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Auditor warns of financial challenges for N.S. after 10 years of spending
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s auditor general says 10 years of spending by governments of all political stripes has left the province facing significant fiscal challenges - and $3 billion more in debt...
Oct 06, 2017
Gordon Stuckless stands trial on new charges related to complaints of sex abuse
TORONTO - A man who says he was sexually assaulted as a child by the man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sex abuse scandal testified Wednesday that he repressed memories of the trauma for decad...
Oct 06, 2017
Calgary man acquitted in controversial case now facing new charges
CALGARY - A Calgary man who was acquitted of sexual assault by a controversial judge is now facing seven new charges. Alexander Wagar has been charged with assaulting and choking a man, and breaking i...
Oct 06, 2017
'Changes are going to be required' to tax proposals, Morneau says
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says changes will be necessary to the Trudeau government’s contentious proposals to reform parts of the tax system. Morneau said Tuesday that the governmen...
Oct 06, 2017
Sherritt fined $1 million for coal mine discharges under the Fisheries Act
CALGARY - A second coal-mining company in four months is being hit with a seven-figure penalty for polluting incidents that impacted fish in tributaries of the Athabasca River east of Jasper National ...
Oct 06, 2017
Vatican urges online protections for kids amid porn scandal
ROME - The Vatican secretary of state urged law enforcement agencies, governments and social media sites on Tuesday to take responsibility to protect children from online sexual abuse and exploitation...
Oct 06, 2017
B.C. police chief struck by deer while riding bike recovering from broken bones
OAK BAY, B.C. - The police chief of the Vancouver Island community of Oak Bay has undergone surgery for a broken clavicle and ribs after he was attacked by a deer. Deputy chief Ray Bernoties said chie...
Oct 06, 2017
Canada keen to see Trans Mountain pipeline built, get more oil to China: Carr
OTTAWA - Canada will continue to produce oil and ship it across the country whether or not new pipelines are built, says the minister of natural resources says. Building pipelines just means it can be...
Oct 06, 2017
Sobbing Amanda Lindhout tells of abduction as kidnapping trial begins
OTTAWA - An emotional Amanda Lindhout recounted the horrors of being kidnapped at gunpoint in Somalia as the trial of one of her alleged hostage-takers got underway. Lindhout sobbed Thursday upon appr...
Oct 06, 2017
Sears Canada assessing revised bid, receives creditor protection extension
TORONTO - Sears Canada has just over a week to assess another revised bid from a buyer group led by its executive chairman as its lenders press for liquidation of the embattled retailer that could sta...
Oct 06, 2017