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Commons panel struggles to finalize report on how to help ailing news industry
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee studying Canada’s slumping media industry is struggling to finalize a long-awaited report that could, among other things, recommend Ottawa create a “digi...
May 06, 2017
B.C. NDP leader John Horgan takes campaign to Liberal heartland in Okanagan
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia’s New Democrats took their campaign to the Liberal heartland in the province’s Okanagan on Saturday, targeting three ridings held by Liberal backbenchers. N...
May 06, 2017
Refugee claimants coming to Canada through the United States not new
MONTREAL - One spring morning, Alfredo Rivas and his wife, who was seven months pregnant, grabbed the small bags containing their remaining belongings and headed north to Canada, a place they’d ...
May 06, 2017
French watchdog: large amount of Macron data leaked
PARIS - France’s election campaign commission says “a significant amount of data” has been leaked on social networks following a hacking attack allegedly suffered by centrist preside...
May 06, 2017
Prosecutors dropping 2 teens' charges in school rape case
ROCKVILLE, Md. - Prosecutors are dropping charges against two Hispanic teens accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in a restroom at a suburban Washington high school, a case cited by the White House as...
May 06, 2017
Experts: Convicting ex-officer in teen's death will be tough
HOUSTON - Authorities who’ve charged a white suburban Dallas police officer with murder in a black teenager’s death face a tough task in getting a conviction as few of these cases go to tr...
May 06, 2017
Federal officials target 27 national monuments for review
WASHINGTON - The Interior Department has identified 27 national monuments, mostly in Western states, that it is reviewing for possible changes to the protections created by Republican and Democratic p...
May 06, 2017
Former Trump aide calls Russia probe 'comically fake'
WASHINGTON - A Senate committee investigating Moscow’s interference in last year’s election has asked several of President Donald Trump’s associates to turn over information about po...
May 06, 2017
Candidate for Army secretary withdraws amid heavy criticism
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s choice for Army secretary has withdrawn his nomination in the face of growing criticism over his remarks about Muslims, and gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans...
May 06, 2017
US still in climate talks with no decision on Paris pullout
WASHINGTON - The United States says it it will continue attending United Nations climate change meetings, even as President Donald Trump considers pulling the U.S. out of a global emissions-cutting de...
May 06, 2017