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• Airdrie man and three minors charged after rifles stolen during house party

  19-02-2019 23:23
  A 19-year-old man and three underage suspects have been charged in connection with the theft of several firearms from a home in Airdrie on Saturday night. RCMP members responded to the neighbourhood of Woodside in Airdrie early Sunday afternoon following reports a group of males had been seen walking around the community with a firearm. Prior to arriving on scene, officers determined the group was likely responsible for the theft of several guns from a Woodside home on Saturday night during a ho
  
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• City Council backing Grande Prairie's grant application to create Intermunicipal Opioid Response

  19-02-2019 23:20
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE - Lethbridge City Council unanimously voted to endorse an application by the City of Grande Prairie for an Alberta Community Partnership grant to develop an Intermunicipal Opioid Response on Tuesday, Feb. 19.
  The City of Grande Prairie is submitting the grant application, with support from Lethbridge, Calgary, Medicine Hat, Airdrie, Leduc, Red Deer, and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, for funds to enable the development of a coordin
  
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• Witnesses sought after crash with light standard kills Okotoks woman

  19-02-2019 22:53
  Members of the Okotoks RCMP detachment are asking for witnesses to come forward after a 61-year-old woman died as a result of a Sunday afternoon crash. According to RCMP, the driver, the lone occupant of the vehicle, died after striking a light standard shortly after noon on February 17 at the intersection of 32 Street and North Railway Street, near Seaman Stadium. The woman suffered severe injuries in the collision and was pronounced dead at the crash site. The identity of the deceased has not
  
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• Province Signs Major Railway Deal to Move Oil to Market

  19-02-2019 22:35
  In developing its Crude-by-Rail strategy, the Alberta government says additional rail cars carrying oil will have no impact on the shipments of agricultural products.
  
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• Police in southern Alberta uncover alleged sexual assault of young boys

  19-02-2019 21:30
  It was during the preliminary search of seized devices in a child pornography investigation that police said they found evidence of "suspected sexual assaults."
  
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• Alberta investing $3.7B to move oil by rail, leasing cars

  19-02-2019 21:30
  The Alberta government says it's investing $3.7 billion to move the province's land-locked oil to market by rail, and shipments are expected to begin as early as July.
  
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• Alberta investing $3.7B to move oil by rail, leasing car

  19-02-2019 21:30
  The Alberta government says it's investing $3.7 billion to move the province's land-locked oil to market by rail.
  
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• Alberta spending $3.7B to move oil by rail, leasing cars

  19-02-2019 21:20
  EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province is spending $3.7 billion to move landlocked oil to market by rail -- and it isn't counting on Ottawa to pitch in. "We must take action today to provide more relief to our energy workers and the families who rely on these good jobs across this province and this country," she told a news conference Tuesday. "Albertans don't just stand by. We take action." Notley said the best long-term solution is for new pipeline capacity to coastal port
  
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• Brooks Man Accused of Child Sex Assault Offences

  19-02-2019 21:13
  ALERT alleges 25 year old Eric Manysiak sexually assaulted two young boys and also uploaded child porn to the internet.
  
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• Wilson-Raybould meets with Trudeau's cabinet amid SNC-Lavalin heat on the Hill

  19-02-2019 20:28
  OTTAWA – Jody Wilson-Raybould met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal cabinet on Parliament Hill Tuesday, and confirmed she remains a member of the Liberal caucus, as questions continue to swirl around the SNC-Lavalin affair and Gerald Butts’ resignation. Wilson-Raybould’s meeting comes exactly a week after she resigned as veterans affairs minister amid allegations that when she was attorney general the PMO pressured her to abandon the prosecution of a fraud and corrup
  
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• Death of man in Douglas Glen house fire deemed not suspicious

  19-02-2019 20:27
  Police say the death of a man in a house fire in the city’s southeast on the weekend is not suspicious and have determined that the explosion and fire was caused by human activity. Emergency crews were called to a home in the 300 block of Douglas Glen Close S.E. at about 4:20 a.m. Sunday after receiving multiple calls about an explosion and fire. One home was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived and crews worked quickly to douse the blaze but the home sustained extensive damage. Ne
  
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• Payless Shoes Seeks Creditor Protection, Plans to Close Canadian & U.S. Stores

  19-02-2019 20:13
  Documents say all the company's stores are insolvent and unable to meet their liabilities. There are two Payless locations in Lethbridge.
  
