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Red tape, lack of experience slowing $60B warship project: Former DND official
OTTAWA - A former Defence Department official has pulled back the curtains on what he says are some serious problems with Canada's $60-billion effort to buy new warships for the navy, including r...
Nov 17, 2019
Leaders of Russia, Ukraine to meet to discuss conflict
PARIS - The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will meet in Paris on Dec. 9 to try to seek a settlement for the five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine that has killed 13,000 people. French ...
Nov 17, 2019
Greens to vote against Liberal throne speech unless carbon targets toughened: May
OTTAWA - Capping a week of meetings with opposition leaders, Justin Trudeau met Friday with the Green party's Elizabeth May, who says she will vote against the Liberal go...
Nov 17, 2019
N. Scott Momaday remembers 1969 Pulitzer, promises memoir
SANTA FE, N.M. - Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his groundbreaking novel "House Made of Dawn," said he's not done writing and vows to finish his long-anticipated m...
Nov 17, 2019
Swift questions AMAs performance over fight with music group
LOS ANGELES - Taylor Swift said Thursday that she may not perform at the American Music Awards and may have to put other projects including a forthcoming Netflix documentary on hold because the men wh...
Nov 17, 2019
No new rules needed to ensure timely youth justice, Supreme Court says
OTTAWA - There is no need for new rules to ensure timely justice when young people are charged with crimes, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided. The ruling came Friday as the high court dismi...
Nov 17, 2019
CFL stadium group submits revised plan to Halifax Regional Council
HALIFAX - A proposal to build a 24,000-seat stadium for a potential Halifax CFL franchise has been updated by the business group fronting the idea after it was nearly quashed by municipal politic...
Nov 17, 2019
Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews apologizes after charge dismissed
TORONTO - Auston Matthews issued an apology after a charge of disorderly conduct and disruptive behaviour against the Toronto Maple Leafs centre was dismissed in his hometown of Sc...
Nov 17, 2019
Conflicting White House accounts of 1st Trump-Zelenskiy call
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump released the rough transcript Friday of a congratulatory phone call he had with the incoming president of Ukraine, holding it out as evidence he did nothing wrong. ...
Nov 17, 2019
Russia providing mood music for House impeachment drama
WASHINGTON - For all the talk about Ukraine in the House impeachment inquiry, there's a character standing just off-stage with a dominant role in this tale of international intrigue: Russia. As has so...
Nov 17, 2019