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Doug Ford slams federal carbon tax that takes effect in four provinces today
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says there's no reason to believe Canadians will recoup the cost of the federal carbon tax that takes effect today. Ford, whose government is fighting the tax in co...
Apr 01, 2019
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle shot and killed at 33
LOS ANGELES - Rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside the clothing store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South Los Angeles neighbourhood, police said, cutting short a career that earned ...
Apr 01, 2019
Cities go dark for Earth Hour, bring light to climate change
NEW YORK - Cities around the world marked Earth Hour on Saturday by turning off lights at 8:30 p.m. local time in a call for global action on climate change. Earth Hour, spearheaded by the World Wildl...
Apr 01, 2019
Caitlan Coleman details night she fled from estranged husband Joshua Boyle
OTTAWA - Caitlan Coleman says she put on several layers of socks to protect herself before she dashed into the cold late on the night of Dec. 30, 2017 eventually phoning her mother from a&nb...
Apr 01, 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 is in the country for three ...
Apr 01, 2019
Alberta Election: Where the leaders are on April 1, 2019
Today NDP Leader Rachel Notley is in Calgary for an announcement at 10 a.m.United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney will be in Edmonton this morning to make a response to federal carbon tax.Alber...
Apr 01, 2019
Arrest warrants out for pair linked to Red Deer death
The RCMP has issued arrest warrants for two people in the death of a man in Red Deer.Mounties were called to a home in Red Deer's Mountview neighbourhood early Friday and found a 45-year-old man with ...
Apr 01, 2019 37-year-old's Quentin Lee Strawberry (left) and Jennifer Lee Caswell (right) are wanted by RCMP. Do not approach them if seen. (Photo: RCMP / rdnewsNOW)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's exaggerations about the Russia probe
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is taking his interpretation of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation well beyond the facts. He says he's been fully exonerated based on a four-page...
Apr 01, 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 01, 2019
Biden says he never meant to make women feel uncomfortable
WASHINGTON - Former Vice-President Joe Biden on Sunday defended his interactions with women, saying he doesn't believe he's ever acted inappropriately. But a Nevada politician's assertion that Biden's...
Apr 01, 2019