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OTTAWA — Liberal candidate Nell Thomas has apologized for comments she has reportedly made on social media that have raised questions about her views about the keeping elderly people alive and whether women should be having children. Read More … [Read more...] about Liberal candidate apologizes for comments ‘out of context’ allegedly about abandoning elderly, preventing motherhood

OTTAWA — At age 91, Jean Chrétien is still on the road, campaigning for his party. Read More … [Read more...] about Chrétien predicts Liberal majority at Ottawa campaign stop

MONT-LAURIER, Que. – Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he was "dismayed" by Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet's “insulting” comments about Canada being "an artificial country with very little meaning.” Read More … [Read more...] about Nova Scotia premier slams Blanchet for comments about ‘artificial country’

VATICAN CITY — World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his wishes as pastor. Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St. Peter’s Square, prisoners and migrants will welcome him at the basilica across town where he will be buried. … [Read more...] about Pope Francis remembered by mighty and meek as pope of the people

VATICAN CITY -- More than 250,000 people paid their last respects to Pope Francis over three days of public viewing by ordinary mourners, church and political leaders that ended Friday, when his coffin was sealed ahead of his state funeral in St. Peter's Square and burial in a basilica outside the Vatican's walls. Read More … [Read more...] about World leaders gather for Pope Francis funeral after 250,000 mourners paid their last respects