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Canadian experts returning home after probing Tehran plane crash, TSB says
OTTAWA - The Transportation Safety Board says two investigators are heading back to Canada after six days in Tehran and two in Kyiv, helping probe the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines ...
Jan 23, 2020
Royal Canadian Legion expels members for wearing unearned military commendations
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Legion says it has taken a landmark decision to expel two members for wearing military commendations they did not earn as the 95-year-old veterans' organization crack downs...
Jan 23, 2020
AHS opens new protective safe house in Red Deer
Children and youth struggling with drug and alcohol use in central Alberta are now able to receive more help from Alberta Health Services' (AHS) expanded Protection of Children Abusing Drugs (PChAD) p...
Jan 23, 2020 Alberta Health Services Chief Zone Officer Janice Stewart (far left), Mayor Tara Veer (centre), and representatives from the Government of Alberta cut the ribbon on Thursday to a new protective safe house in Red Deer. The Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Program expands on previous local services that provide detox support for children and youth. (Supplied)
Malaysia returns 150 containers of garbage, including 11 to Canada
OTTAWA - The Malaysian government sent 11 shipping containers of plastic garbage back to Canada recently as the country takes a hard stand to try to keep illegal foreign waste from its shores. But Can...
Jan 23, 2020
Manitoba premier says grain-drying would be exempt from a provincial carbon tax
BRANDON, Man. - One day after signalling a compromise on a carbon tax, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister pitched the idea to agriculture producers who have largely opposed a tax on carbon and...
Jan 23, 2020
Canada applauds international court decision on Myanmar Rohingya genocide
OTTAWA - Canada is urging Myanmar to fully comply with an international court ruling calling on the South Asian country to protect its minority Muslim Rohingya population from genocide. Foreign Affair...
Jan 23, 2020
Quarterbacks Jennings, Ardt among players released by Ottawa Redblacks
OTTAWA - Quarterbacks Jonathon Jennings and Will Ardt were among 10 players released Thursday by the Ottawa Redblacks. Both Jennings and Ardt started games last season for Ottawa (3-15). The moves com...
Jan 23, 2020
Charest bows out of Tory race, citing rules of contest and changed party
MONTREAL - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest announced Tuesday that he will not seek the federal Conservative leadership, citing the short timeline of the race and a party that has undergone "de...
Jan 23, 2020
Health minister to consult on expanding medical aid in dying to mentally ill
MONTREAL - Quebec's health minister says there will be at least one day of public consultations on expanding medical assistance in dying after an outcry over a plan to potentially extend it to th...
Jan 23, 2020
Transportation board approves Uber, Lyft ride-hail services in Lower Mainland
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Passenger Transportation Board has granted long-awaited licensing approvals to ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft for service in the Lower Mainland and Whistl...
Jan 23, 2020