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Prime minister fires John McCallum as Canada's ambassador to China
Canada's strategy for navigating growing tensions with China was in disarray on Saturday, January 26, 2019, after Justin Trudeau fired his ambassador to Beijing.
Sentencing hearing to begin for truck driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash
A sentencing hearing is to begin today, January 28, 2019, for a truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
Enerplus focuses $600-million budget on growing North Dakota oil production
Enerplus Corp. says it will increase spending and production this year while continuing to focus on its North Dakota Bakken light oil play.
RCMP charge Kingston youth with trying to get someone to plant a bomb
The RCMP say they have charged a Kingston youth with terrorism, alleging he tried to get someone to plant a bomb.
U.S. airports hit by shutdown-fuelled shortage of air traffic controllers
Two of the busiest airports in the United States are reporting flight delays due to a shortage of air-traffic controllers, believed to be a direct result of a federal government shutdown that's now in its 35th day.
Canada pulling refuelling plane from anti-ISIL mission
More than four years after it started, Canada is ending its air-to-air refuelling support to the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
Kingston, Ont., arrests related to national security investigation: source
The RCMP have made two arrests in Kingston, Ont., in what a government official confirms is a national security investigation.
Canada endorses Venezuelan opposition leader as interim president
Canada joined several other countries in the Americas on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, in recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's interim president.
UCP donations nearly double NDP's in 2018 as Alberta election approaches
Documents show Alberta's Opposition United Conservative Party raised more money in the fourth quarter of last year than the governing New Democrats did in all of 2018.
Changes to death notice system moves slowly despite feds' bid to fast-track work
A digital overhaul to simplify how Canadians let governments know someone has died is moving at an incremental pace with no end date in sight.