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Alberta justice minister calls for probe into prosecutors…
Alberta's justice minister says external counsel will be appointed to examine the conduct of Crown prosecutors in the handling of numerous criminal cases relating to alleged flaws in multiple autopsies. The call comes after an…
Michael Bloomberg has spent well over $200M on…
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg contributed more than $200 million US of his own money to his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination as of the end of 2019, according to disclosures his…
Ontario confirms 3rd coronavirus patient, discharges another from…
Ontario health officials have confirmed they're treating a third person who has tested positive for coronavirus, just hours after a Toronto hospital released the country's first patient with a confirmed case of the disease. The newly confirmed…
Accounts of sex assaults in B.C. tree planter…
B.C.'s tree-planting community is grappling with new revelations of sexual assaults in remote work camps. More than 70 planters, almost all women, documented their experiences of harassment and sexual violence through an online survey for tree planters.Several of their accounts were made…
Manitoba to end birth alerts system that sometimes…
Manitoba will end its controversial birth alerts program by April 1, Families Minister Heather Stefanson announced Friday. Birth alerts are warnings from social services agencies to hospitals, intended to flag the history of a mother who is considered "high risk."…
Canadas 1st coronavirus patient discharged from Toronto hospital…
The patient with Canada's first confirmed case of coronavirus was discharged from a hospital in Toronto on Friday morning and will return home to stay in self-isolation. The man was being treated at Sunnybrook Health Sciences…
Romney supports hearing more witnesses at Trump impeachment…
A second Republican senator declared support on Friday for calling witnesses at Donald Trump's impeachment trial, but it appears the way is still paved for a swift acquittal of the president. Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, the…
WHO says borders should be kept open during…
Coronavirus: The latest WHO urging countries to keep borders open after emergency declaration. Coronavirus death toll hits 213, China says. More than 9,800 cases worldwide, most in China's Hubei province. Borders should be kept open and people…