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Liberals promise $638M for urban Indigenous housing
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to spend $638 million on housing for Indigenous people in cities and urban centres. The money is part of the Liberals' $40-billion housing plan, which is sp...
Feb 20, 2019
Manitoba 'pausing' relationship with former B.C. premier after allegations
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it is "pausing" its relationship with Gordon Campbell following an allegation in a British newspaper that the former B.C. premier ...
Feb 20, 2019
Study moves Oak Bay, B.C., closer to contraceptive control for problem deer
OAK BAY, B.C. - A contraception program to reduce the population of habituated, urban deer is one step closer in the Victoria-area District of Oak Bay. Councillors have reviewed a report&nbs...
Feb 20, 2019
Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says he would shelve oil-by-rail deal
EDMONTON - Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says if he wins the spring election, his government will do everything it can to cancel a $3.7-billion deal to ship more oil by rail. Kenney ...
Feb 20, 2019
No acquittal possible for Montreal man accused in wife's death: judge
MONTREAL - Jurors hearing the case of a Montreal man accused in the killing of his ailing wife will have to weigh two possible verdicts. Quebec Superior Court Justice Helene Di Salvo told the eight-ma...
Feb 20, 2019
Amnesty documents Venezuelan rights violations since start of democracy protests
OTTAWA - Amnesty International is accusing Venezuelan police and forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro of hundreds of human-rights abuses following the start of pro-democracy protest...
Feb 20, 2019
Defence at mother's murder trial says girls' deaths remain a mystery
LAVAL, Que. - The lawyer for a Quebec mother accused of killing her two daughters said Monday that 10 years after the girls were found dead in their playroom, there is still no exp...
Feb 20, 2019
Canadian advocates, bishops at odds over how to tackle sex abuse ahead of summit
Canada's top Catholic bishop says he hopes to emphasize the importance of believing victims when he discusses sexual abuse with his international counterparts during a gathering at the Vatic...
Feb 20, 2019
Trudeau's principal secretary, Gerald Butts, resigns amid SNC-Lavalin furor
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberal government was rocked Monday by the resignation of his principal secretary, Gerald Butts, amid allegations that the Prime Minister's Office interfered ...
Feb 20, 2019
Tech giants called to testify in Ottawa in international probe of fake news
OTTAWA - An international committee of legislators wants executives from some of the world's largest digital and social-media firms to testify on disinformation and "fake news" when it meets in O...
Feb 20, 2019