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All avenues for peace in Venezuela must be explored: Chrystia Freeland
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will head to Cuba next week for more talks with her counterpart there on the situation in Venezuela. Freeland made the announcement following a meet...
Aug 24, 2019
Liberals dig up video of Scheer speaking against same-sex marriage
OTTAWA - Liberals went trolling Thursday for young, progressive-minded voters with 14-year-old video footage of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer speaking out against same-sex marriage ...
Aug 24, 2019
Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov to meet again in U.S. Open first round
Felix Auger-Aliassime didn't have much time to savour his first career appearance at the U.S. Open. Overcome with heart palpitations during his first-round match last year against fellow Canadian and ...
Aug 24, 2019
Bishop-Nriagu is shutting down her season due to Achilles injury
TORONTO - Melissa Bishop-Nriagu, the Canadian record-holder and a world silver medallist in the 800 metres, is shutting down her season due to injury. The 31-year-old runner from Eganville, Ont., anno...
Aug 24, 2019
Fear mounting that changes to drug pricing in Canada could stifle innovation
OTTAWA - Some Canadian patients and groups that advocate on their behalf are sounding the alarm about the federal government's recent changes to the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines. To...
Aug 24, 2019
Saskatchewan abandons commitment to improve northern airport after crash: chief
REGINA - The chief of a remote Saskatchewan First Nation says the province's decision not to help improve an airport runway near his community while doing so in a city outside Regi...
Aug 24, 2019
Patriots safety Chung indicted on cocaine possession charge
LACONIA, N.H. - New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung has been indicted in New Hampshire on a charge of cocaine possession, according to court paperwork released Thursday. A Belknap County grand j...
Aug 24, 2019
Canada's climate plan not enough, entire G7 must do more report says
OTTAWA - The wealthiest countries in the world - including Canada - are lagging instead of leading in the fight against global warming, a new report says. The Climate Action Network, a global ass...
Aug 24, 2019
Top general says military started dealing with suspected neo-Nazi in the spring
OTTAWA - The military "did not miss" a Manitoba army reservist's alleged links to a neo-Nazi group, but in fact first started looking into it months before media reports on the subject began to surfac...
Aug 24, 2019
New report blames growing seal population for decline of cod stocks
FREDERICTON - A new report identifies grey seals as the main cause of a decline in cod stocks in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence that could drive the fish to extinction by mid-century. The...
Aug 24, 2019