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International development groups say budget cut will end Canadian programs abroad
OTTAWA — Humanitarian groups are giving Tuesday’s federal budget a thumbs down, saying a projected $1.3-billion cut to foreign aid will end Canadian projects and create a backslide in progress on fighting disease and hunger.
Mar 29, 2023 8:15 PM
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Veterans' groups call for answers as budget stokes memories of past cuts
OTTAWA — The trauma of past cost-cutting exercises is looming large as national veterans' organizations anxiously await word on how the federal budget will affect ill and injured ex-soldiers.
Mar 29, 2023 7:45 PM
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N.S. mass shooting inquiry report must deliver 'clear commentary': family lawyer
HALIFAX — On July 22, 2020, about three months after a gunman murdered 22 people in Nova Scotia, a procession of grieving relatives marched to the local RCMP detachment, demanding an independent and open inquiry into the rampage.
Mar 29, 2023 7:15 PM
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Vancouver archdiocese and private school deny wrongdoing, sue alleged abusers
VANCOUVER — The Archdiocese of Vancouver and a private Catholic school have denied wrongdoing over claims of sexual abuse from former students and have filed their own lawsuits against the alleged abusers.
Mar 29, 2023 6:45 PM
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'Leave this with me': Alberta premier heard on call with COVID-19 protester
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, in a leaked cellphone call, commiserated with a COVID-19 protester about his trial while divulging to him there was an internal dispute over how Crown prosecutors were handling COVID-19 cases.
Mar 29, 2023 6:30 PM
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy is 'ready' for Chinese leader to visit
ON A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president invited his powerful Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to visit his nation, saying they haven't been in contact since the war began and he is “ready to see him here.”
Mar 29, 2023 6:15 PM
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Budget 2023 belt-tightening: Liberals order federal spending review, cuts
OTTAWA — Federal departments and agencies are being told to start tightening their belts as the Trudeau government looks for ways to pay for its latest budget promises while easing recent criticism over its use of outside consultants such as McKinsey
Mar 29, 2023 5:45 PM
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Five-year-old dies, other children injured after crash in central Alberta: RCMP
WILLINGDON, ALTA. — Alberta RCMP say a five-year-old child is dead after a car collided with a semi-truck. Mounties say the crash happened Monday afternoon near the hamlet of Willingdon about 125 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.
Mar 29, 2023 5:00 PM
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Bring title insurers under anti-money laundering rules, former executive says
Title insurers need to be brought under anti-money laundering rules to fight against scam artists who impersonate homeowners to sell or mortgage their properties, a former insurance executive says.
Mar 29, 2023 4:00 PM
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Ottawa eyeing U.S.-made surveillance planes for Canadian Armed Forces
OTTAWA — Canada is looking at buying a fleet of military surveillance aircraft from U.S. aerospace giant Boeing without a competition.
Mar 29, 2023 3:00 PM
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