Category Archives: Canadian Press
Lance Armstrong settles $100M lawsuit with US government
AUSTIN, Texas - Lance Armstrong reached a $5 million settlement with the federal government in a whistleblower lawsuit that could have sought $100 million in damages from the cyclist who was stripped ...
Apr 19, 2018

Governor General calls Southwest Airline pilot a hero for showing nerves of steel
MONTREAL - Canada’s governor general says a Southwest Airlines pilot who landed her plane safely after a mid-air engine explosion is rightfully being called a hero and a role model to many. Juli...
Apr 19, 2018

'60 Minutes' report details progression of Alzheimer's
NEW YORK - Filmed over 10 years, a “60 Minutes” report this weekend shows in startling detail the progression that Alzheimer’s disease takes on a patient. CBS medical correspondent D...
Apr 19, 2018

Tory Leader Andrew Scheer says he doesn't feel betrayed by Maxime Bernier
MONTREAL - Andrew Scheer says he doesn’t feel betrayed by former Tory leadership rival Maxime Bernier for suggesting he won the race last May due to “fake Conservatives” who wanted t...
Apr 19, 2018

Liberal Scott Simms says he doesn't regret voting for Tory motion on summer jobs
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Scott Simms does not regret voting with the Conservatives over a controversial change to the student summer jobs program - even though it ended up costing him his job as chair of t...
Apr 19, 2018
Girl, 3, required 48 stitches after being bitten on face by dog: OPP
STIRLING, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police say they are investigating an incident in which a child required 48 stitches to her face after being bitten by a dog. OPP say the incident occurred on April ...
Apr 19, 2018

New auto rules will be the 'core' of future NAFTA deal, Freeland predicts
WASHINGTON - New automotive rules will be the centrepiece of a new NAFTA agreement, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday during a round of negotiations she characterized as being f...
Apr 19, 2018

Sailboat cocaine case delayed again as Crown seeks expert witness
HALIFAX - The sentencing of a sailboat captain who smuggled drugs into Nova Scotia from a small Caribbean island has been delayed yet again - this time for the Crown to call an expert witness. Federal...
Apr 19, 2018
Ford's company would benefit 'probably very little' from corporate tax cut
TORONTO - Ontario’s Progressive Conservative leader acknowledged Thursday that his company would benefit, although “probably very little,” from his proposal to cut corporate taxes, b...
Apr 19, 2018

Ottawa's new privacy rules give businesses flexibility on data breach reporting
TORONTO - Federal data breach regulations set to take effect Nov. 1 will require mandatory reporting of security breaches that pose a “real risk of significant harm,” but give businesses f...
Apr 19, 2018