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• New Award at U of L Aims to Attract & Retain Indigenous Nursing Students

  19-02-2019 19:51
  Of the approximately 500 total students in the University of Lethbridge's nursing program, around 5% are Indigenous students.
  
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• Family Matters podcast: Teaching kindness — and teaching teens to dress for winter

  19-02-2019 19:40
  In today’s world, a little kindness goes a long way and proof can be found at Davidson Creek Elementary in Sherwood Park, Alta.
  
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• Public Health Agency: Make Sure Shots Up-to-Date After Measels Outbreak in B.C.

  19-02-2019 19:14
  An unvaccinated child from B.C. contracted the disease during a family trip overseas and that has Canadian health officials sounding the alarm about immunizations.
  
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• Boil water advisory issued for areas of Lethbridge County - Prairie Post

  19-02-2019 18:55 via prairiepost.com
  Boil water advisory issued for areas of Lethbridge County  Prairie PostDue to an issue with the water system in the Edgemoor and Sunset Acres subdivision, Alberta Health Services (AHS), has issued a Boil Water Advisory those ...
  
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• Geo-technical Testing Taking Place at Civic Common Site in Downtown Lethbridge

  19-02-2019 18:36
  The testing will involve drilling small holes in the ground to take soil samples. This work was identified as a requirement in the recently completed Civic Common Master Plan and will help inform future planning.
  
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• Crews working at Civic Common square starting Wednesday

  19-02-2019 18:25
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB - Work is set to get underway on-site of the Civic Common square in Lethbridge. The Civic Common square refers to the four-square blocks around City Hall, which includes the Civic Ice Centre, Civic Field, the YMCA, Yates Theatre, Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization and the Old Courthouse. According to a notice from the City of Lethbridge, contractors will be on site starting Wednesday, Feb. 20. The work is expected to finish up on
  
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• Payless to close 248 Canadian stores, saying it's 'ill-equipped' for market

  19-02-2019 18:20
  TORONTO -- Mounting debts and a challenging retail market are forcing Payless ShoeSource Canada Inc. to shutter all of its North American stores by May. The Kansas-based discount footwear retailer said Tuesday that it will soon file for creditor protection in Canada, making way for liquidation sales at the 248 locations it owns in the country. The move comes just after Payless filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. and after Ohio-based shoe brand DSW Inc. shut down its Town Shoes Ltd. brand and the 38
  
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• Rainn Wilson from ‘The Office’ coming to Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo

  19-02-2019 18:00
  Rainn Wilson, arguably best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on The Office (US), will be appearing at the 2019 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo.
  
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• Bad weather halts search for missing B.C. snowshoer until at least Wednesday

  19-02-2019 17:58
  VANCOUVER - Deteriorating weather over Vancouver's rugged North Shore mountains has delayed the search for a missing snowshoer in an avalanche-prone area. A spokesman for North Shore Rescue says in an email that weather conditions are expected to improve by mid-week, but low cloud and up to 10 centimetres of snow are forecast in the search area north of Mount Seymour. The snowshoer is believed to have been swept away by an avalanche near Runner Peak on Monday. The victim's friend was able to cli
  
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• Parole hearing held for Calgary man convicted of strangling spouse

  19-02-2019 17:23
  A parole hearing for a man who killed his spouse and buried her body in the basement of the family’s home is being held at the Bowden Institution on Tuesday. Allan Shyback, 42, was originally charged with second-degree murder in the death of his common-law spouse Lisa Mitchell. Mitchell was last seen alive in 2012 at her Ogden area home and her body was discovered two years later in a plastic tub cemented into the wall in the basement. During his trial, Shyback said that he was a victim of
  
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• Calgary man convicted of strangling spouse granted day parole

  19-02-2019 17:23
  A parole hearing for a man who killed his spouse and buried her body in the basement of the family’s home was held at the Bowden Institution on Tuesday. Allan Shyback, 42, was originally charged with second-degree murder in the death of his common-law spouse Lisa Mitchell. Mitchell was last seen alive in 2012 at her Ogden area home and her body was discovered two years later in a plastic tub cemented into the wall in the basement. During his trial, Shyback said that he was a victim of dome
  
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• Okotoks RCMP Asking Those Who Witnessed Fatal Crash to Come Forward

  19-02-2019 16:46
  Okotoks RCMP are investigating a fatal collision that happened in that town over the long weekend.
  
