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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
In the news today, Feb. 7
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 7 --- LINDROS URGES NATIONAL CONCUSSION PROTOCOL Former hockey great Eric Lindros brought his star power to Parliament Hill on Wednesday...
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