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Holland defends new ministerial powers to pull products off the shelves
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says he needs new powers to unilaterally take dangerous products off the shelves if they're hurting people and not being used as intended. He defended the new pow...
May 29, 2024
Canada's Taylor hopes to repeat at RBC Canadian Open but McIlroy could challenge
HAMILTON - Nick Taylor hopes that he or a fellow Canadian win the RBC Canadian Open this year. Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., won last year's men's national golf championship at Oakdale Golf and Count...
May 29, 2024
Stampeders' receiver Malik Henry out with season-ending knee injury
CALGARY - Calgary Stampeders receiver Malik Henry suffered a knee injury in practice and will undergo season-ending surgery. The Stampeders say the 27-year-old wideout sustained a patellar tendon inju...
May 29, 2024
Justice minister says Online Harms Act leaves room for age-appropriate design options
OTTAWA - The federal justice minister says the government's online harms bill includes measures to protect children using age-appropriate web design. His comment comes as legislators study a Senate bi...
May 29, 2024
Alito rejects calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases because of flag controversies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags tha...
May 29, 2024
Access to Information plan includes administrative steps but no legislative changes
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is outlining a variety of steps intended to make the much-criticized Access to Information system work better. But it appears any changes to the federal law will have t...
May 29, 2024
On-ice camera shot of fight at Memorial Cup puts spotlight on fighting in hockey
An up-close look at a scrap during a Memorial Cup game has put the spotlight on fighting in hockey. A TSN cameraman, dressed in white to blend in, came onto the ice Monday night to film a second-perio...
May 29, 2024
DNA match leads to conviction 22 years after B.C. sexual assault
RICHMOND, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver say a DNA match led to a man's arrest and conviction more than 22 years after he broke into a woman's home and sexually assaulted her. Richmond RCMP say Chri...
May 29, 2024
Edmonton Oilers set to make lineup changes for Game 4 of Western Conference final
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers are shaking things up. Down 2-1 in the NHL's Western Conference final to the Dallas Stars, head coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed there would be lineup changes for tonight'...
May 29, 2024
Israel's military says it's taken control of a strategic corridor along Gaza's border with Egypt
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel's military said Wednesday it has seized control of a strategic corridor that runs along the length of Gaza's border with Egypt. The corridor, known as Philadelphi, stret...
May 29, 2024