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Air Force One swoops into South Carolina as voters head to the polls
After a week filled with Democratic rallies, town halls, get-out-the-vote efforts and one frantic, cacophonic televised debate, it was all over in South Carolina but the voting late Friday, save for o...
Mar 01, 2020
Thunberg says sexually explicit decal shows desperation, says activists are winning
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says a decal bearing an energy services company's logo below a cartoon depicting what appears to be a sexual assault shows desperation. An Alberta woman co...
Mar 01, 2020
Outspoken social conservative Richard Decarie rejected from Tory leadership
OTTAWA - Richard Decarie, a social conservative whose views have been condemned by some senior Conservatives, has been barred from running in the party's leadership race. Decarie, who believes being L...
Mar 01, 2020
Ontario reports three new cases of novel coronavirus, B.C reports one new case
Health officials in two provinces confirmed four new cases of the novel coronavirus in Canada on Saturday, but insisted the disease is not widely circulating in this country&n...
Mar 01, 2020
Ukraine pledges help for airline compensation for Iran plane crash victims
OTTAWA - Ukraine's ambassador to Canada says his government will help Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne secure compensation from Ukraine International Airlines for the families of a...
Mar 01, 2020
Ministers, Wet'suwet'en chief optimistic as talks continue for third day
SMITHERS, B.C. - A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief and senior government ministers said Saturday they remained optimistic that talks will break an impasse over a pipeline dispute that has sparked widesp...
Mar 01, 2020
Caution, with a time limit: How Trudeau's patience with rail blockades ended
OTTAWA - When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped in front of cameras last week to declare that barricades on rail lines and other major transportation routes had to come down, the move ha...
Mar 01, 2020
Legal experts say injunctions not effective in Indigenous-led land disputes
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As demonstrations continue across Canada in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs opposing a pipeline through their territory, legal experts suggest it's time to reconsider...
Mar 01, 2020
List of 10 high-profile wrongful murder convictions in Canada
TORONTO - The federal government is moving forward with the creation of an independent review commission to consider claims of wrongful convictions. Here are 10 high-profile murder cases that resulted...
Mar 01, 2020
Creation of wrongful conviction review board edging closer to reality
TORONTO - A new independent panel that would review claims of wrongful convictions is edging toward reality, as the Liberal government moves forward on one of its campaign promises. Signs of progress ...
Mar 01, 2020