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Poilievre ends bid for Tory leadership citing desire to spend time with daughter
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre is bowing out of his party's leadership race. Poilievre says he is overwhelmed by the support he received as he built a campaign to replace Andrew Scheer. But...
Jan 23, 2020

Phoenix Rising: Slovak goalie Hlavaj looking for second crack at NHL draft
Samuel Hlavaj entered the season as an unknown prospect in unfamiliar territory, passed over at last year's NHL draft. A lot has changed since for the Slovak goaltender, who now has the Queb...
Jan 23, 2020

Barriers exist for women to get into Conservative race: Marilyn Gladu
OTTAWA - The only woman seeking to run for leader of the Conservative party so far says the rules themselves could be keeping other women out of the race. Marilyn Gladu, an Ontario MP, says ...
Jan 23, 2020

Ujiri says Raptors are "going to die trying" to win second consecutive title
TORONTO - There was a moment during his keynote speech Tuesday night that Masai Ujiri briefly looked at his phone. With the NBA trade deadline looming Feb. 6, rumours are rampant on social media, but ...
Jan 23, 2020

Canadian experts returning home after probing Tehran plane crash, TSB says
OTTAWA - The Transportation Safety Board says two investigators are heading back to Canada after six days in Tehran and two in Kyiv, helping probe the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines ...
Jan 23, 2020

Royal Canadian Legion expels members for wearing unearned military commendations
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Legion says it has taken a landmark decision to expel two members for wearing military commendations they did not earn as the 95-year-old veterans' organization crack downs...
Jan 23, 2020

Malaysia returns 150 containers of garbage, including 11 to Canada
OTTAWA - The Malaysian government sent 11 shipping containers of plastic garbage back to Canada recently as the country takes a hard stand to try to keep illegal foreign waste from its shores. But Can...
Jan 23, 2020

Manitoba premier says grain-drying would be exempt from a provincial carbon tax
BRANDON, Man. - One day after signalling a compromise on a carbon tax, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister pitched the idea to agriculture producers who have largely opposed a tax on carbon and...
Jan 23, 2020

Canada applauds international court decision on Myanmar Rohingya genocide
OTTAWA - Canada is urging Myanmar to fully comply with an international court ruling calling on the South Asian country to protect its minority Muslim Rohingya population from genocide. Foreign Affair...
Jan 23, 2020

Premier's comments spark concern over future of supervised consumption services in Red Deer
The executive director of Turning Point, which operates Red Deer's temporary Overdose Prevention Site (OPS), says she is disappointed to hear Premier Jason Kenney say the government may close or reloc...
Jan 23, 2020 Red Deer's temporary Overdose Prevention Site (rdnewsNOW file photo)