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Diplomats file $28M suit against Canada over injuries suffered in Cuba
OTTAWA - Five Canadian diplomats and their family members who became mysteriously ill while posted to Cuba are suing Ottawa for more than $28 million. In a statement of claim filed Wednesday in Federa...
Feb 07, 2019
Doctors getting smaller payment increases, doctors per person rising: Institute
OTTAWA - The Canadian Institute for Health Information says doctors in Canada are seeing smaller payment increases at the same time that the number of doctors per Canadian is rising. The not-for-profi...
Feb 07, 2019
Lindros urges MPs to recommend national protocol for sports-related concussions
OTTAWA - Former hockey great Eric Lindros brought his star power to Parliament Hill on Wednesday, urging MPs to develop a single national protocol for preventing and treating sports-related ...
Feb 07, 2019
Julie Turris, Ida Bjornstad offer new perspective in hockey family podcast
When Ida Bjornstad first approached Julie Turris about starting a podcast to discuss the lives of hockey families outside the rink, Turris was apprehensive. The wife of Nashville P...
Feb 07, 2019
German antitrust authorities restrict Facebook data use
BERLIN - German antitrust authorities have issued a ruling prohibiting Facebook from combining user data from different sources. The Bundeskartellamt says Facebook users have only been able to use the...
Feb 07, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 5
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 5 --- BRUCE McARTHUR SENTENCING HEARING CONTINUES A sentencing hearing continues today for Bruce McArthur, a serial killer who preyed on men f...
Feb 07, 2019
Loved ones of Bruce McArthur's victims say they are shattered by his crimes
TORONTO - One by one, family and friends of men murdered by Bruce McArthur walked to the front of a crowded courtroom and spoke of the devastation, anger and personal struggles they experienced a...
Feb 07, 2019
Apartment inferno kills 10; deadliest Paris fire since 2005
Paris' deadliest fire in over a decade killed at least 10 people Tuesday as flames engulfed a nine-story apartment building, sending residents to the roof and clambering across balconies to escape. A ...
Feb 07, 2019
Big hats and simple elegance for Tom Ford at NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK - Tom Ford says these tumultuous times pointed him in the opposite direction at New York Fashion Week with a collection of gentle, non-aggressive elegance done in simple silhouettes. There wa...
Feb 06, 2019
Morgan Rielly scores decisive goal for Leafs in Battle of Ontario win over Sens
TORONTO - Morgan Rielly scored the winner midway through the third period of a back-and-forth game as the Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Ottawa Senators 5-4 Wednesday night. Rielly started the rus...
Feb 06, 2019