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Trudeau to mark NATO's birthday amid questions about military alliance's future
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will seek to deflect questions about Canadian defence spending when he meets with fellow NATO leaders starting Tuesday by pointing to Canada's numerous other con...
Dec 04, 2019
Premiers ask for more health funding, express hesitation on pharmacare
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Canada's provincial and territorial leaders agreed Monday to press the federal government for higher increases to health-care funding, but most expressed hesitation about a na...
Dec 04, 2019
CAQ crushes Liberals in Quebec City byelection, reinforcing party's dominance
QUEBEC - The Coalition Avenir Quebec easily won the Quebec City byelection in Jean-Talon Monday night, taking a riding whose electorate had steadily voted Liberal since 1966. Former political sta...
Dec 04, 2019
Toronto affordable housing agency no longer allows window a/c units
Toronto's affordable housing agency says it will no longer allow tenants to install window air conditioners, nearly a month after a toddler was struck and killed by a falling unit. The Toronto Co...
Dec 04, 2019
Poem gives fresh voice to African-Canadian pioneer of song and stage, Portia White
HALIFAX - As a boy, George Elliott Clarke browsed a family album and marvelled at the "shimmering career" of his great aunt Portia White, an African-Canadian woman who became an acclaimed classical si...
Dec 04, 2019
Male-dominated Iraqi military getting used to female soldiers: Canadian general
OTTAWA - Iraq's male-dominated military may slowly be getting used to dealing with high-level female counterparts, suggests the recently departed male commander of Canadian Armed Forces trainers ...
Dec 04, 2019
Federal government says its surplus and forfeited goods make great holiday gifts
MONTREAL - The federal government is reminding Canadians about some great holiday gift ideas hidden among the items it seizes at the border or doesn't need anymore. Cars, snowmobiles, board games, sho...
Dec 04, 2019
Ex-SNC-Lavalin executive on trial for fraud, corruption won't present defence
MONTREAL - A former SNC-Lavalin executive on trial for fraud and corruption has opted not to present a defence. Lawyers for Sami Bebawi informed the jury of their decision on Tuesday, meanin...
Dec 04, 2019
Trudeau government does spadework on minerals crucial to future economy
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is digging for intelligence on the role Canada's mining sector could play in providing the United States and other key trading partne...
Dec 04, 2019
Motherhood, social norms behind gender wage gap in Canada: Finance Canada docs
OTTAWA - Motherhood and the societal expectations that come with it are major factors in Canada's wage gap between men and women, concludes an internal government analysis that suggests Ottawa sh...
Dec 04, 2019