Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alfa Romeo recalls vehicles; cruise control can go haywire
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is warning owners of more than 60,000 Alfa Romeo cars and SUVs worldwide not to use the adaptive cruise control because it might not stop working even when a driver taps the br...
Mar 08, 2019

Manitoba Premier says tax cut will come even if opposition delays bill
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his long-promised cut to the provincial sales tax will take effect July 1, even if the opposition delays the legislation that enacts it. Opposition par...
Mar 08, 2019
Facebook aims to reduce 'anti-vaxxer' messages, ads as part of 'safety' campaign
VANCOUVER - Facebook should ban posts by so-called anti-vaxxers in order to protect children against measles and other contagious diseases, says a British Columbia mother who launched a petition urgin...
Mar 08, 2019

Ontario nowhere near goal of full accessibility by 2025, review finds
TORONTO - The accessibility law that took effect in Ontario 14 years ago and has served as a blueprint for similar legislation in other parts of Canada has fallen well short of its goals and continues...
Mar 08, 2019

Andrew Scheer says he didn't hear pizzagate reference at Ontario town hall
ROSSER, Man. - Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer says he didn’t hear a man mention a widely debunked conspiracy theory while answering questions at a town hall earlier this week. The feder...
Mar 08, 2019
Court denies new trial in 'Serial' podcast murder case
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland’s highest court denied a new trial Friday for a man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” In a 4-3 opinion, the Court of Appea...
Mar 08, 2019
Announcer pulled from broadcast after lynching comment
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A play-by-play announcer was pulled from the broadcast of the Boys’ State Hockey Tournament in Minnesota after he encouraged one team’s fans to “get out the lynchin...
Mar 08, 2019
Avie's Flatter installed as early 3-1 Queen's Plate Winterbook favourite
TORONTO - Avie’s Flatter was installed as the early 3-1 Queen’s Plate Winterbook favourite Friday. The hypothetical Winterbook offers an early look at the 84 three-year-olds, including 11 ...
Mar 08, 2019

A timeline of the SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - A chronology of the SNC-Lavalin controversy, according to public documents, reports and testimony to the House of Commons justice committee: Feb. 19, 2015 – The RCMP lays corruption and...
Mar 08, 2019
Canada must do more to help jailed Saudi women: Amnesty International
OTTAWA - An international rights group urged the federal government Friday to finally break its silence and loudly and specifically speak out against Saudi Arabia for jailing women who have been fight...
Mar 08, 2019