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Harris returns under centre for Eskimos looking to regain early season form
EDMONTON - After spending four games holding a clipboard and pacing the sidelines, Trevor Harris will be back where he's far more comfortable on Saturday - in the middle of the action when the Ed...
Oct 25, 2019
May sees room for consensus on climate action, pharmacare in new Parliament
OTTAWA - Green Leader Elizabeth May hopes to use whatever influence her three-member caucus has to ensure bolder climate action, a pharmacare plan and a promise of lower cellphone rates make thei...
Oct 25, 2019
Groups, councillor call on Montreal to end discriminatory police checks
Montreal community groups and a local city councillor want a ban on street checks by police. The coalition of groups announced today they'll ask the City of Montreal to put a moratorium on t...
Oct 25, 2019
Activist Greta Thunberg attends 'post-election climate strike' in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg attended a climate rally in Vancouver on Friday when 15 young people announced their plans to sue the federal government because of the impac...
Oct 25, 2019
Judge: Justice must give House Mueller grand jury evidence
WASHINGTON - A judge has ordered the Justice Department to give House Democrats secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl ...
Oct 25, 2019
With playoff fate set, Alouettes expected to rest some starters against Ticats
MONTREAL - A watered-down Alouettes roster going up against the league-best Tiger-Cats is evidence that Montreal is slowly shifting its attention to the CFL playoffs. As much as they want to prove the...
Oct 25, 2019
N.S. government to return to talks with Crowns, as controversial law paused
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Liberal government today held off on enacting legislation that would have forced striking Crowns back to work, promising to return to the neg...
Oct 25, 2019
US budget deficit hits $984 billion, highest in 7 years
WASHINGTON - The federal deficit for the 2019 budget year surged to $984.4 billion, its highest point in seven years, and is widely expected to top the $1 trillion mark in coming years. The 26% surge ...
Oct 25, 2019
Quebec hopes Trump administration lawsuit doesn't force California out of carbon market
MONTREAL - The Trump administration won't slow down Quebec's progress on reducing carbon emissions, Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday following news that California is being sued for w...
Oct 25, 2019
Alberta to reduce spending by 3 per cent, but no cuts to health, education
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government will cut program spending by close to three per cent in Thursday's provincial budget. But Kenney, in a TV address Wednesday night, reiterate...
Oct 25, 2019