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Throne speech promises on tackling systemic racism earn mixed reactions
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government's throne speech promises on systemic racism are being met with mixed reactions, with some applauding the commitments and others calling for less talk and more a...
Sep 24, 2020
B.C. pharmacists set to treat minor ailments, prescribe contraception starting June 1
VANCOUVER - Pharmacists in British Columbia will have more responsibilities starting June 1 in an effort to improve access for those without a family doctor and ease the stress on an overburdened heal...
May 31, 2023
Plate champion One Bad Boy early favourite for Prince of Wales Stakes
FORT ERIE, Ont. - Flavien Prat won't have any trouble keeping his eye on the field in the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes. Prat will ride Queen's Plate champion One Bad Boy on Tuesday in the second je...
Jul 21, 2019
Olympic athletes shrug off medical data leaks by hackers
GENEVA - A two-time Wimbledon singles champion, two Tour de France winners and an Olympic discus gold medallist had the same answer Thursday to the latest leak by hackers of confidential medical infor...
Sep 15, 2016
Report says reviving political subsidies costs $44M per year, Liberals shut door
OTTAWA - Resurrecting the per-vote subsidy for federal political parties would cost the public treasury about $44 million annually over the next four years, a new report says - an expense the Liberal ...
Jan 30, 2018
2020 Latest: Postal Service told to sweep processing centres
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 3:35 p.m. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to perform twice daily sweeps of processing c...
Nov 05, 2020
Greek bailout talks make major breakthrough on reforms
BRUSSELS - Greece and its international creditors took a big step Friday toward an agreement that will ensure the country gets the money it needs to avoid a potential bankruptcy this summer but which ...
Apr 07, 2017
Plan to ease penalties for corporate crime has drawbacks: internal analysis
OTTAWA - A federal plan to take a bite out of corporate crime by allowing prosecutors to suspend criminal charges against companies has potential downsides, an internal analysis says - including the r...
May 16, 2018
Pakistan's ace in poker match with US: Afghan air routes
WASHINGTON - As bad as President Donald Trump describes U.S.-Pakistani ties today, they can get far worse. Over 16 years that included hundreds of deadly U.S. drone strikes, Osama bin Laden’s ki...
Jan 19, 2018
Biden's rise tests Trump plan of casting foes as socialists
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump may want to cast his potential Democratic rivals as a band of angry socialists, but Joe Biden is not co-operating with Trump's reelection strategy, and that's givin...
May 02, 2019