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O'Toole touts 'innovative' carbon pricing plan and pledges to work with provinces
SAGUENAY, Que. - Erin O'Toole appears open to letting provinces decide whether they want to be part of the Conservative carbon pricing plan or stick with the Liberal one. The Tory leader has faced cri...
Sep 15, 2021
Oil industry pleads for help but feds still mum on when that will come
OTTAWA - Canada's oil producers are growing frustrated that they have yet to see a promised federal aid package to help bail out their industry from an unprecedented drop in demand. Canadian Associati...
Apr 04, 2020
NHL investigation says there is insufficient evidence Evander Kane broke COVID rules
NEW YORK - The NHL has concluded its investigation of Evander Kane and found that there was insufficient evidence that he lied about his COVID-19 status when travelling during the holiday period. The ...
Jan 27, 2022
Birth control, diabetes meds could be covered if Liberals clinch NDP pharmacare deal
OTTAWA - Pharmacare negotiations between the Liberals and NDP are on a knife's edge, and the main point of contention is the number of drugs they plan to start with. Two sources with knowledge of the ...
Feb 14, 2024
Senators reject field trip to African Lion Safari amid elephant bill study
OTTAWA - The Senate legal affairs committee has rejected a motion calling for members to take a $50,000 field trip to the African Lion Safari in southern Ontario to see the zoo's elephant exhibit. The...
Apr 19, 2024
Republicans join Democrats against Trump's Great Lakes cuts
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - It sounds like an idea that would warm a conservative Republican’s heart: Kill funding of a regional environmental cleanup that has lasted seven years and cost the federal...
Mar 17, 2017
Major Australian media company strikes Google news pay deal
CANBERRA, Australia - Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism in a partnership announced Monday before the nation's Pa...
Feb 15, 2021
S.Y. Noh leads Byron Nelson by 3 after course record-tying 60
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) - S.Y. Noh thought he didn't have quite enough distance with his 3-wood as he pondered going for the green in two on the par-5 18th hole - setting up a potential eagle and a 59 in...
May 12, 2023
Self-promoting 'Pharma Bro' sentenced to prison in fraud
NEW YORK - Martin Shrkeli, the smirking “Pharma Bro” vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors in two f...
Mar 09, 2018
Academic troubled by MPs' refusal to share newsletters with researchers
OTTAWA - While MPs send out newsletters to get the public's attention, many of them are refusing to share these taxpayer-funded mailouts with academics for research purposes. "The secrecy (with w...
Jan 14, 2023