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New auto rules will be the 'core' of future NAFTA deal, Freeland predicts
WASHINGTON - New automotive rules will be the centrepiece of a new NAFTA agreement, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday during a round of negotiations she characterized as being f...
Apr 19, 2018
Ottawa's new privacy rules give businesses flexibility on data breach reporting
TORONTO - Federal data breach regulations set to take effect Nov. 1 will require mandatory reporting of security breaches that pose a “real risk of significant harm,” but give businesses f...
Apr 19, 2018
Sailboat cocaine case delayed again as Crown seeks expert witness
HALIFAX - The sentencing of a sailboat captain who smuggled drugs into Nova Scotia from a small Caribbean island has been delayed yet again - this time for the Crown to call an expert witness. Federal...
Apr 19, 2018
Conservative MP wants entire Canadian border designated official port of entry
OTTAWA - The entire Canada-U.S. border should be designated as an official port of entry to help stop the flow of illegal migrants into Canada, says Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel. Ma...
Apr 19, 2018
Ford's company would benefit 'probably very little' from corporate tax cut
TORONTO - Ontario’s Progressive Conservative leader acknowledged Thursday that his company would benefit, although “probably very little,” from his proposal to cut corporate taxes, b...
Apr 19, 2018
Town council passes budgets with focus on growing Rocky Mountain House
Rocky Mountain House has a declining population, but town council thinks it's recently approved operating and capital budgets can help reverse that trend. Rocky's population in 2011 was 6,933 and drop...
Apr 19, 2018
Why a 14-year-old will lead the charge at annual marijuana protest on the Hill
OTTAWA - At the age of 11, Emma Boniface watched her mother lose herself in the grasp of an opioid addiction. Diagnosed with a debilitating spinal condition in 2013, Genevieve Gendron was prescribed f...
Apr 19, 2018
Trump's divisive pick to run NASA wins narrow confirmation
WASHINGTON - NASA’s latest nail-biting drama was far from orbit as the Senate narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump’s choice of a tea party congressman to run the space agency in an un...
Apr 19, 2018
Hundreds apply to see or block the opening of adoption records in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - Just weeks after the New Brunswick government opened a century of adoption records there is growing interest from people who want to know more about their past, and those who want that i...
Apr 19, 2018
Alberta university criticized for plan to bestow honorary degree on David Suzuki
EDMONTON - The University of Alberta is being criticized for its decision to give David Suzuki an honorary degree. Earlier this month, the university announced that the longtime environmentalist will ...
Apr 19, 2018