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Action plan on missing, murdered Indigenous women coming by June: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the federal government will release by June 2020 its plan to respond to the final report of the inquiry into missing an...
Dec 04, 2019
Ontario not on track to achieving emissions reductions targets: auditor
TORONTO - Ontario is unlikely to meet its 2030 emissions target under its current climate change plan - and Premier Doug Ford's government knows it, the province's auditor gen...
Dec 04, 2019
Student in custody after shooting at Milwaukee-area school
MILWAUKEE - A police officer shot an armed male student in a classroom at a suburban Milwaukee high school Monday morning after the teenager pointed a gun at officers, a police chief said. Officers pe...
Dec 04, 2019
US Rep. Denny Heck of Washington state says he's retiring
SEATTLE - Democratic Rep. Denny Heck of Washington state said Wednesday that he is retiring from Congress. Heck is serving his fourth term representing Washington's 10th District, southwest of Seattle...
Dec 04, 2019
More RCMP officers coming to Alberta following funding announcement
LEDUC, AB - More RCMP officers will be coming to Alberta following a recent announcement from the provincial government.Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer announced Wednesday that all three levels of go...
Dec 04, 2019 Justice Minister and Solicitor General Doug Schweitzer shakes hands with an RCMP officer in Leduc County. - Government of Alberta photo
Top NHL draft prospects Lafreniere, Byfield named to Canada's world junior camp
Canada will be counting on Alexis Lafreniere for offence at the upcoming world junior hockey championship. And with the status of some of the other veterans from last year's team up in the a...
Dec 04, 2019
Downhill training cancelled at Lake Louise due to snow accumulation
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Wednesday's downhill training session at the women's alpine skiing World Cup stop at Lake Louise has been cancelled due to snow accumulation on the course. The Environment Canada ...
Dec 04, 2019
Kemp expected to pick newcomer to succeed Isakson in Senate
ATLANTA - Georgia's governor is expected to appoint a wealthy business executive to replace an outgoing U.S. senator, according to a GOP political consultant, bypassing President Donald Trump's prefer...
Dec 04, 2019
Jagmeet Singh outlines NDP priorities for throne speech
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his caucus is ready to work with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but he should not take their support for granted. Singh says he is looking for a number of s...
Dec 04, 2019
Trudeau's plane damaged, now backup plane grounded in London, U.K.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's bad luck with planes continues. He was forced to use a back-up aircraft Monday to ferry him to London for a NATO summit because the usual prime minis...
Dec 04, 2019