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Quebec declines talks with feds, provinces, territories on coerced sterilization
OTTAWA - Quebec won't be part of a working group the federal government wants to examine claims that Indigenous women have been sterilized against their will. A spokesperson for Quebec's hea...
Feb 14, 2019
Spielberg, Gaga, sign get-well card for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
LOS ANGELES - Steven Spielberg, Lady Gaga, Spike Lee and Glenn Close have a message for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Get well soon. They and three dozen Hollywood A-listers, from Bradley...
Feb 14, 2019
Norad chief urges speedy defensive upgrades amid spectre of new Cold War
OTTAWA - The shadow of a new Cold War hung heavy Tuesday as the commander of North America's early-warning system urged Canada and the U.S. to get on with upgrading the continent's aging defences in t...
Feb 14, 2019
Riders Free Agency: A.C. Leonard returns, Holley to Ottawa
After the departures of Willie Jefferson and Tobi Antigha, the Saskatchewan Roughriders looked to a familiar face on the defensive line to fill the void.Defensive end A.C. Leonard is returning to the ...
Feb 14, 2019
A brief, incomplete history of strange Canadian industrial thefts
Police are baffled after Newfoundland thieves made off with about 30,000 litres of unbottled iceberg water worth as much as $12,000. The unusual bounty, which was to be used to make vodka, was being s...
Feb 14, 2019
Saskatchewan's justice minister says carbon case likely headed to Supreme Court
REGINA - Saskatchewan's attorney general says he has no doubt the province's constitutional challenge of Ottawa's imposition of a carbon tax will end up in the Supreme Co...
Feb 14, 2019
SNC-Lavalin faces criminal probe over Montreal bridge contract, documents reveal
MONTREAL - Quebec prosecutors are working with the RCMP on the possibility of new criminal charges against SNC-Lavalin tied to a contract to refurbish Montreal's Jacques Cartier Bridge, court doc...
Feb 14, 2019
Police questioning 'persons of interest' in Smollett case
CHICAGO - Detectives are interviewing two "persons of interest" who surveillance photos show were in the area of downtown Chicago where "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett said he was attacked last month, ...
Feb 14, 2019
Senate confirms William Barr as attorney general
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday confirmed William Barr as attorney general, placing the veteran government official and lawyer atop the Justice Department as special counsel Robert Mueller investi...
Feb 14, 2019
Canadian Special Olympics athlete excited to play at NBA all-star weekend
TORONTO - Micheal Wright plans to bring some NBA-style finesse to the Special Olympics World Summer Games this spring. Wright is the only Canadian out of 12 Special Olympics athletes competing in a Un...
Feb 14, 2019