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Facing minority Parliament, Trudeau tells MPs to respect opposition
OTTAWA - Play nice. That was Justin Trudeau's advice Thursday to Liberal MPs as they gathered to plot strategy for Monday's resumption of Parliament for its first extended sitting ...
Jan 25, 2020
Over $37,000 donated through Co-op's Good Buy to Hunger campaign
New Horizon Co-op raised $37,956 to the fight against hunger through their Good Buy to Hunger Campaign this past December. Decals and bags filled with non-perishable food items were sold with all proc...
Jan 25, 2020 Photo from the New Horizon Co-op website
Is climate action a $26-trillion opportunity? 'A little baloney' in minister's claim
OTTAWA - "This is not simply an environmental issue. It is an economic issue. The estimates going forward in terms of the size of the prize for countries that are in this game early, developing techno...
Jan 25, 2020
European Central Bank holds rates, launches policy review
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank has decided to launch a top-to-bottom review of how it steers the economy in the 19 countries that use the euro currency. The review, the first since the global f...
Jan 25, 2020
Germany bans neo-Nazi organization Combat 18 Deutschland
BERLIN - Germany is banning the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 Deutschland in what the country's top security official said Thursday was a "clear message" against far-right extremism and anti-Semitism. More...
Jan 25, 2020
St. John's, N.L., lifts state of emergency eight days after massive storm
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The City of St. John's has lifted a state of emergency that's been in place for more than a week. The provincial capital made the initial declaration last Friday, as ...
Jan 25, 2020
Response to the coronavirus and a protest-for-hire; In The News for Jan. 23
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 23 ... What we are wa...
Jan 25, 2020
Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes
CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post unveiled a commemorative stamp Thursday that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes - long before ...
Jan 25, 2020
Meng Wanzhou case a 'test' of Canadian legal system: defence lawyer
VANCOUVER - An extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is a test of whether courts will reject foreign charges that run contrary to Canadian values, argues her lawyer. A British Columbi...
Jan 25, 2020
Survey finds support among Canadians for broader assisted-dying law
OTTAWA - As the federal government moves to revise the law on assisted dying, new survey results suggest most Canadians support medical help to end suffering even when a natural death is som...
Jan 25, 2020