Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Minneapolis approves cuts to police budget, not staffing
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget early Thursday that will shift about $8 million from the police department toward violence prevention and other programs - but ...
Dec 09, 2020
Lametti questions Conservatives' sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti is questioning the sincerity of Conservatives who contend they're holding up a bill on assisted dying because it doesn't do enough to protect vulnerable people ...
Dec 09, 2020
Hunter Biden tax probe examining Chinese business dealings
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is investigating the finances of President-elect Joe Biden's son, including scrutinizing some of his Chinese business dealings and other transactions, a person fami...
Dec 09, 2020
CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request
VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou - an arrest that will be under court scr...
Dec 09, 2020
Battle lines drawn for first ministers' meeting on health care
OTTAWA - Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. First ministers are scheduled to meet via...
Dec 09, 2020
Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records
QUEBEC - The Quebec government introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care facilities to obtain in...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. issues challenge to Canada's dairy quotas in first test of new trade agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States opened a new chapter Wednesday in the book of trade tensions with Canada, formally complaining that U.S. dairy producers are being unfairly shut out of markets nor...
Dec 09, 2020
US govt, states sue Facebook for 'predatory' conduct
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government and 48 states and districts sued Facebook Wednesday, accusing it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors and seeking remedies tha...
Dec 09, 2020
Quebec government lawyers tell court Bill 21 is not a violation of freedoms
MONTREAL - The Quebec government does not believe its secularism law violates freedom of religion, but rather it serves to frame it, one of its lawyers told a court Wednesday. As those defending the l...
Dec 09, 2020
Gunman behind mass shooting in Nova Scotia had targets in Halifax: search warrants
HALIFAX - Newly released documents suggest the gunman behind the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia had planned to "get" a pair of people in Halifax during his rampage, but the Mounties were warned by...
Dec 09, 2020
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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