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- LIVE UPDATES: Defence lawyer raises new questions about timing of Richard Oland's killing 22 Feb 2019 20:55 CTV News Chris Morris, The Canadian Press Published Friday, February 22, 2019 7:10AM EST Last Updated Friday, February 22, 2019 3:45PM EST SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- A tense cross-examination of the final prosecution witness at the Dennis Oland murder trial has raised new …
- Trudeau government posted $300-million surplus in the first nine months of 2018-19 22 Feb 2019 20:49 Calgary Herald OTTAWA — A preliminary analysis of the federal books says the government ran a budgetary surplus of $300 million through the first nine months of the fiscal year. The surplus is an improvement compared with the April-to-December period in 2017-18, when …
- Trans Mountain: Some good news, but the saga is far from over 22 Feb 2019 20:47 Tradingcharts.com MONTREAL, Feb. 22, 2019 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- The MEI salutes the National Energy Board's decision to recommend that the federal government move forward with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. Nonetheless, this saga is far from …
- Families of Toronto's Danforth shooting victims seek ban on handguns, assault ... 22 Feb 2019 20:45 Calgary Herald TORONTO — Seven months after a gunman went on a shooting rampage in Toronto’s Greektown, survivors and victims’ loved ones called on Ottawa to ban private ownership of handguns and assault rifles across the country. The group that gathered Friday at a …
- 'This could be you': Families of Toronto's Danforth shooting victims seek ban on handguns, assault ... 22 Feb 2019 20:45 Edmonton Journal TORONTO — Seven months after a gunman went on a shooting rampage in Toronto’s Greektown, survivors and victims’ loved ones called on Ottawa to ban private ownership of handguns and assault rifles across the country. The group that gathered Friday at a …
- Schedule for university homecomings changed to limit crowds at street parties 22 Feb 2019 20:43 Waterloo Chronicle WATERLOO — Homecoming football games for six Ontario universities have been tightly scheduled over two weekends in hopes of decreasing the number of out-of-town students who attend unsanctioned street parties. This fall, Wilfrid Laurier University, the …
- Higgs among premiers calling for end to tariffs, reboot on Canada-U.S. relationship 22 Feb 2019 20:33 CKCW WASHINGTON -- Three of Canada's premiers are in Washington to press the Trump administration for an end to punishing U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from north of the border. Ontario's Doug Ford is with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and …
- Canadian students urged to study in China despite Kovrig, Spavor arrests 22 Feb 2019 20:32 Calgary Herald The Canadian Press Updated: February 22, 2019 Michael Kovrig (left) and Michael Spavor, the two Canadians detained in China, are shown in these 2018 images taken from video. Canadian diplomats have been granted consular access to one of two Canadians …
- ‘We’ve had enough,’ SNC-Lavalin CEO says of claims made against company in political firestorm 22 Feb 2019 20:31 National Newswatch The CEO of SNC-Lavalin says the company plans to “vigorously defend” itself in the court case as the centre of the unfolding political scandal in Ottawa, and says the company’s hard-working employees are being used “as pucks in a political hockey game” …
- In Ottawa politics, there’s pressure … and then there’s ‘pressure’ 22 Feb 2019 20:31 National Newswatch In his testimony before the standing committee on justice and human rights, Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick gave us the clearest, most comprehensive account yet of what allegedly transpired behind closed doors between former attorney-general …