Murray Wood: Why most of us are Switzerland when it comes to culture war debates
As society becomes more and more divided, Murray Wood says a lot of his friends are just trying to stay neutral, as ther...
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1 trillion euros: EU leaders get into big fight over budget
BRUSSELS - European leaders argued into the early hours of Friday about how to spend and share some 1 trillion euros ($1.1 trillion) over the next seven years. Their first summit since Britain quit th...
Feb 20, 2020
First Canadian coronavirus case now cleared of the virus: health officials
TORONTO - The first person in Canada to test positive for the novel coronavirus has now been completely cleared of the virus. Ontario health officials say the man in his 50s has now had two negative t...
Feb 20, 2020
Government needs to produce plan for dealing with veterans' backlog: Ombudsman
OTTAWA - The watchdog for Canadian veterans is urging the federal government to explain clearly how it plans to eliminate a backlog that is keeping thousands of former service members waiting to ...
Feb 20, 2020
Freeland agrees to NDP trade pitch in return for new NAFTA support: letter
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she wants to make Canada's trade negotiations more "transparent," by agreeing to proposals from the New Democrats to provide more details of ...
Feb 20, 2020
Official says she would have denied Desmond a gun licence had she known more
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why a former Canadian soldier fatally shot three family members and himself heard Thursday from a firearms official who said ...
Feb 20, 2020
Unreleased report finds stop checks, searches of protesters unlawful: Watchdog
VANCOUVER - A civilian police watchdog has released a letter that was described Thursday as "explosive" by a supporter of hereditary chiefs opposed to a pipeline in northern British Columbia...
Feb 20, 2020
A timeline on rail disruptions by anti-pipeline protesters across Canada
RCMP began enforcing an injunction earlier this month that prevents interference with construction of a $6.6-billion natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. Here is a timeline of the disput...
Feb 20, 2020
Pentagon chief visits nuke base to highlight weapon spending
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. - Defence Secretary Mark Esper used his first-ever visit to a nuclear missile field in frigid North Dakota to tout the Trump administration's multibillion-dollar plan for a ...
Feb 20, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia: B.C.'s indigenous relations minister says the events in Wet'suwet'en territory over th...
Feb 20, 2020
Top court decision releases documents to be used in lawsuit against N.S. premier
HALIFAX - A former Crown lawyer plans to proceed with a libel suit against Nova Scotia's premier, armed with newly released documents that shed light on how he was told to litigate...
Feb 20, 2020
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Sarah Mills: We must see the good in the world, even when it's hard to find
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Evan talks with Christine Sarteschi, criminology professor and cult expert, about who Romana Didulo is, and former Marte...