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• Secret Vatican guidelines for priests who father children revealed

  19-02-2019 16:32
  Secret Vatican guidelines for priests who father children have been revealed thanks to the efforts of a campaigning son of a cleric, the New York Times reveals. Irishman Vincent Doyle was 28 when he discovered that the Roman Catholic priest he had known as his godfather was in truth his biological father. The revelation led him to set up Coping International, a support group for other children of priests, which he says has 50,000 users in 175 countries.  In October 2017, an archbishop showe
  
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• Trump criticizes California over lawsuit against border wall

  19-02-2019 15:55
  WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is criticizing California's lead role in a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. On Twitter Tuesday, Trump noted last week's decision by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to cancel a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Trump claims the "failed Fast Train project" was beset by "world record setting" cost overruns and had become "hundreds of times more expensive than the desperately
  
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• Police investigate multi-vehicle crash in city’s southeast

  19-02-2019 15:55
  Emergency crews were called to a multi-vehicle incident on Stoney Trail southeast on Tuesday morning and police diverted traffic around the scene for several hours. Police were called to the eastbound lanes of Stoney Trail and 52 Street S.E. at about 6:45 a.m. for reports of a crash involving a number of vehicles. A vehicle struck a light standard and a number of other vehicles ended up in the ditch. Police say only minor injuries were reported. The eastbound lane was reopened to motorists at ab
  
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• Parole hearing Tuesday for Calgary man who strangled wife, encased body in cement

  19-02-2019 15:34
  Allan Shyback was convicted of manslaughter and indignity to a body in the 2012 death of Lisa Mitchell.
  
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• Day parole granted for Calgary man who strangled wife, encased body in cement

  19-02-2019 15:34
  Allan Shyback was convicted of manslaughter and indignity to a body in the 2012 death of Lisa Mitchell.
  
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• Sulphur leak cleaned up, road reopens, after semi rollover in northern Alberta

  19-02-2019 15:29
  GRASSLAND, Alta. -- RCMP say the debris has been cleared and traffic is moving again on a busy northern Alberta highway after a semi-trailer truck carrying molten sulphur rolled, resulting in a cargo leak. The single-vehicle accident happened Monday on Highway 63, east of the community of Grassland. Police say no one was hurt when the truck ended up in a ditch. Detours were set up and officials expected it would take quite some time before the area was cleared. There was no immediate word on how
  
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• 'Serious and highly contagious': Public Health Agency of Canada releases measles reminder

  19-02-2019 15:17
  The Public Health Agency of Canada has released a reminder to Canadians that measles is “serious and highly contagious.” The notice comes amid a measles outbreak in Vancouver, B.C., after an unvaccinated Canadian child contracted the disease on a family trip to Vietnam. Nine cases of measles have been identified in Vancouver in recent weeks. “Due to the recent reports of measles, the Public Health Agency of Canada would like to remind Canadians that measles is a serious and hig
  
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• 'Serious and highly contagious': Measles reminder from Public Health

  19-02-2019 15:17
  The Public Health Agency of Canada has released a reminder to Canadians that measles is “serious and highly contagious.” The notice comes amid a measles outbreak in Vancouver, B.C., after an unvaccinated Canadian child contracted the disease on a family trip to Vietnam. Nine cases of measles have been identified in Vancouver in recent weeks. “Due to the recent reports of measles, the Public Health Agency of Canada would like to remind Canadians that measles is a serious and hig
  
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• Alberta convoy set to roll into Ottawa for rally at Parliament Hill

  19-02-2019 15:15
  A convoy of western Canadians travelling across the country to bring their message of support for the energy industry to the federal government will arrive in Ottawa on Tuesday for a rally at Parliament Hill. Last Thursday, over 100 vehicles left Red Deer for Ottawa as part of the United We Roll convoy to attend a mass protest against federal energy and environmental policies. The group is asking for the carbon tax to be repealed or at least revisited and is opposed to Bill C48 - Oil Tanker Mora
  
