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Charges after car slams into office helping flood victims in Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been charged after a vehicle slammed into an office Wednesday where government employees and volunteers were trying to help flood victims in hard-hit Ste-Marthe-s...
Jun 15, 2019
Canada may need additional carbon taxes to meet its Paris targets, PBO says
OTTAWA - Canada's price on carbon will have to be five times what it is now if the country is to reach its Paris Agreement greenhouse-gas emissions targets just by charging for those emissions, Parlia...
Jun 15, 2019
CSIS destroyed secret file on Pierre Trudeau, stunning historians
OTTAWA - The Canadian Press has learned that Canada's spy service destroyed a Cold War dossier on Pierre Trudeau in 1989 instead of turning it over to the national archives. The Canadia...
Jun 15, 2019
No business case for Trans Mountain expansion, says former environment minister
VANCOUVER - A former Liberal environment minister is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet to reject the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, arguing there is no economic basis for the pro...
Jun 15, 2019
Butterfly garden keeper manages to film large tarantula shedding exoskeleton
VICTORIA - A 20-centimetre tarantula capable of killing a bird has been filmed at its most vulnerable state shedding its armour-like exoskelton at a Victoria-area tropical jungle insectarium...
Jun 15, 2019
Feds announce $10M for RCMP to fight money laundering after ministers' meeting
VANCOUVER - The federal government has announced $10 million to help the RCMP prosecute money laundering after a special meeting of Canada's finance and justice ministers to discuss the pervasive...
Jun 15, 2019
Fans delirious as Raptors best Warriors to win NBA championship
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors, a team whose magical playoff run sparked civic pride and raucous enthusiasm across Canada, sent fans into fits of unbridled joy on Thursday as they beat the reigning cha...
Jun 15, 2019
Victorious Raptors expected to return to Toronto today after becoming NBA champs
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors are expected to return home today after their electrifying NBA championship win south of the border. The team - the first NBA franchise outside the U.S. to win the Finals...
Jun 15, 2019
Hong Kong in limbo as extradition protests crisis deepens
Hong Kong's legislature suspended meetings Thursday as leaders considered their next steps following violent clashes between police and protesters opposed to a bill that would allow suspects to be tri...
Jun 15, 2019
Tankers struck near Strait of Hormuz; US blames Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The U.S. blamed Iran for suspected attacks on two oil tankers Thursday near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, denouncing what it called a campaign of "escalating tensions" ...
Jun 15, 2019