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Senate passes sweeping sanctions bill targeting Iran, Russia
WASHINGTON - A frequently polarized Senate found common ground Thursday as Republicans and Democrats joined forces to approve a sweeping sanctions bill that punishes longtime adversaries Iran and Russ...
Jun 15, 2017
DFO manager kept report warning of noise hazard on ships secret for seven months
OTTAWA - A new report says a senior federal Fisheries Department manager waited seven months to warn fishery officers in the Maritimes of a serious noise hazard aboard department vessels that could ca...
Jun 15, 2017
DC police seek arrest of Turks for melee, angering Erdogan
WASHINGTON - Police in the U.S. capital issued arrest warrants Thursday for a dozen Turkish security agents accused of attacking protesters during a visit by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month,...
Jun 15, 2017
Conservative Serbia to get first openly gay prime minister
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia’s president on Thursday nominated the highly conservative country’s first openly gay prime minister, a move likely to infuriate both the Christian Orthodox church...
Jun 15, 2017
Inuit organization to run project to engage men, boys on violence
OTTAWA - An Inuit women’s organization is getting nearly $900,000 in federal funding for a three-year project designed to engage men and boys to help reduce violence against women and girls. The...
Jun 15, 2017
National Aboriginal Week in Red Deer to be highlighted by signing of Protocol Agreement
Red Deer will do its part starting Sunday for National Aboriginal Week. Locals are being encouraged to engage in the event, which is largely a celebration of Indigenous culture and history. Lianne Haz...
Jun 15, 2017
National cycling team to use Canadian-made Argon 18 bikes in multi-year deal
MONTREAL - Nearly three decades after retirement, Gervais Rioux is back on Canada’s national cycling team - this time as a bike supplier. Rioux’s company Argon 18 announced an agreement th...
Jun 15, 2017
Structure initially thought to be possible Halifax tunnel just a sewer pipe
HALIFAX - Construction workers in Halifax created a stir on social media when they uncovered a piece of infrastructure dating back to the 1800s, stoking speculation they had finally found a fabled und...
Jun 15, 2017
Vancouver Aquarium asks courts to overrule ban on cetaceans in Stanley Park
VANCOUVER - Officials with the Vancouver Aquarium say they have applied for a judicial review aimed at overturning a park board bylaw banning whales, dolphins and porpoises from its facility in Stanle...
Jun 15, 2017
Montreal exhibit celebrating life and work of Leonard Cohen to open in November
Montreal’s contemporary art museum will be hosting an exhibit later this year devoted to the life and work of Leonard Cohen, one that was conceived with the late singer-songwriter’s blessi...
Jun 15, 2017