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Defence minister to announce military will be sending plane to Uganda
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is to announce today, August 15, 2019, that a Canadian Forces Hercules transport plane will be sent to Uganda to take part in a United Nations peacekeeping mission.
Quebec introduces new safety measures at site of deadly highway crash
Quebec Transport Minister Francois Bonnardel has announced four measures to improve safety and traffic flow at the site of a deadly pileup that left four people dead this month north of Montreal.
Prairie provinces have no plans to put carbon tax stickers on pumps
Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps.
Hunky Bill, B.C. perogy pioneer, restaurateur, PNE mainstay, dies at 88
Bill Konyk, a legendary Vancouver businessman who fought a human rights battle to maintain his nickname Hunky Bill, has died. He was 88.
Federal government apologizes for historic sled dog killings in the North
The Canadian government has apologized for the killings of thousands of sled dogs decades ago.
Scheer excoriates Trudeau, calls on RCMP to investigate SNC-Lavalin affair
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there's now more than enough evidence of misconduct by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the SNC-Lavalin affair to warrant an investigation by the RCMP.
Infrastructure money 'not Ralph Goodale's re-election fund' says Moe
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is suggesting the federal government is playing favourites with infrastructure funding to give a boost to Liberal-area member of Parliament Ralph Goodale.
ExxonMobil fined $40,000 after near miss on rig off Nova Scotia last fall
Nova Scotia's offshore regulator has fined ExxonMobil Canada Ltd. $40,000 after a "near miss" incident last fall that saw a chain dropped on the Noble Regina Allen drilling rig.
Canadians warned to be cautious about travelling to Hong Kong amid unrest
The federal government is warning Canadians about travelling to Hong Kong amid massive protests and the Chinese military amassing on the border.
Scheer condemns woman filmed yelling racial slurs, spitting on man in Toronto
The racial slurs and intolerant comments made by an ostensible supporter of the federal Conservatives have no place in the country, the party's leader said