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Bernier promises to cut immigration, build border fences in platform speech
Maxime Bernier says that if he becomes prime minister, his government would slash immigration and refugee numbers, build a fence to block asylum seekers from walking across the border, and end a program that lets immigrants sponsor their families to join them.
Indigenous pipeline bidder launches 'listening tour' along Trans Mountain route
An Indigenous group planning to bid for ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline is launching a "listening tour" of Indigenous communities in B.C. and Alberta.
Jody Wilson Raybould's book on reconciliation to be released Sept. 20
A book by former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould will be released on Sept. 20, according to her publisher.
Doug Ford says Boris Johnson will do 'great job' as Britain's next prime minister
Ontario's premier says he believes Boris Johnson will do a "great job" as Britain's next prime minister.
Court orders Elections Canada to review moving voting day over religious worries
Canada's chief electoral officer is taking a second look at whether voting day this October needs to be moved because it falls on a Jewish holiday after being ordered by a Federal Court judge to come up with a decision in a matter of days.
Federal NDP and Greens, provincial opposition call for review of Glen Assoun case
Opposition leaders in Ottawa and Nova Scotia are calling for further investigation into why the RCMP destroyed potential evidence in the criminal proceedings against a Halifax man who was wrongfully convicted of murder.
Halt Muskrat Falls flooding until methylmercury issue addressed: Inuit leader
The official overseeing five Inuit communities in Labrador is calling on the premier to halt the scheduled final flooding of the Muskrat Falls reservoir until measures are taken to mitigate potential methylmercury contamination downstream.
Vigil in Toronto marks first anniversary of Greektown shooting that killed two
The sound of church bells echoed through Toronto's Greektown on Monday, July 22, 2019, night after the names of victims of a shooting rampage were read aloud during a vigil marking the first anniversary of the tragedy.
Opponents of Bill 21 seek leave to appeal decision that maintained secularism law
Groups opposed to Quebec's secularism law are seeking to appeal a court decision that found it wasn't necessary to suspend certain provisions of the law.
Poor weather prevents attempt to free entangled North Atlantic right whale
Poor weather conditions have forced a whale rescue team to postpone its bid to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale from fishing gear that is trailing from its head.