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Polls suggest a close race as federal election approaches
OTTAWA — Multiple polls now suggest the next federal election will be a tight race, and at least one major pollster has the Liberals leading the Conservatives for the first time in nearly four years.
Feb 26, 2025 3:07 PM
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Justice minister orders new trial for Alberta man convicted of murder in 1991
OTTAWA — The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of murder in Alberta more than three decades ago. Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Susan Kaminsky, who disappeared in 1987.
Feb 26, 2025 2:51 PM
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More LGBTQ+ Americans are looking to come to Canada since Trump was elected
OTTAWA — An LGBTQ+ aid organization says there was a massive spike in the number of Americans looking to leave the country immediately after U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
Feb 26, 2025 2:18 PM
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Doug Ford says he wants to be Ontario premier 'forever,' as his rivals urge change
Ontario's political party leaders made their final pitches to voters Wednesday, a day before the province heads to the polls, with Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford saying he wants to be premier "forever" while his rivals ask Ontarians to cho
Feb 26, 2025 2:00 PM
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Alaska woman sentenced for laser attack that injured Canadian military aircrew
FAIRBANKS — A woman from Delta Junction, Alaska, has been handed three years of probation for using a powerful laser to interfere with a joint military operation, injuring three Canadian aircrew members. A statement from the U.S.
Feb 26, 2025 1:53 PM
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Quebec caps international students but is hazy on numbers
QUÉBEC — Quebec is taking steps to reduce the number of international students in the province, but can't say by how many.
Feb 26, 2025 1:42 PM
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Lifetime teaching ban for former B.C. school counsellor after child porn conviction
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A former high-school counsellor has been given a lifetime ban from teaching in British Columbia after he was convicted of possessing child pornography. A document outlining an agreement between the B.C.
Feb 26, 2025 1:37 PM
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Immigrant-owned firms suffer from productivity gap for variety of factors: StatCan
OTTAWA — Companies owned by newcomers to Canada tend to struggle taking their businesses to the next level more than Canadian-born founders, new data suggests.
Feb 26, 2025 1:19 PM
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Chiefs in Ontario vote in favour of federal child welfare reform deal
OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs in Ontario voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favour of a child welfare reform deal with the federal government.
Feb 26, 2025 12:41 PM
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Liberal leadership candidates pitch plans to confront Trump in English debate
MONTREAL — The state of the Canadian economy and U.S. President Donald Trump's trade threats topped the agenda for the Liberal party's English language leadership debate, the second in as many days and the last of the campaign.
Feb 26, 2025 12:28 PM
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