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Appeals Court upholds landmark ruling ordering tobacco companies to pay billions
MONTREAL - In what is being described as a major defeat for the tobacco industry, the Quebec Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a landmark judgment ordering three companies to pay bi...
Mar 03, 2019
Parents blame North Korea's 'evil regime' for son's death
CINCINNATI - Unlike President Donald Trump, Otto Warmbier's parents don't believe North Korea's leader. The parents of the American college student who was sent home from North Korea in a vegetative s...
Mar 03, 2019
Pot confiscation at Canadian border increased in weeks after legalization: stats
OTTAWA - New statistics show the number of cannabis confiscations at the Canadian border increased more than 60 per cent year-over-year in the first six weeks after pot legalization. The Can...
Mar 03, 2019
Alberta ban on school seclusion rooms comes with possible exemptions
EDMONTON - Alberta Education Minister David Eggen says schools and parents will be able to request exemptions to a ban on seclusion rooms that will take effect this fall. Eggen stresses that...
Mar 03, 2019
Lyft reveals big growth but no profits as it readies for IPO
NEW YORK - Lyft is growing quickly ahead of its initial public offering but continues to bleed money and may struggle to turn a profit, according to a federal filing. The company released its financia...
Mar 03, 2019
Meng Wanzhou alleges her constitutional rights were breached by RCMP, CBSA
VANCOUVER - The defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has filed a notice of civil claim alleging "serious violations" of her constitutional rights. The suit filed with the B.C. Supreme Court ...
Mar 03, 2019
Kingsbury takes Crystal Globe, final World Cup event cancelled due to fog
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury earned his eighth Crystal Globe title Sunday without having to compete in the season-ending moguls World Cup event. The dual moguls competition was cance...
Mar 03, 2019
Montreal police won't face charges in fatal 2017 shooting of black man: Crown
MONTREAL - The police officers who fatally shot a black man during a 2017 intervention at an east-end Montreal apartment won't face charges, Quebec's Crown prosecutors' office announced Friday. The of...
Mar 03, 2019
Tesla's online-only sales approach comes with big risks
DETROIT - When Gary Bornstein spent $52,000 for a Tesla Model 3 last summer, he did it without taking a test drive or even seeing the car that he now owns. The Long Island, New York, financial consult...
Mar 03, 2019
Northern Ontario's Jacobs, Manitoba's McEwen win two in a row to kick off Brier
BRANDON, Man. - Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs won a second game in a row to open the Canadian men's curling championship with an 8-2 victory over Andrew Symonds of Newfoundland and Labrador on Sunday...
Mar 03, 2019