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What's next after UK seeks 3-month delay to Brexit?
LONDON - With just nine days to go until Brexit day, Prime Minister Theresa May has asked the European Union to postpone Britain's departure from the European Union until June 30. The decision is in t...
Mar 22, 2019
Speaker relegates Parti Quebecois to 4th-place status in Quebec legislature
QUEBEC - The struggling Parti Quebecois has suffered another setback with a decision by the Speaker relegating it to fourth place in the provincial legislature. Francois Paradis ruled W...
Mar 22, 2019
Father of seven children who were killed in Halifax house fire remains in coma
HALIFAX - The father of seven children killed in a ferocious fire remains in a coma, a month after flames engulfed their Halifax home. Muslim community leaders say Ebraheim Barho has undergone multipl...
Mar 22, 2019
Budget answers long-standing calls for federal strategy on dementia
OTTAWA - Health advocacy groups and MPs are cheering the Liberal government's proposal to spend $50 million over five years to support a national dementia strategy that's to b...
Mar 22, 2019
Extra project cash for cities needed to end-run laggard provinces, Morneau says
OTTAWA - A one-time $2.2-billion windfall in the federal budget to help Canadian cities improve roads, bridges, highways and water systems won't become an annual tradition, Finance...
Mar 22, 2019
NewsAlert: Wilson-Raybould to reveal more details on SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould plans to reveal more - in writing - about her accusation that she faced improper pressure to prevent the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. The former at...
Mar 22, 2019
Barack Obama congratulates A-Rod J. Lo on their engagement
LOS ANGELES - Barack Obama is feeling the love about the engagement of Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod shared a congratulatory handwritten note Thursday on Twitter he received from the former...
Mar 22, 2019
Hungry wolves may get new home at Isle Royale National Park
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - A U.S.-Canadian team is preparing for another mission to relocate grey wolves to Isle Royale National Park in Michigan from a second Lake Superior island, where the predato...
Mar 22, 2019
Wolverines to host charity tournament this weekend
The Wolverines Wheelchair Sports Association will be holding a charity wheelchair basketball tournament this weekend at the Eastlink Centre.The tournament features five teams and will be taking place ...
Mar 22, 2019 (photo credit to the Wolverines Wheelchair Sports Association.)
Montreal priest stabbed while celebrating morning mass at landmark oratory
MONTREAL - A Catholic priest has been stabbed as he was celebrating mass this morning at Montreal's St. Joseph's Oratory. Montreal police say a 911 call was placed at around 8:40 a.m. When officers ar...
Mar 22, 2019