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B.C. budget includes child fund, climate plan, Indigenous revenue sharing
VICTORIA - The B.C. government maintained its focus on providing programs to help families cope financially in its latest budget Tuesday, following efforts a year ago to crack down on proper...
Feb 21, 2019
Shambhala Buddhist leader drops teaching in wake of report on sexual misconduct
HALIFAX - The Halifax-based spiritual leader of the Shambhala International Buddhist organization is stepping back from teaching and administrative duties several weeks after a report found alleg...
Feb 21, 2019
Retraumatized: Inuit leaders say sex charges stay for priest hurts victims
OTTAWA - Canada's decision to stay charges against a priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children and believed to be in France is traumatizing victims all over again, Arctic leaders say. "It...
Feb 21, 2019
Canada's Jennifer Jones hands Alberta's Chelsea Carey her first loss at Scotties
SYDNEY, N.S. - Team Canada's Jennifer Jones handed Alberta's Chelsea Carey her first loss at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Thursday afternoon. Jones hit a delicate tapback for three points in t...
Feb 21, 2019
Top Trudeau adviser Telford targeted in ex-Israel envoy's lawsuit
OTTAWA - One week after losing his right-hand man Gerald Butts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top political aide - chief of staff Katie Telford - faces allegations she intentionally inflicted m...
Feb 21, 2019
TSB says improved tankers involved in Manitoba derailment that spilled crude
ST. LAZARE, Man. - Federal investigators say CN railcars that spilled crude after derailing on farm land in western Manitoba were upgraded tankers. The Transportation Safety Board says 37 of...
Feb 21, 2019
Oland trial witness adds ambiguity on timing of multimillionaire's killing
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A man who probably heard Richard Oland being bludgeoned to death in his office has told a Saint John court he cannot pinpoint the time the strange thumping noises were made. John Ai...
Feb 21, 2019
Seven CFL teams featured male performers on their cheer/hype teams
The Montreal Alouettes incorporated men into their cheer team for the first time last season. Longtime director Annie Larouche hopes the program can achieve another first in 2019. "I have male (s...
Feb 21, 2019
Grain dryer fire at Richardson Pioneer in Melfort
Melfort fire crews were called to a grain dryer fire at the Richardson Pioneer facility southwest of the city.Crews responded to the scene just after 10:30 a.m. this morning.According to Melfort Fire ...
Feb 21, 2019 Melfort Richardson Pioneer. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Canadian retaliation to U.S. metal tariffs causing pain: ambassador
OTTAWA - Americans are complaining about the pain caused by Ottawa's retaliation against the Trump administration's steel and aluminum tariffs, Canada's ambassador to the United States says. Davi...
Feb 21, 2019