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Newfoundland and Labrador premier under increasing fire amid harassment claims
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Harassment allegations gripped Newfoundland and Labrador’s governing Liberals again Tuesday after former finance minister Cathy Bennett said a culture of intimidation he...
May 1, 2018
Israeli spymaster talks Iran, Syria, Russia and populism in Ottawa meetings
OTTAWA - A top Israeli intelligence official is in Ottawa seeking support for his country’s new allegations that Iran concealed a nuclear weapons program before signing its deal with world power...
May 1, 2018
Bains to tell business: it's your turn to boost diversity, and the bottom line
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has done its part with measures to bolster diversity on corporate boards at publicly traded companies, and now is the time for business leaders to pick up the torch, sa...
May 1, 2018
Air passenger rights, rail shipping legislation heads for political showdown
OTTAWA - Western grain farmers are on the verge of getting some long-sought federal help against the threat of rail backlogs, but face seeing their relief delayed over threats of political gamesmanshi...
May 1, 2018
Eby cancels tax town hall in Point Grey riding over safety, blames Liberals
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Attorney General David Eby says he cancelled a town hall meeting on a property-tax increase amid security concerns ignited by the leader of the Opposition. Eby said he bec...
May 1, 2018
The inside story of the unsolved murders of a Canadian and an American in Belize
It has been one year since the bodies of Francesca Matus and her American lover were found tangled together in a sugar cane field in Belize. The urn holding the Canadian woman’s ashes now sits i...
May 1, 2018
MPs vote overwhelmingly to call on Pope again for residential schools apology
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament on all sides of the House of Commons voted Tuesday to extend a formal invitation to Pope Francis to apologize in person to Indigenous Peoples for decades of abuse meted ...
May 1, 2018
U.S. senators want proof Canada protecting whales, but scientist questions move
HALIFAX - A call by a group of Democratic senators who argue a U.S. agency should audit the job Canada is doing to protect endangered whales is drawing a cool reaction from an American scientist who p...
May 1, 2018
'Slut or Nut' details sexual assault case and process of reporting accusations
TORONTO - Mandi Gray admits she’s anxious about being the face of the new Canadian documentary “Slut or Nut: The Diary of a Rape Trial.” “Even coming here today, it was really ...
May 1, 2018
Senators GM Dorion says Boucher and coaching staff returning next season
OTTAWA - Guy Boucher will be back behind the Ottawa Senators bench next season, and so will his entire staff. Speaking on Ottawa radio station TSN 1200, Senators general manager Pierre Dorion confirme...
May 1, 2018