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Canada, Britain discussing Russia sanctions if it invades Ukraine, says U.K. envoy

OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Canada says the two countries are co-operating on a tough new set of sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine. Susannah Goshko, the British High Commissioner to Canad...

Feb 10, 2022

Defence Department failed to spend $1.2B in funding last year, most due to delays

OTTAWA - New figures show the Department of National Defence failed to spend more than $1.2 billion of its allotted budget in the last fiscal year, the majority due to delays in the purchase of new eq...

Feb 10, 2022

New Brunswick judge rejects 'rambling' anti-vax arguments from four public servants

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge has rejected a bid by four public servants to overturn the province's recent decision to place them on unpaid leave for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. ...

Feb 10, 2022

Teenager stabbed near Montreal-area high school on Tuesday has died, police say

Montreal police say a teenager who was stabbed during an altercation between students outside a Montreal-area high school on Tuesday has died. Police say the 16-year-old boy died today in hospital. Th...

Feb 10, 2022

Convoy protests creating political nightmare for Liberals and Conservatives alike

OTTAWA - Toronto Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith says he agrees with his colleague Jol Lightbound that the "divisive" rhetoric about getting vaccinated has to end, even if he is not fully onside wi...

Feb 10, 2022

Judges reject call for federal watchdog to probe case of slain Mexican activist

OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a plea from family and supporters of a slain Mexican activist - killed after opposing a Canadian company's mining project - to have a federal ombudsma...

Feb 10, 2022

GoFundMe representatives to testify before MPs about funding of extremism

OTTAWA - Crowdfunding site GoFundMe will speak to members of Parliament about what measures it has in place to prevent the funding of extremism. NDP MP Alistair MacGregor announced today representativ...

Feb 10, 2022

Richard Edjericon elected as new representative in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh byelection

Voters in a Northwest Territories riding have chosen a new member of the legislative assembly after their previous representative resigned. Richard Edjericon won the seat with 186 votes of 439 mail-in...

Feb 10, 2022

Researchers find evidence of first dinosaur with sore throat, flu symptoms

The dinosaur had a flu. A really bad flu. Cary Woodruff, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Toronto, and a team of researchers studieda fossil that may provide evidence of the first known ca...

Feb 10, 2022

Dropping First Nations COVID-19 infections brings hope Omicron wave has passed

OTTAWA - The Minister of Indigenous Services says the number of COVID-19 infections in First Nations communities has begun to decline, bringing hope that the worst of the Omicron wave has passed. Patt...

Feb 10, 2022