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Daycare fees dropping in some provinces with aid of public policy, study says
OTTAWA - Daycare fees have dropped - or barely inched up - in some Canadian cities in what might be early signs of the influence of federal child-care money, a new survey says. The fifth ann...
Feb 07, 2019
U.S., Mexico surpass Canada in efforts to restore monarch butterfly habitat
One of nature's greatest migrations may be returning to health after a stunning growth in the number of monarch butterflies that fluttered across North America last year. But if populations of the str...
Feb 07, 2019
Toronto Maple Leafs honour legendary broadcaster Bob Cole during Senators game
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs paid tribute to legendary broadcaster Bob Cole on Wednesday night. A video honouring the 85-year-old play-by-play icon was shown on the video screen during the firs...
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
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