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Among female voters, Lisa Raitt sees a path to victory in Conservative race
OTTAWA - Lisa Raitt chose to enter the Conservative party leadership race after a kitchen-table conversation with family and friends in her hometown of Sydney, N.S. But it’s the conversations sh...
May 10, 2017
Five stories in the news today, May 10
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, May 10 --- BRITISH COLUMBIA VOTERS ELECT MINORITY GOVERNMENT British Columbia has its first minority government in 65 years with the Green party holding the bal...
May 10, 2017
B.C. limbo: provincial election results in doubt for at least two more weeks
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s election hangs in the balance with thousands of votes still to be counted, kicking off weeks of speculation and backroom negotiations with the newly influential Gr...
May 10, 2017
John McCain, Jimmy Carter, and Canadian lumber: one's more sympathetic
WASHINGTON - Two historic figures in American politics spoke about the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute this week - one sympathetic to the northern neighbour, and the other less so. The good cop: J...
May 10, 2017
Marijuana to take less than 1 per cent out of multibillion-dollar booze sales: study
MONTREAL - The recreational marijuana industry is expected to take a sip of less than one per cent initially out of annual Canadian alcohol sales once it becomes legal, a new analysis says. The Anders...
May 10, 2017
Deputy Ontario NDP leader Jagmeet Singh to run for federal leadership
OTTAWA - Ontario deputy NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is poised to launch a bid for federal leadership next week, The Canadian Press has learned. Sources familiar with Singh’s plans say he will make ...
May 10, 2017
Tunnel collapse renews safety concerns about nuclear sites
RICHLAND, Wash. - The collapse of a tunnel containing radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear weapons complex underscored what critics have long been saying: The toxic remnants of the Cold War are be...
May 10, 2017
Before the axe, Comey was pushing Trump-Russia probe harder
WASHINGTON - Days before he was fired by Donald Trump, FBI Director James Comey requested more resources to pursue his investigation into Russia’s election meddling and the possible involvement ...
May 10, 2017
Former owner of alligator wants zoo to hand over remains
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Massachusetts man who kept a 6-foot (1.83-meter) alligator in his backyard until it was removed by police wants the animal’s remains after it died at a nearby zoo. Of...
May 10, 2017
Zhang Yimou says 'Great Wall' story may have been too weak
BEIJING - Zhang Yimou says the disappointing U.S. performance of the biggest budget China-U.S. co-production to date, “The Great Wall,” may have been down to a weak story, but he hopes oth...
May 10, 2017