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Peacekeeping mission must start with exit strategy, military officials warn
OTTAWA - Make sure you have a plan to get out before you actually get in. That is one of the main messages of an internal paper that military officials prepared last summer as they considered the chal...
May 11, 2017
Nova Scotia election roundup
HALIFAX - (NSElxn) Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives are promising balanced budgets over four years, but their not saying what would be cut to keep the books balanced. Tory Leader Jamie Ba...
May 11, 2017
Class-action lawsuit initiated over potentially defective cardiac defibrillators
TORONTO - Two Toronto law firms have launched a Canada-wide class-action lawsuit against the manufacturers of implantable defibrillators that can fail with little or no warning because of potentially ...
May 11, 2017
Dillier wins stage 6 of the Giro, Canada's Woods fifth
TERME LUIGIANE, Italy - Silvan Dillier won from an early breakaway to take the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia and his first Grand Tour victory on Thursday, while Toronto’s Mike Woods fin...
May 11, 2017
Casse: State of Honor could run in $1-million Queen's Plate on July 2
TORONTO - He made the Run for The Roses, and now State of Honor could be set to take a Gallop for the Guineas. The Ontario-bred and owned horse was heading back to Woodbine Racetrack following his 19-...
May 11, 2017
Kazoo, Kaos, Karma: winning names in RCMP 'Name the Puppy' contest
INNISFAIL, Alta. - The puppies have names! The RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre in Alberta received close to 21,000 entries in their contest to name the first 13 German shepherd puppies to be b...
May 11, 2017
Unwelcome in Toronto, police will march in Cape Breton Pride parade
SYDNEY, N.S. - Cape Breton Regional Police officers will walk in the community’s Pride parade this year, police and parade organizers announced today. Their joint statement says police and Pride...
May 11, 2017
Senators defenceman Methot focused on getting to Cup final, not getting even with Crosby
OTTAWA - Retaliation is not on Marc Methot’s mind as the Ottawa Senators prepare to take on Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL Eastern Conference Final. Methot suffered a badly...
May 11, 2017
Harper taking a back seat to Ambrose, successor at Tory leadership convention
OTTAWA - Former Conservative party leader and prime minister Stephen Harper is not expected at this month’s leadership convention, party officials said Thursday. Party members will converge in T...
May 11, 2017
UN agency wants Trudeau to push G7 on unaccompanied refugee children
OTTAWA - The United Nations children’s agency is urging Justin Trudeau to press his fellow G7 leaders to do more to help vulnerable and isolated refugee children who face rampant sexual and phys...
May 11, 2017