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MP Brosseau says she rejected Liberal overture because NDP is family
MONTREAL - Quebec New Democrat MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau says she rejected an overture from the Liberals and will run for the NDP in the next general election. In an interview with Le...
Feb 15, 2019
Trump's national emergency: from shutdown frying pan to constitutional fire
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is finally ending America's shutdown standoff, but diving headlong - virtually in the same breath - into a national emergency that's widely expected to trigger...
Feb 15, 2019
Case of newborn seized in hospital to be back in court in March
WINNIPEG - A family trying to get back a newborn who was seen in a social media video being taken away by police in a Winnipeg hospital is to be back in court in March. The video of the infant was bro...
Feb 15, 2019
Liberals give BlackBerry $40M to support self-driving car development
OTTAWA - BlackBerry is getting $40 million in federal funding to help it develop technologies for self-driving cars. The company is putting $300 million of its own money into the initia...
Feb 15, 2019
Trudeau faces critics inside and outside party as Wilson-Raybould scandal swirls
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a backlash within and outside his own party after Jody Wilson-Raybould's sudden resignation from his cabinet. The veterans-affairs minister quit this w...
Feb 15, 2019
Free-agent receiver Duron Carter signs one-year deal with B.C. Lions
Duron Carter is a B.C. Lion. The colourful receiver signed a one-year deal with B.C. on Wednesday, the second day of CFL free agency. "Players of Duron's remarkable ability are what make our league sp...
Feb 15, 2019
US says ex-intel official defected to Iran, revealed secrets
WASHINGTON - A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran despite warnings from the FBI has been charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government, ...
Feb 15, 2019
Former gymnastics coach Dave Brubaker found not guilty of sex assault
SARNIA, Ont. - A former high-ranking gymnastics coach was acquitted of sexual assault and sexual exploitation Wednesday after a judge found the testimony of the complainant sincere but said ...
Feb 15, 2019
Canadian rinks look to defend world junior curling titles at home
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - The Scotties Tournament of Hearts isn't the only big curling event in Nova Scotia for the next week. The Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, N.S., will be hosting the world junio...
Feb 15, 2019
Regina is already a King, but what about president?
NEW YORK - So, Regina King walked into a 99-cent store. And what'd she get? A prophecy on her life. No joke. King was shopping around - "sometimes people will say, 'You at the 99-cent store?' I like a...
Feb 15, 2019