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New leader to be chosen by federal Conservative members on June 27
OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives will gather in Toronto on June 27 to pick their next leader. A decision to set the date for the vote was made Friday, the latest development in the effort to replac...
Jan 05, 2020

Canada's world junior returnees looking for redemption vs. Finland in semis
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - It's a loss Joe Veleno knows he'll never truly get over. The same goes for Barrett Hayton. Canada was leading Finland 1-0 with under a minute to go in the quar...
Jan 05, 2020

Liberals set table for school-food program, warned to avoid top-down approach
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are being told to avoid creating a one-size-fits-all national school-food program to replace the existing patchwork of efforts to feed hungry children. The Liberals promi...
Jan 05, 2020

New cannabis products may not eat into black market, experts say
TORONTO - The arrival of legal cannabis edibles, vapes and other products in Ontario won't necessarily meet the government's stated goal of cutting into the black market, according to industry observe...
Jan 05, 2020

Passengers removed from WestJet aircraft after it skids off Halifax runway
HALIFAX - A passenger jet skidded off the end of a runway at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport on Sunday, but a spokeswoman for WestJet said there were no injuries. The city a...
Jan 05, 2020

Killing of Iranian general sparks concerns for safety of Canadian troops
OTTAWA - The safety of Canadians in the Middle East is the government's "paramount concern" following the death of a top Iranian general in an American airstrike, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Phi...
Jan 05, 2020

6 arrested in killings of 4 men at California backyard party
FRESNO, Calif. - Police in California announced Tuesday that they have arrested six suspected gang members in the shooting deaths of four men last month at a backyard gathering of family and friends t...
Jan 05, 2020

'Truly sorry:' Poet linked to killer of Indigenous woman cancels Regina lecture
A celebrated Canadian poet has cancelled a lecture about Indigenous justice issues at the University of Regina following outrage over his working relationship and friendship with the killer of a local...
Jan 05, 2020

Canadian Mirela Rahneva takes silver medal at skeleton World Cup
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada's Mirela Rahneva enjoyed a good start to 2020, sliding to a silver medal at the skeleton World Cup on Sunday. The 31-year-old had the fastest run of the day (58.01 se...
Jan 05, 2020

'Truly sorry:' Poet linked to killer of Indigenous woman cancels Regina lecture
REGINA - A celebrated Canadian poet has cancelled a lecture about Indigenous justice issues at the University of Regina following outrage over his working relationship and friendship with th...
Jan 05, 2020