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Canadian public health agencies ramping up preparations in response to new virus
Canadian public health agencies are ramping up preparations to deal with a new virus that has infected hundreds of people in China and killed at least 17. Authorities in several countri...
Jan 24, 2020
Memo to Trudeau prods Liberals to look at reviving vice-regal appointments board
OTTAWA - Senior officials advising Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have pressed him gently to rethink how the Liberals have been making vice-regal appointments. Under the Conservatives, there had been&n...
Jan 24, 2020
Decision to bow out of leadership race weeks in the making: Poilievre
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre says weeks of uncertainty about whether he actually wanted to enter the party's leadership race came to a head as deadlines to sign contracts loomed. He ...
Jan 24, 2020
Mikael Kingsbury ready to defend World Cup title this weekend in Mont-Tremblant
MONTREAL - Mikael Kingsbury is defending his title at the World Cup moguls in Mont-Tremblant after taking time in training camp to fine-tune some aspects of his skiing. The 27-year-old from ...
Jan 24, 2020
Federal parties left dozens of potential election promises on cutting-room floor
OTTAWA - Federal political parties left dozens of potential platform proposals on the cutting-room floor during the last election campaign, a new report from the parliamentary budget officer suggests....
Jan 24, 2020
Ex-Alberta legislature member on tax strike over unpaid oilpatch property levies
A former provincial Liberal leader and member of the Alberta legislature says he won't pay his provincial taxes until oilpatch players pay theirs. "It's getting worse," David Swann said Wednesday...
Jan 24, 2020
Rona Ambrose decides against Tory leadership, will stay private sector
OTTAWA - Rona Ambrose, the former Alberta MP and interim party chief who had been the favoured leadership candidate of many Conservatives, won't seek the party's top job. Her decision to not run ...
Jan 24, 2020
Trudeau taps Quebec senator as Liberal government's new rep in upper chamber
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is tapping Sen. Marc Gold, a constitutional law expert and former chair of the Jewish Federations of Canada, to serve as the Liberal government's representative ...
Jan 24, 2020
Police begin using unmanned aerial vehicles for operations
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Police Service has added unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to their list of equipment on Friday.Police announced four UAVs were recently donated to the police service ...
Jan 24, 2020 One of the unmanned aerial vehicles that will be used by the Medicine Hat Police Service - Photo by Bob Schneider
April trial set for Cuba Gooding Jr. in bar groping case
NEW YORK - Two women who have accused Cuba Gooding Jr. of sexual misconduct will be allowed to testify at his trial on charges that he groped three other women at Manhattan bars in 2018 and 2019, a ju...
Jan 24, 2020