Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Intelligence says Iranian missile downed airliner, perhaps by mistake: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canadian and foreign intelligence indicates dozens of Canadians were killed by a potentially errant Iranian missile that downed their jetliner near Tehran this week, sparking a quest for answ...
Jan 09, 2020
France sees more nationwide protests of pension changes
PARIS - French rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others joined a fourth day of nationwide protests and strikes Thursday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron's plans to overhaul the pension...
Jan 09, 2020
First Nation waits on logging road at centre of pipeline dispute in northern B.C.
HOUSTON, B.C. - About a dozen supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary clan chiefs arrived to help set up a new camp on the side of a snowy logging road that's at the centre of a disputed pipeline ro...
Jan 09, 2020
Plane crash victims reflect changing pattern of Iranian migration to Canada
OTTAWA - An outpouring of grief over the deaths of dozens of Iranians with ties to Canada in a plane crash this week underscores the fact that while there may not be official diplomatic relations betw...
Jan 09, 2020
Risky Gulf Arab strategy tested by killing of Iran general
U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf have loudly pushed for hawkish policies by Washington to pressure, isolate and cripple Iran, but this high-stakes strategy is now being put to the test by the unexpecte...
Jan 09, 2020
China's economy czar going to Washington to sign trade deal
BEIJING - China's economy czar will visit Washington next week for the signing of an interim trade deal, the government said Thursday. Vice Premier Liu He, Beijing's chief envoy in talks with Washingt...
Jan 09, 2020
What the Wet'suwet'en case says about how Canadian courts address Indigenous law
About 30 years before the Wet'suwet'en First Nation faced the possibility of a natural gas pipeline through its territory, members fought a different battle in court. Lawyer Peter Grant, who represent...
Jan 09, 2020
Democrats, and some in GOP, seek more info on Iran decision
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration made its case on Capitol Hill for killing a powerful Iranian general, but Democrats - and a handful of Republicans - said the classified briefings Wednesday were ...
Jan 08, 2020
Canada offers more aid for Australia as bushfires burn across country
OTTAWA - Nearly 100 Canadian fire experts have been sent to Australia to help battle one of the worst wildfire seasons the country has ever seen, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told his Australian ...
Jan 08, 2020
Impeachment standoff deepens, testing McConnell and Pelosi
WASHINGTON - The standoff over President Donald Trump's impeachment trial deepened Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said there will be "no haggling" with Democrats as House Speaker ...
Jan 08, 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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