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Bail hearing in RCMP secrets case to conclude with final submissions
OTTAWA - Final submissions will be made Friday at a bail hearing for Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP official accused of breaching Canada's official-secrets law. Ortis, 47, is charged with&...
Oct 19, 2019
Broncos family member content with province's direction on trucker safety legislation
The sister of late Humboldt Broncos head coach Darcy Haugan says she'd be glad if the tragedy weren't used as a political football.Deborah Carpenter, who lives in Red Deer, spoke with rdnewsNOW after ...
Oct 19, 2019
Trudeau sidesteps questions about Obama, pleads for progressive votes in Quebec
TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - Justin Trudeau would not say Thursday whether his team asked former U.S. president Barack Obama to endorse his bid to remain prime minister, which came as the Liberals fight har...
Oct 19, 2019
Prison needle use should be supervised to ensure safety, guards say
OTTAWA - Setting up supervised injection sites at federal institutions is the way to go if the Correctional Service plans to continue making needles available to drug-using inmates, prison g...
Oct 19, 2019
Conservatives, Liberals in tight race in crucial Milton riding
MILTON, Ont. - Lisa Raitt is bracing for a late night on Monday, knowing the race in her southwestern Ontario riding of Milton is likely to be a nail-biter. With the federal election just days away, t...
Oct 19, 2019
Facts and numbers about the federal riding of Milton
MILTON, Ont. - Milton Conservative Party deputy leader Lisa Raitt will face Liberal star candidate Adam van Koeverden for the right to represent this growing riding west of Toronto. Prime Minister Jus...
Oct 19, 2019
Placido Domingo's European cultural award delayed
MILAN - Placido Domingo will not receive a European cultural award this weekend in Vienna as previously announced. It was the first change in the opera legend's European schedule since numerous accusa...
Oct 19, 2019
'A failing grade:' First Nations say Scheer absent in his Saskatchewan riding
REGINA - First Nations chiefs in Andrew Scheer's home riding say they haven't seen much of him in advance of Monday's federal vote, and feel like they're not a priority f...
Oct 19, 2019
Justin Thomas takes 2-stroke after 2 rounds at CJ Cup
JEJU ISLAND, Korea, Republic Of - Justin Thomas shot a 9-under 63 Friday to take a two-stroke lead at the CJ Cup, putting himself in position to win his second PGA Tour event in South Korea in three y...
Oct 19, 2019
Cummings, powerful congressman leading Trump probe, has died
BALTIMORE - Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of Pre...
Oct 19, 2019