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Alberta premier, aboriginals to discuss oilsands concerns
FORT CHIPEWYAN, Alta. – Alberta Premier Jim Prentice and aboriginal chiefs from the oilsands region have agreed to sit down to try to deal with concerns that have resulted in a number of lawsuits and legislative reviews. Prentice has met with local leaders in Fort Chipewyan (CHIP’-ih-wahn) and says he will deal personally with issues
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Regina restaurant says food charge to buy sudsy advent calendar hard to swallow
REGINA – A Regina restaurant selling a sudsy advent calendar for adults says liquor laws in Saskatchewan are making it difficult to make enough sales. Beer Brothers Gastropub and Deli is offering different beers from around the world in the days leading up to Christmas for $220. But the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority requires
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A look at the political career of veteran former Liberal MP Sheila Copps
OTTAWA – Born: Hamilton, Ont., Nov. 27, 1952. Daughter of popular, longtime Hamilton mayor Vic Copps. Educated: BA from the University of Western Ontario. Private career: Had stints as a journalist in Hamilton and Ottawa. Provincial politics: Ran unsuccessfully for an Ontario legislature seat in 1977. Took a job working with then-Liberal leader Stuart Smith.
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Aboriginal Affairs short of cash for education, social programs: document
OTTAWA – Canada’s Department of Aboriginal Affairs has been robbing Peter to pay Paul. In this case, “Peter” is the department’s infrastructure budget and “Paul” refers to its cash-strapped social and education programs. A new document shows Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) shifted half a billion dollars meant for infrastructure over a six-year
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Eaton Centre shooting trial hears from girlfriend of accused
TORONTO – The girlfriend of a man who killed two people when he opened fire at Toronto’s Eaton Centre says he told her he got himself into “some trouble” and was “going away for a really long time.” LaChelle John told Christopher Husbands’s trial that her boyfriend made those comments to her just before he
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Princess Anne begins a two-day visit to Ottawa to take part in Remembrance Day
OTTAWA – Princess Anne has arrived in Canada for a two-day visit. The visit by the second child and only daughter of the Queen and Prince Philip was announced in September. It is intended as a celebration of everyday heroes, including veteran police officers and aboriginal youth. But the visit also took on new meaning
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Poor weather continues to hamper search for five missing youths on lake
SOUTHEND, Sask. – Police continue to look for five youths who have been missing on a northern Saskatchewan lake since Thursday. RCMP spokeswoman Mandy Maier (MY’-er) says strong winds, large waves and dropping temperatures have been hampering search efforts on Reindeer Lake. Police say the teens, who left the community of Southend on Tuesday in
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TransPacific Partnership deal getting closer, Harper & other leaders say
Harper sat down with Obama and the leaders of 10 other countries negotiating an agreement.
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Declare those who died serving Canada in world wars Canadian citizens: petition
VANCOUVER – When tribute is paid on Remembrance Day to the soldiers, sailors and flyers killed in the service of Canada during two world wars, Canadians also need to think about citizenship, say two advocacy groups. Don Chapman and Howe Lee want Canadians to know that those who died before 1947, and whose graves are
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Harper, Obama, attend TPP meeting in Beijing as deadline for deal draws near
BEIJING, China – Prime Minister Stephen Harper sat down with Barack Obama and other world leaders today for a meeting about the proposed Asia-Pacific free-trade deal known as the TransPacific Partnership. Under heavy security, the U.S. president was whisked into an auditorium at the American embassy in Beijing as Harper and the leaders of the
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