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EDMONTON — Alberta’s energy regulator is making changes that it hopes will keep bad operators out of the oilpatch. Jim Ellis of the Alberta Energy Regulator…
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OTTAWA — Dominic LeBlanc has been diagnosed with leukemia, but says he’s confident that won’t get in the way of his work as federal fisheries minister.…
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REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is providing financial assistance to ranchers who suffered uninsurable losses when their grazing land was damaged by wildfires earlier this…
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OTTAWA — Civil libertarians and Muslim groups say minorities will face more border hassles under planned new procedures for preclearing travellers to enter the United…
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REGINA — Vehicles displaying Alberta licence plates will no longer be allowed on highways and infrastructure job sites in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan contractors aren’t allowed on Alberta…
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OTTAWA — Canadians in the Middle East were being urged to exercise caution ahead of planned protests against the Trump administration’s announcement it will recognize…
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TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general says teachers and other school board employees are taking more sick days — an average of nearly 12 last year.…
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OTTAWA — Industry sources say the Trudeau government is preparing to push back the expected delivery date of a new fighter jet to replace Canada’s…
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OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada stuck with its trend-setting interest rate Wednesday — but it offered fresh, yet cautious, warnings to Canadians that increases are likely on the way. The central…
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OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says the next federal budget will include more money for First Nations child welfare services on reserves, but she…
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VANCOUVER — A legal advocacy group says British Columbia is falling short of meeting targets set by the United Nations on women’s rights. The report…
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TORONTO — Waste management authorities have ruled out one part of northern Ontario as a suitable site for a bunker to store used, but highly…
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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier has won an interim injunction blocking media from reporting on court documents in a St. John’s murder…
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TORONTO — Long waits for a key cancer diagnosis procedure, underuse of radiation therapy and expensive trips to the United States for stem cell transplants are some of…
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TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general released her annual report on Wednesday, shining a spotlight on energy, health care and school boards among other areas. Here…
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TORONTO — Ontario electricity ratepayers are paying millions for power generators’ ineligible expenses — including scuba gear and raccoon traps — and are footing the…
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MONTREAL — Bouquets of red, pink and white roses were laid outside Ecole polytechnique on Wednesday at the foot of a plaque bearing the names…
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WHITEHORSE — The office of Canada’s auditor general says the Yukon government isn’t doing enough to combat climate change. A report released Tuesday points to…
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MONTREAL — The tenure of Montreal’s police chief could be coming to an abrupt end. Radio-Canada says a report expected to be released today on the…
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GUANGZHOU, China — The world is at a “pivot point” and will fail unless countries embrace free trade and elevate their citizens who have been…
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GUANGZHOU, China — An American diplomat says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet later this month to discuss…
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VANCOUVER — David Brown’s marijuana marketing students are often shocked to learn how difficult it is to — well — market marijuana. Advertising medical cannabis is essentially…
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OTTAWA — Canada’s ambassador for climate change has resigned from the position due to the sudden death of her husband. Jennifer MacIntyre was appointed to…
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EDMONTON — The Alberta NDP caucus wants the Speaker of the legislature to investigate whether United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney broke rules with a video…
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EDMONTON — The mother of a girl who died from injuries while in the care of relatives who had taken over as legal guardians from…
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VICTORIA — More inspectors at some casinos and tighter checks on gamblers with deep pockets have been ordered by the British Columbia government as it aims to prevent money laundering.…
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REGINA — The Saskatchewan government has introduced amendments to legislation that would allow landlords to decide on tenants’ marijuana use inside rental units. The Residential Tenancies Amendment…
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EDMONTON — Former Alberta premier Dave Hancock has been named a provincial court judge. Hancock, 62, is to serve on the bench adjudicating family and youth matters in Edmonton.…
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VANCOUVER — British Columbia has become the latest province to lay out its plan for regulating recreational marijuana, announcing that pot sales will be allowed through both public…
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OTTAWA — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says getting China into Canada’s international alliance to wean the world off coal power would be a huge win, but the…