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• Alberta convoy rolls into Ottawa for rally at Parliament Hill

  19-02-2019 15:15
  A convoy of western Canadians travelling across the country to bring their message of support for the energy industry to the federal government arrived in Ottawa on Tuesday for a rally at Parliament Hill. Last Thursday, over 100 vehicles left Red Deer for Ottawa as part of the United We Roll convoy to attend a mass protest against federal energy and environmental policies. The group is asking for the carbon tax to be repealed or at least revisited and is opposed to Bill C48 - Oil Tanker Moratori
  
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• Watch the moment woman pulled out of burning car in Louisiana

  19-02-2019 14:56
  WARNING: Graphic content This is the dramatic moment brave bystanders pulled a woman through the driver’s window of a car engulfed in flames in Louisiana. The shocking footage of the fireball rescue was captured in Garyville, La., after a collision on Feb. 18. Local media reported that the woman’s vehicle was hit from behind by a drunk driver. Both the woman and the man involved in the collision, as well as several of the rescuers, sustained minor injuries including burns, and were t
  
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• Strong showing for Lethbridge athletes at Wrestling Junior Olympics - Lethbridge News Now

  19-02-2019 14:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Strong showing for Lethbridge athletes at Wrestling Junior Olympics  Lethbridge News NowEDMONTON, AB - Lethbridge wrestlers fought hard, and brought some hardware back home for their efforts. The University of Alberta in Edmonton hosted the ...
  
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• Walmart flexes in the fourth quarter, beats all expectations

  19-02-2019 14:02
  NEW YORK -- Walmart beat expectations on quarterly profit and revenue, and e-commerce sales surged during the critical holiday period. Shares moved sharply higher before the opening bell Tuesday. Walmart is the first major retailer to deliver fourth-quarter results and its performance provides more evidence that efforts to expand services online as well as in the stores are widening the gap between itself and traditional rivals while at the same time, it's holding its own against Amazon. The hug
  
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• Record-breaking Lethbridge’s bid to for GCA3 return - Geelong Advertiser

  19-02-2019 14:00 via geelongadvertiser.com.au
  Record-breaking Lethbridge’s bid to for GCA3 return  Geelong AdvertiserLETHBRIDGE will seek an answer from the GCA at tonights association meeting as to where it stands for next season, keen to return to GCA3.
  
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• Manitoba mother searching for answers after daughter dies on Dominican Republic trip

  19-02-2019 13:48
  A Manitoba mother whose daughter died while the pair were on a Caribbean vacation last week is back home but still without answers. Holly Twoheart’s 26-year-old daughter Danielle died in hospital after a mysterious incident at an all-inclusive Dominican Republic hotel. Twoheart recounted the ordeal with reporters at Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport on Monday. The mother and daughter had gone out drinking on Thursday, she said, but got separated on the way to bed later that
  
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• Fatalities in early-morning house fire in Halifax

  19-02-2019 13:23
  Halifax police say they have responded to a fatal fire in the city, although there are no details on how many people are victims. Police say firefighters were called to a home on Quartz Drive in Spryfield around 1 a.m. today.Read the CTV Atlantic story for more detailsHalifax police say there have been fatalities as a result of an early morning house fire in the city, although there were no immediate details on the number of victims. Police said firefighters were called to a home on Quartz Drive
  
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• 7 children of Syrian refugee family killed in Halifax house fire

  19-02-2019 13:23
  Seven children have died and their father is in critical condition after a house fire in Halifax. The family came to Canada as refugees from Syria in 2017. The fire started at around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday and quickly engulfed the newly-built home. Neighbours told CTV Atlantic they had heard a large bang.GoFundMe: Halifax house fire tragedyDanielle Burt, who lives next door, says she heard a woman screaming and jumped out of bed. “There was just flames just roaring out of their back doors,
  
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• 7 children killed in Halifax house fire

