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'My heart is going to bleed,' says man who lost daughter, granddaughter in plane crash
TORONTO - Habib Haghjoo's girls are returning home. The bodies of Sahar Haghjoo, 37, and her eight-year-old daughter, Elsa Jadidi, will land in Toronto on Saturday, Haghjoo said of his daugh...
Jan 25, 2020

Personal spending a party matter, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says how he used party funds to pay personal expenses is an internal matter and he won't provide any details. Revelations that Scheer was ...
Jan 25, 2020

NDP to put forward private member's bill on making national pharmacare a reality
OTTAWA - The New Democrats are planning to bring forward legislation to implement a national, universal pharmacare program. NDP House Leader Peter Julian is set to table a private member's bill a...
Jan 25, 2020

Victoria disappointed Supreme Court refuses to hear plastic bag bylaw appeal
VICTORIA - The mayor of Victoria says she is disappointed Canada's highest court won't reconsider a lower-court ruling that stopped her city from regulating single-use plastic bags. How...
Jan 25, 2020

Sides in Regina refinery labour dispute lay down conditions for talks to resume
REGINA - The owner of a Saskatchewan oil refinery where workers are locked out in a contract dispute says there has been a discussion with Unifor about returning to bargaining, but the ...
Jan 25, 2020

Canada's Brigitte Thibault returns to Augusta National Women's Amateur
Brigitte Thibault of Rosemere, Que., is headed back to the Augusta National Women's Amateur. The 21-year-old was the only Canadian in the field at the inaugural event last year and was officially invi...
Jan 25, 2020

Campaigning heats up in Iowa as caucus voting approaches
DES MOINES, Iowa - With President Donald Trump's impeachment trial keeping them on Capitol Hill for part of Saturday, several Democratic candidates trying to oust him in November will challenge the re...
Jan 25, 2020

Second day of search yields no sign of French snowmobilers missing in Quebec
ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - It was an exuberant group of French travellers who set off from Christine Reis' inn north of La Tuque, Que., on Tuesday morning, eager for the second day of ...
Jan 25, 2020

Feds roll out education, call for self-reporting to prevent coronavirus outbreak
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is rolling out information rather than surgical masks and thermal scanners to try to keep the country safe from a virus that has already killed more than two...
Jan 25, 2020

Toronto Argonauts, Saskatchewan Roughriders to square off in Halifax
HALIFAX - Brett Lauther will be returning home this summer. The CFL announced Thursday it will hold a regular-season game in Halifax in July. The Toronto Argonauts will host the Saskatchewan Roughride...
Jan 25, 2020