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Vancouver Whitecaps sign Canadian striker Lucas Cavallini to three-year deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have paid a big price to try and fill a large hole in their offence. The Whitecaps have signed Canadian striker Lucas Cavallini in hopes of bringing some scoring pu...
Dec 18, 2019
Quebec legislature members file police complaints over hateful online messages
MONTREAL - A Quebec legislature member who has highlighted the online hate and abuse faced by female politicians has taken her complaints to police, saying she wants to encourage other victi...
Dec 18, 2019
SNC-Lavalin pleads guilty to fraud, will pay a $280M fine for Libyan work
MONTREAL - A division of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. will plead guilty to a charge of fraud and pay a $280-million penalty related to work the company did in Libya. The plea deal comes on the heels of the ...
Dec 18, 2019
In reversal, Hallmark will reinstate same-sex marriage ads
NEW YORK - The Hallmark Channel, reversing what it called a "wrong decision," said Sunday it will reinstate commercials featuring same-sex couples that it had pulled following a complaint from a conse...
Dec 18, 2019
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Jody Wilson-Raybould is CP's newsmaker of the year
OTTAWA - The SNC-Lavalin affair cost Justin Trudeau two cabinet ministers, his most trusted aide, the top federal public servant and possibly a second majority mandate; and now the woman at the centre...
Dec 18, 2019
Weinstein: Sex assault charges have made me 'forgotten man'
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein defended himself as a pioneer in advancing the careers of women in the film industry in the wake of scores of sexual misconduct allegations that launched the #MeToo movemen...
Dec 18, 2019
Right whale gives birth to first calf off the coast of Georgia: Oceana
HALIFAX - An international conservation group has announced the birth of the first North Atlantic right whale calf of the 2019-2020 calving season. Oceana says the calf was born Monday off the co...
Dec 18, 2019
Statistics Canada says annual pace of inflation climbs to 2.2 per cent
OTTAWA - The annual pace of inflation heated up in November as gasoline prices posted their first year-over-year increase since October 2018, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The agency said the...
Dec 18, 2019
Private investigation into Sherman deaths over, but police probe continues: cops
Toronto police say a private investigation into the slayings of billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife Honey is over, but the force's own probe continues. Insp. Hank Idsinga, the head o...
Dec 18, 2019
GOP Sen. Collins of Maine launches reelection bid
PORTLAND, Maine - U.S. Sen. Susan Collins officially launched her bid for a reelection Wednesday, setting up an expensive and closely watched battle for the seat the moderate Republican from Maine has...
Dec 18, 2019