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Ottawa professor who died in Ethiopia plane crash remembered for public outreach
Ottawa professor Pius Adesanmi, one of the 18 Canadians killed in Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash, is being remembered as a public intellectual whose outreach to Africans across the g...
Mar 11, 2019
Increase wolf cull, pen pregnant cows to save endangered caribou: study
EDMONTON - An extensive study of caribou herds across British Columbia and Alberta suggests a way to reverse a long and steady decline of the endangered species - kill more wolves and moose and p...
Mar 11, 2019
Foreign service workers' union asks for binding arbitration in contract talks
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada's diplomatic corps says it has filed a request to go to arbitration with the federal government after the two sides couldn't agree on a new contract&nb...
Mar 11, 2019
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh names Montreal MP Boulerice as deputy leader
MONTREAL - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is naming Montreal MP Alexandre Boulerice deputy leader in hopes of boosting the party's fortunes in Quebec. Singh made the announcement today at a community c...
Mar 11, 2019
Caregivers still vulnerable under new immigration rules, advocates warn
OTTAWA - Migrant workers employed in Canada as caregivers are confused by new changes to immigration programs aimed at them. Many are concerned the changes could mean barriers to obtaining p...
Mar 11, 2019
R. Kelly: 'We're going to straighten all this stuff out'
CHICAGO - R. Kelly walked out of a Chicago jail on Saturday after someone who officials say did not want to be publicly identified paid $161,633 that the R&B singer owed in back child support. Kel...
Mar 11, 2019
PMO denies Trudeau was hostile toward Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes
OTTAWA - A spokesman for the prime minister's office says Justin Trudeau had "emotional" conversations with Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, but denies her claims the encounters were "hos...
Mar 11, 2019
A look at the Canadian victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash
Details are emerging about the 18 Canadian victims of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in Addis Ababa that left 157 people dead. Here is what we know so far: Pius Adesanmi: Adesanmi was a...
Mar 11, 2019
Renewed efforts to find Montreal boy a year after his disappearance
MONTREAL - A year after 10-year-old Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou vanished after setting out to visit a friend in north-end Montreal, new efforts are being launched this week to find him. On Tuesday and ...
Mar 11, 2019
Big River Fish Derby
The 19th Annual Big River Fish Derby at Cowan Lake, Big River will be March 23 with $20,000 in prizes.Entry fee is $50 and $20 for a second hold.You must have a valid fishing license.See the poster fo...
Mar 11, 2019 : Karen Cay