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Republicans assail security aide who reported Trump call
WASHINGTON - A career Army officer on Donald Trump's National Security Council testified Tuesday he was duty-bound to object to the president's clearly "improper" phone call seeking Ukrainian investig...
Nov 21, 2019
Alberta Review Board chair quits over lack of government support
EDMONTON- The chairwoman of the Alberta Review Board says she has decided to resign after months of what she characterizes as banging her head against a wall.Jill Taylor sent her resignation letter ye...
Nov 21, 2019 Premier
Jason Kenney, and Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General
Sweden drops Assange rape investigation after 9 years
STOCKHOLM - Sweden on Tuesday dropped its investigation into an alleged rape by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently in prison in Britain, because too much time has elapsed since the acc...
Nov 21, 2019
Key witnesses will cap intense week in impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON - House impeachment investigators will hear on Thursday from two key witnesses who grew alarmed by how President Donald Trump and others in his orbit were conducting foreign policy in Ukrai...
Nov 21, 2019
NDP wants entire UCP caucus banned from voting on Bill 22
EDMONTON- Opposition leader Rachel Notley wants the ethics commissioner to ban the entire United Conservative caucus from voting on a bill that would fire the province's election watchdog.Notley says ...
Nov 21, 2019
Prince Andrew faces more disgrace as business backers leave
LONDON - Britain's Prince Andrew faced further disgrace Tuesday as charitable partners and educational institutions began to distance themselves from him amid unfavourable fallout from an interview on...
Nov 21, 2019
Canada prepping for second-chance Olympic baseball qualifier in March
When Scott Mathieson announced his retirement from professional baseball last month, he was already envisioning a temporary comeback - and a better way to officially end his playing career. The 3...
Nov 21, 2019
Bringing Canadian university football final back to Grey Cup week on CFL radar
CALGARY - The Vanier Cup will become part of Grey Cup again if the CFL commissioner gets his way. Incorporating the Canadian university football championship into Grey Cup week is high on Randy A...
Nov 21, 2019
Trans Mountain received $320M in government subsidies in first half 2019: report
VANCOUVER - The Trans Mountain pipeline received $320 million in subsidies from the Canadian and Alberta governments in the first half of 2019, says a new report by an economic institute that analyzes...
Nov 21, 2019
Police officer fatally shot investigating home invasion
DETROIT - A police officer was fatally shot and another was wounded while responding to a home invasion on Detroit's West Side, authorities announced late Wednesday. The officers were searching the ho...
Nov 21, 2019