Category Archives: Canadian Press
Does baby powder cause cancer? Another jury says yes.
TRENTON, N.J. - For the third time, Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a multimillion-dollar jury verdict over whether the talc in its iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regula...
Oct 28, 2016
NewsAlert: Clinton predicts new FBI probe on emails will not change anything
DES MOINES, Iowa - Hillary Clinton says she is confident new emails will not change FBI’s conclusion she should not face prosecution. She also calls on FBI to immediately release all information...
Oct 28, 2016
UN gets release of 876 children detained by Nigeria military
LAGOS, Nigeria - The United Nations has negotiated the release this year of 876 children detained at a Nigerian army barracks holding suspected collaborators of the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group,...
Oct 28, 2016
Moving immigration office to Edmonton from Vegreville more efficient: minister
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister John McCallum says the plan to relocate an immigration processing centre from Vegreville, Alta., to Edmonton will be more efficient and result in a net increase of jobs i...
Oct 28, 2016
Quebec government unveils plan to fight and prevent sexual assault
MONTREAL - In the wake of several high-profile incidents of alleged sexual assault, the Quebec government has released its long-awaited strategy to fight and prevent sexual violence. Five provincial c...
Oct 28, 2016
Lost cause? North Korea nuke threat awaits next president
WASHINGTON - If North Korea has been a foreign policy headache for Barack Obama’s presidency, it threatens to be a migraine for his successor. The next president will likely contend with an adve...
Oct 28, 2016
Trump gives $10 million, still short on investment promise
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will spend $100 million or more of his own money on his presidential bid. Yet even with a fresh donation, he is $34 million short of that promise. The ...
Oct 28, 2016
Trump U staff included drug trafficker, child molester
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump says he hand-picked only the best to teach success at Trump University. But dozens of those hired by the company had checkered pasts - including serious financial problems an...
Oct 28, 2016
Bruins' Pastrnak suspended two games for head hit on Rangers' Girardi
Boston Bruins winger David Pastrnak was suspended two games on Friday for an illegal check to the head of New York Rangers defenceman Dan Girardi. Pastrnak delivered the hit in the second period of a ...
Oct 28, 2016
Body of woman, car recovered from Lake Ontario in Toronto
Toronto police pulled a woman’s body and a car from Lake Ontario on Friday after the vehicle veered across traffic and hit a guardrail before plunging into the water. The crash took place Thursd...
Oct 28, 2016