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Amnesty documents Venezuelan rights violations since start of democracy protests
OTTAWA - An Amnesty International report alleging human-rights abuses by Venezuelan forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro represents one more example of a "despicable" regime, says&n...
Feb 22, 2019
Tech giants called to testify in Ottawa in international probe of fake news
OTTAWA - Executives from some of the world's largest digital and social media firms have been invited to appear before an international committee on disinformation and "fake news" when it meets i...
Feb 22, 2019
"I don't really like him;" Lowry's friendship with DeRozan tough to describe
TORONTO - Kyle Lowry's intention was to do his two year's time in Toronto then hightail it to another NBA team. And so he barely spoke to DeMar DeRozan during those two years. Lowry was...
Feb 22, 2019
Concern for measles outbreak in Sask. remains low according to Health Authority
A recent outbreak of the measles in Vancouver is being watched with keen interest by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), but the SHA's medical director for immunizations and travel health, believ...
Feb 22, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Daleman added to Canada's team for world figure skating championships
Gabrielle Daleman has been added to Canada's team for the world figure skating championships. The 21-year-old from Newmarket, Ont., led after the short program at last month's Canadian championships, ...
Feb 22, 2019
Death in Cat Lake First Nation shaking up community: Ontario NDP MP
OTTAWA - Ontario NDP MP Charlie Angus says the death of a 48-year-old woman in Cat Lake First Nation is shaking up community residents and he doesn't know what it will take for the federal government ...
Feb 22, 2019
Federal appeals court says it can't hear NDP case on satellite-office expenses
OTTAWA - The NDP cannot turn to the courts to overturn a five-year-old order by a parliamentary committee to repay as much as $2.7 million in expenses the committee said were improperly clai...
Feb 22, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Senators trade centre Matt Duchene to Columbus for prospects, pick
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have traded centre Matt Duchene to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Ottawa receives prospects Vitaly Abramov and Jonathan Davidsson, a first-round pick and another first-rounder...
Feb 22, 2019
Premiers call for end to tariffs, reboot on Canada-U.S. relationship
WASHINGTON - Three of Canada's premiers are in Washington to press the Trump administration for an end to punishing U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from north of the border. Ontario's Doug ...
Feb 22, 2019
'More than rage': How a Haitian-Canadian's message helped fuel an uprising
MONTREAL - In a photo posted to Twitter last summer, Gilbert Mirambeau Jr. sits on a couch in Montreal, wearing a blindfold and holding up a cardboard sign with a handwritten Creole mes...
Feb 22, 2019
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