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Liberals regroup in Ottawa, trying to reconcile climate action with western alienation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with incoming and outgoing Liberal MPs in Ottawa today to talk about approaches to the issue of climate change on one hand — and to growing tensions over the stalled western energy economy on the other.
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Kathleen Harris
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Telecom companies moving to block spoofed calls
Canada's telecom companies are rolling out new call blocking technologies they say could reduce the number of phone calls Canadians get from scam artists. The move comes as scam artists have been using the phone numbers of more than a dozen federal government bodies to defraud Canadians.
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Elizabeth Thompson
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'Pretty painful': Defeated and elected Liberal MPs gathering in Ottawa for post-election meeting
Defeated and successful Liberals will gather in Ottawa today to regroup after a tough election that left them with a weaker grip on power.
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Kathleen Harris
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Analysis
There may be a message behind the new Chinese ambassador's clothing choices
Cong Peiwu wore a black Mao suit to present his letters at Rideau Hall - unlike his predecessor, who wore a business suit. The black Mao suit is enjoying a comeback in China, led by President Xi Jinping. It carries a lot of symbolic meaning and its reappearance says something about where China is going.
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Evan Dyer
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Analysis
Ottawa and the West — it's déjà vu all over again
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Rosemary Barton
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Analysis
Andrew Scheer does not sound like a man who thinks he needs to change
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Aaron Wherry
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Alberta premier chartered $16K flight to fly 3 premiers to Saskatoon after Stampede event
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Michelle Bellefontaine
Canada -Edmonton ||
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Quebec denies French citizen's immigration application because chapter of thesis was in English
Canada -Montreal ||
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Scheer's leadership safe for now after Conservative caucus vote
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Peter Zimonjic
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Dominic LeBlanc discharged from hospital after stem cell transplant
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Scammers spoofing more than a dozen federal government departments to defraud Canadians
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Elizabeth Thompson
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Analysis
Scheer meets the caucus today. Will it be a hero's welcome - or a moment of reckoning?
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Chris Hall
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Analysis
Separated at birth, how two provinces have now reunited in alienation
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Kathleen Petty
Canada -Calgary ||
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Analysis
A senior Democrat comes to Ottawa to talk NAFTA. But what do Democrats want?
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Janyce McGregor
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Relentless online abuse of female MPs raises concern for safety of staff
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Ashley Burke
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Trudeau to decide on timing of Parliament's return after meeting opposition leaders next week
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David Cochrane
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Senate Conservatives insist their influence isn't fading as two members quit for new Senate group
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Olivia Stefanovich
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Canadian pork and beef exports to China resuming, says Trudeau
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Catharine Tunney
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Video
Power & Politics Nov. 5: China lifting ban on Canadian pork and beef
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Analysis
Elizabeth May calls it quits. Could the Greens do better with someone else?
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Aaron Wherry
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Analysis
Senate defections could solidify Trudeau's upper house reforms
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
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RCMP launches review of its social media monitoring operation
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Catharine Tunney
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'She knows oilsands': Energy industry welcomes McLellan appointment as Trudeau's adviser on Western Canada
Kyle Bakx
Business ||
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Elizabeth May steps down as Green Party leader
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
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Alberta separatist group applies to become federal political party
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Sarah Rieger
Canada -Calgary ||
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