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Pipeline at centre of B.C. conflict is creating jobs for First Nations: chief
A pipeline at the centre of a conflict between hereditary chiefs and a natural gas company in northern British Columbia is creating jobs for Indigenous people and lifting communities from poverty, say...
Jan 15, 2020
Universities across Canada plan moment of silence for plane crash victims
Universities across Canada are coming together today to honour the victims of a plane crash in Iran that left no survivors a week ago. More than a dozen universities have said they are grieving s...
Jan 15, 2020
Universities plan moment of silence and the growing deficit; In The News for Jan. 15
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 15 ... What we are watchin...
Jan 15, 2020
Vigils held for plane crash victims and assisted dying; In The News for Jan. 13
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 13. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...
Jan 15, 2020
Feds to delete near-death requirement but could impose new limits to MAID
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has accepted a court ruling that Canadians should not have to be near death to qualify for medical assistance to end their lives but it is now considering whether ...
Jan 15, 2020
Pakistan: 21 more bodies recovered in avalanche-hit Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Search teams aided by Pakistani troops pulled out 21 more bodies from homes destroyed by this week's avalanches in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, raising the overal...
Jan 15, 2020
Business as usual? How Europe's royals mix work and duties
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - As the British royal family wrestles with the future roles of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, it could look to Europe for examples of how princes and princesses have tried,...
Jan 15, 2020
Refugee and chocolate maker Tareq Hadhad to become Canadian citizen today
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia chocolate maker who came to Canada as a Syrian refugee will become a Canadian citizen today. Tareq Hadhad, the founder of Peace by Chocolate in Antigonish, is to ...
Jan 15, 2020
Group cleaning up old oil wells says Alberta government rules inadequate
EDMONTON - A group tasked with cleaning up thousands of abandoned energy facilities in Alberta says the province's rules for ensuring polluters reclaim their wells before selling them off are&nbs...
Jan 15, 2020
Crown appeal of verdict in toddler's meningitis death set for June in Calgary
CALGARY - The Alberta Crown's appeal of the acquittal of a couple in the death of their son is to be heard in June. David and Collet Stephan were accused of not seeking medical attention sooner f...
Jan 15, 2020