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New corporate-ethics ombud named but powers still subject to legal review
OTTAWA - The federal government's long-awaited announcement Monday of a watchdog to enforce responsible conduct by Canadian companies operating abroad was greeted with disappointment by human-rights a...
Apr 09, 2019
Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin disappointed with season-ending slump
BROSSARD, Que. - Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin doesn't need to check social media or turn on a television to get a sense of how Montrealers have felt about him for the last month. "I'm a smar...
Apr 09, 2019
N.B. debates Christian legislature prayer: 'Not inclusive enough'
FREDERICTON - A Green Party legislator has sparked a debate over the role of mandatory Christian prayers in New Brunswick's legislative assembly, calling instead for periods of silence as practis...
Apr 09, 2019
Red Sox stumble again, beaten in home opener by Toronto 7-5
BOSTON - Chris Sale let a Toronto runner steal home, Mookie Betts fanned with two on for the final out and the champion Boston Red Sox stumbled again, losing to the Blue Jays 7-5 Tuesday in their home...
Apr 09, 2019
Looters prey on Quebec schooner awaiting salvage on a Cuban beach: owner
MONTREAL - The owner of the last surviving St. Lawrence River schooner, beached in Cuba after running aground more than two months ago, says looters made off with thousands of dollars worth of eq...
Apr 09, 2019
Faith Goldy, five others, banned from Facebook and Instagram over hate
OTTAWA - Six Canadian people and groups involved in "organized hate" have been banned from having any further presence on Facebook and Instagram. Those banned include one-time Toronto&n...
Apr 09, 2019
Minister 'not feeling great' about social media co-operation as election nears
OTTAWA - The Canadian government isn't getting enough co-operation from the world's big social-media companies to head off foreign interference in Canada's upcoming federal election, Democratic Instit...
Apr 09, 2019
Astronaut David Saint-Jacques becomes fourth Canadian to complete spacewalk
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Astronaut David Saint-Jacques became the fourth Canadian to complete a spacewalk Monday, accomplishing several tasks alongside NASA astronaut Anne McClain in about six-and-a-hal...
Apr 09, 2019
UN warns peacekeeping in Mali will be hurt if Canada doesn't extend mission
OTTAWA - Marking the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, a Liberal MP has called his government out for not doing more on peacekeeping as the United Nations is warning it will be forced t...
Apr 09, 2019
QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange officially placed in bankruptcy
HALIFAX - Less than three months after one of Canada's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges was shut down amid a swirl of controversy, a bid to restructure Vancouver-based QuadrigaCX&n...
Apr 09, 2019
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