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Europe fines Google $1.7 billion in antitrust case
BRUSSELS - Europe's antitrust regulators slapped Google with a big fine Wednesday for the third time in less than two years, ordering the tech giant to pay 1.49 billion euros ($1.7 billion) for freezi...
Mar 22, 2019
North Korea abruptly withdraws staff from liaison office
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea abruptly withdrew its staff from a liaison office with South Korea on Friday, a development that is likely to put a damper on ties between the countries and fur...
Mar 22, 2019
Statistics Canada reports pace of inflation ticked higher in February
OTTAWA - The annual pace of inflation edged higher in February as gains in most sectors offset lower gasoline prices. Statistics Canada says the consumer price index in February climbed 1.5 ...
Mar 22, 2019
Adam Sidlow a near-constant in the trenches for the Toronto Wolfpack
Adam Sidlow has been a near-constant for the Toronto Wolfpack since the transatlantic rugby league team first took the field in 2017. But the big forward suffered a minor hamstring tear duri...
Mar 22, 2019
Cleanup underway after fire at Texas petrochemicals facility
HOUSTON - Crews on Wednesday extinguished a fire that had burned for days at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility and led to concerns about air quality among some residents and environmental...
Mar 22, 2019
UK's May asks a wary EU to delay Brexit until June 30
LONDON - Exactly 1,000 days after Britain voted to leave the European Union, and nine days before it is scheduled to walk out the door, Prime Minister Theresa May hit the pause button Wednesday, askin...
Mar 22, 2019
In the news today, March 22
Five stories in the news for Friday, March 22 --- SENTENCING FOR DRIVER IN BRONCOS BUS CRASH A truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash is to be sentenced in a Saskatchewan ...
Mar 22, 2019
In the news today, March 20
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, March 20 --- DRUG TREATMENT LACKING IN PRISON: EX-INMATE A recently released prisoner from the Atlantic Institution in New Brunswick says he filed 70 compl...
Mar 22, 2019
'Grieve every day:' Full parole for Calgary woman convicted in son's strep death
CALGARY - A woman who opted to treat her son with holistic remedies instead of taking him to the doctor for a strep infection has been granted full parole. Tamara Lovett, 50, gave ...
Mar 22, 2019
No tax hikes in Saskatchewan budget, but cash for mental health
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is holding the line on taxes as it returns to a balanced budget that provides funding for mental health, volunteer firefighters and intersection safety. ...
Mar 22, 2019
