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Advocates for elderly patients vow Charter challenge to Ontario LTC law

Advocates for elderly patients vow Charter challenge to Ontario LTC law

TORONTO — Health-care advocates say they are preparing a possible constitutional challenge to an Ontario law that allows some discharged elderly hospital patients to be forced into a nursing home they did not choose.
Justices asked to hear dog toy dispute. Will they bite?

Justices asked to hear dog toy dispute. Will they bite?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The company that makes Jack Daniel's is howling mad over a squeaking dog toy that parodies the whiskey's signature bottle. Now, the liquor company is barking at the door of the Supreme Court .
No intelligence briefing happened on Chinese funding of candidates: Trudeau

No intelligence briefing happened on Chinese funding of candidates: Trudeau

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday he has never been briefed that any candidates in the 2019 federal election may have been influenced by financing from the Chinese government.
Former president of Ukraine says only victory will bring peace to his country

Former president of Ukraine says only victory will bring peace to his country

HALIFAX — A former president of Ukraine delivered an uncompromising message on Sunday about the prospects for a negotiated peace with Russia during a security conference in Halifax.
Parti Québécois Leader St-Pierre Plamondon calls for his party's "right to exist"

Parti Québécois Leader St-Pierre Plamondon calls for his party's "right to exist"

QUEBEC — The leader of the once-powerful Parti Québécois says he's fighting for his party's "right to exist" after an election result that saw it reduced to just three seats in the provincial legislature.
Haitian leaders must all agree if Canada leads military intervention: Trudeau

Haitian leaders must all agree if Canada leads military intervention: Trudeau

DJERBA, Tunisia — Canadian military intervention in Haiti can't happen unless all political parties in the troubled nation agree to it, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday.
Trump's growing GOP challengers revive fears of 2016 repeat

Trump's growing GOP challengers revive fears of 2016 repeat

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Memories of the tumultuous 2016 Republican primary hung over the Las Vegas ballroom this weekend during the first major gathering of the party's potential contenders for the 2024 nomination.
Tenn. inmate's mutilation highlights prison mental care woes

Tenn. inmate's mutilation highlights prison mental care woes

NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Dramatic week ahead as Trudeau, ministers testify at Emergencies Act inquiry

Dramatic week ahead as Trudeau, ministers testify at Emergencies Act inquiry

OTTAWA — The final sprint is on at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which has already heard from more than 60 witnesses over five weeks on the government's response to last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protests.
As British voters cool on Brexit, UK softens tone towards EU

As British voters cool on Brexit, UK softens tone towards EU

LONDON (AP) — The British government on Sunday denied a report that it is seeking a “Swiss-style” relationship with the European Union that would remove many of the economic barriers erected by Brexit — even as it tries to improve ties with the bloc