lingering questions from the end of Mark Norman's criminal case
OTTAWA - Now that public prosecutors have decided to stay a breach-of-trust charge against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, here are five questions Canadians don't have full answers to: 1) What was the evide...
May 10, 2019

Federal prisons taking aim at special (illicit) deliveries from the sky
OTTAWA - Prison wardens are usually preoccupied with keeping people inside their walls. Now six Canadian prisons are taking steps to shoo away some pesky, flying visitors. The Corr...
May 10, 2019