Marijuana bill goes back to Senate after House rejects 13 amendments...
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Canadian government study to examine uses of ‘big data’ (Details)
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Alberta government staffers to take day course on Indigenous history and...
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South Korea joins Japan in halting Canadian wheat imports after GMO...
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Rescue group monitoring sick minke whale that became beached in Newfoundland...
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Finance Minister Bill Morneau didn’t break law with pension bill, ethics...
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Sentencing arguments to begin for Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette...
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Police suspect fire at mosque in Alberta town was deliberately set...
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Dogs and puppies saved from a South Korean meat farm are...
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Get ready for the ‘internet of cows:’ Farmers use technology to...
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