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Military reports minimal progress in drive to add more women to the ranks
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is reporting minimal progress in its drive to increase the number of women in uniform over the past five years - a task experts say has been made even harder followi...
May 12, 2021
Garneau quarantine travel to Iceland raises government confusion over rules
OTTAWA - Plans for Canada's foreign affairs minister to take his second international trip in less than a month have raised questions around what's allowed for those in quarantine and a discrepancy be...
May 12, 2021
U.K. eyeing fall for start of detailed trade deal talks with Canada, minister says
OTTAWA - Britain's trade minister says his country expects to kick-start talks on a free-trade pact with Canada in the fall and suggests it might differ in scope from what is now in place. Ranil Jayaw...
May 12, 2021
Canada must not extradite Diab regardless of coming French court decision: lawyer
OTTAWA - The Canadian government should not be part of any further wrongful extradition of Hassan Diab regardless of the outcome of a looming French Supreme Court ruling, his lawyer said Wednesday. Do...
May 12, 2021
Trump officials defend their actions in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two senior Trump administration officials defended their actions during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in testimony before Congress on Wednesday, with former acting Defense Secr...
May 12, 2021
Business leaders in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin urge court to keep Line 5 operating
WASHINGTON - Political "brinksmanship" in Michigan risks allowing Enbridge Inc. to abandon plans for a $500-million tunnel that would protect an ecologically sensitive Great Lakes waterway from the co...
May 12, 2021
House GOP ousts Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber's No. 3 GOP leader on Wednesday, punishing her after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump for hi...
May 12, 2021
Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo
BENI, Congo (AP) - When Shekinah was working as a nurse's aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said, she was offered a job from a World Health Organization doctor at double her salary - in ...
May 12, 2021
Israel steps up Gaza offensive, kills senior Hamas figures
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel on Wednesday pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior Hamas military figures and toppling a pair of high-rise ...
May 12, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 340,259 new vaccinations administered for a total of 16,597,...
May 12, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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