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Trudeau promises more money to kickstart health-care talks with provinces
HAMILTON - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is promising a national pharmacare program, but isn't saying how much it would cost to be fully implemented or when that would happen. The Liberals say they wo...
Sep 23, 2019

Feast and Round Dance in Prince Albert
The Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan (AFCS) is working on a project that focuses on Re-Igniting Sacred Fires MMIWG2S. The Government of Canada - Department of Women and Gender Equality es...
Sep 23, 2019

Court hears disclosure arguments in Meng Wanzhou case
VANCOUVER - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's case is scheduled to return to court today, when arguments over the disclosure of documents is expected to be heard ahead of her extradition trial...
Sep 23, 2019

UK Supreme Court to rule Tuesday on Parliament suspension
LONDON - Britain's Supreme Court is to give its verdict Tuesday on legality of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's five-week suspension of Parliament. Britain's highest court plans to announce the decision...
Sep 23, 2019

Liberals pay extra attention to seat held by Poilievre, the Tories' agitator
GREELY, Ont. - The battle for a semi-rural riding south of Ottawa has all the makings of something personal for the Liberals. Conservative Pierre Poilievre won it in 2015, but not by very much ov...
Sep 23, 2019

Battleground Ontario: Trudeau, Scheer hope Golden Horseshoe proves lucky
OTTAWA - Ontario: A place to take a stand, a place to grow your votes. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Liberal rival Justin Trudeau are each hoping to discover a bountiful crop of support as the...
Sep 23, 2019

Battleground Ontario: Trudeau, Scheer hope Golden Horseshoe proves lucky
OTTAWA - Ontario: A place to take a stand, a place to grow your votes. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Liberal rival Justin Trudeau are each hoping to discover a bountiful crop of support as the...
Sep 23, 2019

Biden: Trump 'deserves' to be investigated over Ukraine call
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump urged the new leader of Ukraine this summer to investigate the son of former Vice-President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the matter said. Democrats condemned w...
Sep 23, 2019

Iran asks West to leave Persian Gulf as tensions heightened
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president called Sunday on Western powers to leave the security of the Persian Gulf to regional nations led by Tehran, criticizing a new U.S.-led coalition patrolling the region'...
Sep 23, 2019

At least 7 killed as school collapses in Kenya's capital
NAIROBI, Kenya - A school collapsed in Kenya's capital on Monday morning, and officials said at least seven children were killed. Two others were in critical condition. Parents wailed at the scene of ...
Sep 23, 2019