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Experts reflect on British Columbia’s reputation for political eccentricity
VANCOUVER – It was a memorable way for British Columbia’s female legislators to reprimand one…
Man pleads guilty to threatening alleged Quebec mosque shooter
QUEBEC – A man pleaded guilty Thursday to uttering death threats against Alexandre Bissonnette, the…
Nicaraguan appealing for asylum in Florida deported
MIAMI – Immigration authorities have deported a Nicaraguan man appealing for asylum despite pleas by…
Top national security official to leave Justice Department
WASHINGTON – The official leading the Justice Department’s investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s campaign…
Opposition wants price tag for government’s cannabis tracking system
OTTAWA – The federal government is under fire from the opposition Conservatives for failing to…
Police knock federal report on fatal Michigan bike crash
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Police agencies in Michigan are disputing a report by federal safety regulators…
Paul Stalteri looks to return to FIFA U-17 World Cup, this time as coach
Twenty-four years ago, Paul Stalteri represented Canada at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Japan.…
New commander promises to add staff to much-maligned unit for injured soldiers
OTTAWA – The new head of the military’s support unit for ill and injured military…
Obama offers France’s Macron luck, advice ahead of election
WASHINGTON – Former President Barack Obama waded into France’s closely watched presidential election on Thursday,…
Clean tech industry struggling, but piquing interest in U.S.: McKenna
OTTAWA – Canada’s clean technology industry is piquing interest among investors and workers in Silicon…
In final hours, Hernandez thought of family, not football
BOSTON – Family, not football, dominated Aaron Hernandez’s final hours as a lifer in prison.…
U.S. border patrol arrests two Canadians in human smuggling investigation
REGINA – Authorities in the United States say two Canadian citizens and one person from…
Boy shot, dies after kids play with gun on remote Manitoba First Nation: RCMP
GARDEN HILL FIRST NATION, Man. – RCMP say an 11-year-old boy from a remote First…
US surveillance court denied few monitoring requests in 2016
WASHINGTON – The nation’s super-secret intelligence court denied just nine of the more than 1,700…
CRTC hopes differential pricing ruling will give consumers more data for less money
TORONTO – Internet service providers can no longer exempt some content, like certain video and…