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QUEBEC — Cannabis shouldn’t be sold near schools or in underprivileged areas, the president of the organization that represents Quebec’s municipalities said Tuesday. It will be…
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REGINA — Saskatchewan’s only drug-testing laboratory says a computer coding error resulted in doctors getting incorrect reports about two drugs that their patients were using. Patrick O’Byrne, executive…
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Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard bemoaned the dearth of qualified labour in the province Tuesday, saying the problem is more glaring than any dangers posed by possible…
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MONTREAL — Gabrielle Bouchard, the first trans woman to lead Quebec’s main women’s advocacy federation, says her detractors are guilty of trickle-down feminism. As long as white, privileged…
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OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget office says efforts to eliminate sexism from the Indian Act — which in some cases continues to allow fathers, but not…
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WASHINGTON — A number of pro-trade American lawmakers had lunch with Donald Trump on Tuesday as they ramped up the political campaign to prevent him from blowing…
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British Columbia and Manitoba are the latest provinces to outline their plans for the sale of marijuana with legalization looming July 1. Here is a…
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OTTAWA — A contrite-sounding Kent Hehr publicly apologized Tuesday to a group of thalidomide survivors who accused the disabilities minister of belittling them and their cause as…
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WINNIPEG — Manitoba plans to set 19 as the minimum age to buy and use recreational marijuana once it’s legalized in July, but people would not be allowed…
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TORONTO — An NDP member of the Ontario legislature wants to enshrine the name of late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie in a law creating the…
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The setting must have looked familiar to Justin Trudeau as he returned to a gleaming state guesthouse in Beijing for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, his second visit in…
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TORONTO — A natural gas plant in Brampton, Ont., “gamed” the system and ratepayers out of approximately $100 million, a regulatory investigation found — and it’s…
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CALGARY — Alberta is setting aside close to $1.4 billion from climate levies to help industry reduce carbon emissions. The government said the funding, spread…
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OTTAWA — Being a good listener and ensuring people know that they’ve been heard are keys to earning public confidence as a judge, Supreme Court…
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Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Dec. 5 ——— CANADIAN ANTI-DOPING ADVOCATE COMMENDS IOC’S RUSSIAN CRACKDOWN: Beckie Scott says she’s encouraged by the International Olympic…
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OTTAWA — The federal government sought to keep its multibillion-dollar plan to build new warships for the navy from capsizing on Tuesday by shooting down…
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TORONTO — Ontario is cracking down on what it calls rampant auto insurance fraud, saying it will lead to rate cuts for the province’s 10 million drivers.…
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VANCOUVER — The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered protesters in a south Vancouver neighbourhood to stop interfering with efforts to build temporary modular…
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OTTAWA — A rare medal awarded to a Canadian soldier for extreme bravery at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 will be staying in Canada…
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FREDERICTON — An Opposition member of the New Brunswick legislature is taking a break from her job after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Dorothy Shephard,…
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WASHINGTON — As its trail of arrests gets closer to U.S. President Donald Trump, the Russia investigation is facing a multi-front assault. The attacks have ramped…
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TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general is set to release her annual report Wednesday, with several sections looking at the province’s health-care sector. Bonnie Lysyk’s report…
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OTTAWA — Ahead of its July deadline for legalizing recreational marijuana use in Canada, the federal government has launched a campaign warning of the risks…
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BEIJING — Pursuing free trade with China and preserving the North American Free Trade Agreement are part of Canada’s international mission to combat the rising…
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OTTAWA — Canada’s softwood lumber exports to the U.S. have fallen since the Americans imposed new duties earlier this year, but thanks to near-record wood prices the…
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TORONTO — For the owner of Uncle Ike’s, one of the biggest marijuana shops in Seattle, the teenagers who come through his legal storefront to score weed…
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OTTAWA — MPs chastised an Equifax Canada executive Monday for not doing more to make amends to thousands of Canadians whose personal information was compromised by hackers.…
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OTTAWA — A Liberal member of Parliament from Quebec says a Conservative MP made comments towards her that were “humiliating” and “sexual in nature” during an event…
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OTTAWA — A group of veterans vowed to keep fighting the federal government Monday after the B.C. Court of Appeal rejected their landmark legal effort to…
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OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is willing to give provinces and territories a bigger share of the revenue from a federal excise tax on cannabis, provided that the…
