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Stung by Iran tragedy, Canada leading bid to better protect airliners
WASHINGTON - Canada is taking a lead role in what Transport Minister Marc Garneau said Thursday he hopes will become an international effort to better protect civilian airliners around the world from ...
Mar 07, 2020
Minassian admits planning, carrying out deadly Toronto van attack
TORONTO - A man who killed 10 people when he drove a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy Toronto sidewalk in 2018 admitted to planning and carrying out the attack, court heard on Thursday. T...
Mar 07, 2020
Canada's Kingsbury claims ninth straight moguls Crystal Globe with win in Russia
KRASNOYARSK, Russia - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury picked up his ninth straight World Cup overall moguls title with a win in Saturday's dual moguls in Russia. Kingsbury defeated Thomas Gerken Schofield o...
Mar 07, 2020
Valuable haul of contraband seized at Drumheller Institution
Thanks to the vigilance of staff, a significant amount of contraband was seized at Drumheller Institution this week.Officials with the Correctional Service of Canada say the seizure took place at arou...
Mar 07, 2020 photo courtesy Government of Canada
Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Kenney
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel cornonavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023.Kenne...
Mar 07, 2020
Cosmetics company Lush calls for end of Safe Third Country deal with U.S.
OTTAWA - Cosmetics company Lush has launched a campaign calling on Canadians to pressure Parliament to back out of an agreement with the U.S. governing refugee claims. It's part of the company's ...
Mar 07, 2020
'If we stand back and do nothing, we get the Trudeau tax:' Manitoba premier
WINNIPEG - Caught between a federal government demanding a rising carbon tax and some Progressive Conservative supporters opposed to any such levy, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister offered a compromis...
Mar 07, 2020
Canadian Coles-Lyster part of UCI's investigation on sexual assault allegations
In the weeks and months after Maggie Coles-Lyster alleges she was sexually assaulted, the Canadian cyclist buried herself in her sport. The 21-year-old from Maple Ridge, B.C., was just 18 when she joi...
Mar 07, 2020
Major Midget Storm season ends, mixed results for PCFAC teams
The Ernie's Sports Experts Major Midget AAA Storm saw a promising season come to a disappointing end on Friday night. The Storm fell 4-3 to Fort Saskatchewan in the fifth and deciding game of their AM...
Mar 07, 2020
R. Kelly pleads not guilty; feds say new charges planned
CHICAGO - R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday pleaded not guilty to an updated federal indictment that includes child pornography charges and allegations involving a new accuser, while prosecutors sai...
Mar 07, 2020