  19-02-2019 13:23
  HALIFAX -- Seven children, all members of a Syrian family who arrived in Canada about two years ago, died in an early morning fire Tuesday that witnesses said quickly engulfed a home in a Halifax suburb. A woman who lives next door on Quartz Drive in Spryfield said the family included seven children ranging in age from three months to 17-years-old.Read the CTV Atlantic story for more detailsA man and woman remained in hospital Tuesday afternoon, the man with life-threatening injuries. The woman
  
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• Iconic couturier Karl Lagerfeld dies in Paris

  19-02-2019 13:09
  PARIS -- Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's iconic couturier whose designs had an unprecedented impact on the entire fashion industry, died Tuesday in Paris, prompting an outpouring of love and admiration for the man in the trademark white ponytail, high starched collar and dark enigmatic glasses who dominated high fashion for the past 50 years. Although he spent virtually his entire career at luxury labels catering to the very wealthy -- including 20 years at Chloe -- Lagerfeld's designs quickly trickled
  
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• Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85

  19-02-2019 13:09
  PARIS -- Chanel's iconic couturier, Karl Lagerfeld, whose accomplished designs as well as trademark white ponytail, high starched collars and dark enigmatic glasses dominated high fashion for the past 50 years, has died. He was around 85 years old. Such was the enigma surrounding the German-born designer that even his age was a point of mystery for decades, with reports he had two birth certificates, one dated 1933 and the other 1938. In 2013, Lagerfeld told French magazine "Paris Match" he was
  
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• Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's running for president in 2020

  19-02-2019 12:48
  WASHINGTON -- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose insurgent 2016 presidential campaign reshaped Democratic politics, announced Tuesday that he is running for president in 2020. "Our campaign is not only about defeating Donald Trump," the 77-year-old self-described democratic socialist said in an email to supporters. "Our campaign is about transforming our country and creating a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice."I'm running for president. I a
  
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• PM arrives for cabinet amid SNC-Lavalin questions

  19-02-2019 10:37
  OTTAWA -- The opposition parties are charging back into the House of Commons today, loaded with questions for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about what his office did to try to help the embattled Montreal engineering company SNC-Lavalin in its corruption case.JUST IN: Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau got here early today for cabinet, didn't comment on @gmbutts resignation. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/Abm2U21h7f — Rachel Aiello (@rachaiello) February 19, 2019Before MPs left for a week in their rid
  
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• Liberals face calls for inquiry into SNC-Lavalin affair, voice support for former PMO aide

  19-02-2019 10:37
  OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived on the Hill today to calls from the opposition to launch a public inquiry into the allegations of PMO interference in a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, and questions from reporters over the resignation of his closest adviser. Tuesday is the first day that Parliament has been in session since the scandal broke, and the opposition Conservatives and New Democrats say that many key questions remain unanswered, and even more prompted by the hi
  
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• Liberal ministers voice support for Gerald Butts following resignation

  19-02-2019 10:37
  OTTAWA – Several Liberal ministers voiced their praise and respect for Gerald Butts as they arrived on Parliament Hill for the first federal cabinet meeting since his high-profile resignation from Justin Trudeau's office on Monday. "It's obviously a sad moment for me and Gerry’s many friends and people who really admire the tremendous work he's done for Canada. Having said that, you know, our work goes on," said Foreign Affairs Minister and Ontario MP Chrystia Freeland. Public Servic
  
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• House Justice Committee votes to invite Wilson-Raybould to testify

  19-02-2019 10:37
  OTTAWA – The House of Commons Justice Committee has voted in favour of calling former minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to testify as part of its study the ongoing SNC-Lavalin affair and alleged PMO political interference. Following her testimony the committee will meet to discuss next steps, said Liberal MP and committee member Randy Boissonnault. The committee has also agreed to invite a few academics to participate in the study who were not already on the witness list. This is a breaking ne
  
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• Honda to shut plant in Brexit-shaken Britain

  19-02-2019 09:46
  TOKYO -- Japanese carmaker Honda plans to close its car factory in western England in 2021, a fresh blow to the British economy as it struggles with the uncertainty associated with leaving the European Union next month. The company announced the decision, which will imperil 3,500 jobs and possibly many more, at a news conference in Tokyo. Honda's president and CEO, Takahiro Hachigo, said the decision was not related to Brexit, but was based on what made most sense for its global competitiveness
  
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