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OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott has officially been given responsibility for overseeing the delivery of First Nations and Inuit health services. The federal…
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MONTREAL — The Quebec government released details Monday on how it plans to spend $36.4 million over five years to help the province’s struggling print media. Print…
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CALGARY — Kinder Morgan Canada and Burnaby, B.C., clashed in a National Energy Board’s hearing room Monday over the fate of local permitting for the controversial Trans…
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REGINA — The Saskatchewan government has introduced a climate-change strategy that inches toward a price on carbon emissions, but leaves large parts of its economy untouched. And it…
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MONTREAL — The federal transport minister offered reassurances Monday a new Montreal bridge will be safe despite a published report that some 2,000 defects have been found in parts manufactured by a Spanish company. “It’s in good hands,”…
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WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Public Utilities Board is giving a green light to rate increases for basic compulsory vehicle premiums, and is also recommending the…
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EDMONTON — Alberta has introduced new rules to try to keep third parties from end-running or abusing political fundraising rules. “Big money should have no…
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VICTORIA — A former Liberal cabinet minister and an Indigenous leader have been appointed to lead an independent review of British Columbia’s response to this year’s wildfire and flood disasters…
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CALGARY — The Alberta Party has extended its leadership race by almost three weeks to provide potential candidates with more time to build their campaigns…
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Highlights from the news file for Monday, Dec. 4 ——— CANADA, CHINA DELAY LAUNCH OF TRADE TALKS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau concluded talks with the Chinese…
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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The Supreme Court of Canada will be asked Tuesday to reopen a notoriously lopsided 1969 deal that has so far generated more than $27.5 billion for Hydro-Quebec, versus…
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TORONTO — The Ontario government says it is increasing its spending on bike lanes across the province. Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca says the province is…
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HALIFAX — A heart-rending case involving a Halifax-area boy has triggered new calls for a national strategy to help families with children who can become violently aggressive because…
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed new senators for Nova Scotia and Manitoba. Mary Coyle, a champion of women’s leadership, gender equality and the…
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TORONTO — Politicians in Toronto will be scrutinizing proposed rules for short-term rentals this week that could spell major changes for those who offer secondary residences…
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HALIFAX — The group representing Nova Scotia doctors has confirmed they are taking the province to court over unresolved contract issues. Doctors Nova Scotia sent copies of its…
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A grieving mother, clutching a feather gifted to her by an elder, wiped back tears on Monday as she recounted the torment of losing her daughter —…
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TORONTO — From texting a local dealer to dropping into a neighbourhood dispensary or ordering online, Canada’s black market for recreational marijuana has seen significant…
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QUEBEC — Powerful women who rise to the top level of Quebec provincial politics are not spared from sexual misconduct and harassment, The Canadian Press…
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OTTAWA — Canada’s top general says he is not in a rush to start sending Canadian peacekeepers out the door, and he indicated that money…
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QUEBEC — In a rare show of political unity, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard was joined by his political opponents as he attended a protest in support of workers…
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OTTAWA — The Trudeau government’s treatment of injured veterans will be under the spotlight Monday when a B.C. court rules whether a landmark lawsuit filed…
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OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are having second thoughts about a 2015 campaign promise out of concern that expanding the popular Home Buyers’ Plan would throw fuel on overheated housing…
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OTTAWA — The vast majority of Canadians favours a total ban on guns in urban areas, a new poll suggests. According to the poll, conducted by Ekos…
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MONTREAL — A Sri Lankan family in Montreal that is set to be deported tonight is hoping for a last-minute reprieve from Ottawa. The Lawrence…
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Davida Marantz got an unwelcome surprise when she got out of hospital in 2014 and went to pick up her beloved Sheltie Libby from friends. The dog needed $4,800…
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CALGARY — A world-renowned Alberta ski resort faces some legal moguls in a Calgary courtroom Monday over charges it cut down a stand of endangered trees.…
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TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Trans Mountain melee continues: Oral submissions continue next week as…
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TORONTO — Ontario is envisioning a future in which millions of electric vehicles are on the roads, but analysts predict consumer uptake will remain far off the…
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BEIJING — Smiles and warm handshakes, ceremony and splendour — all of it will be on vivid display on Monday when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang…