By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press Researchers may be closing in on a way to check athletes while they’re alive for signs of a degenerative brain disease that’s been linked to frequent head blows. Experimental scans found higher levels of an abnormal protein tied to the disease in a study […]
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The Canadian PressKelly Geraldine Malone WINNIPEG–A lawyer representing Manitoba says a “Star Trek” fan wasn’t allowed to keep his personalized ASIMIL8 licence plate because the word cannot be dissociated from the history of forced assimilation of Indigenous people in the province. Manitoba Justice lawyer Charles Murray told court yesterday that […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The Liberal government is taking steps to stem the tide of asylum seekers who’ve been crossing into Canada from the U.S. at unofficial border crossings. Tucked into this year’s 392-page omnibus budget bill, which arrived in the House of Commons yesterday evening, is a provision that would […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario drivers could soon see government-mandated stickers about the price of the carbon tax on gas pumps across the province, as the Progressive Conservatives open a new front in their battle with Ottawa over the levy. The environment and energy ministers made the announcement yesterday in one […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Liberals are defending Justin Trudeau’s threatened libel suit against Andrew Scheer, arguing that the Conservative leader’s editing or deleting online statements proves he knows he’s gone too far in criticizing the prime minister’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair. “The leader of the Opposition pretends that he will […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Andrew Scheer is challenging Justin Trudeau to follow through on a threat to sue him over his assertion that the prime minister politically interfered with the criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavlin. The Conservative leader revealed yesterday that he received a letter on March 31 […]
The Canadian Press LONGUEUIL, Que.–David Saint-Jacques joined select company today, becoming just the fourth Canadian astronaut to take part in a spacewalk and the first in 12 years as he embarked on a seven-hour mission. Saint-Jacques’ and NASA astronaut Anne McClain officially began their spacewalk just after 6:30 a.m. CDT […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Just five per cent of students on average per high school in Ontario are currently enrolled in online courses, and some have trouble learning so independently, says a report released today. The People for Education report on technology in schools comes shortly after the provincial government […]
By Christine Bear The Canadian Press Health Canada says it will launch a months-long consultation process this year on setting a maximum level of arsenic allowed in rice and rice-based food, including baby cereal. Currently, there is no hard limit on arsenic in rice-based food in Canada and the U.S., […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Doctors in Ontario are warning that misinformation being spread online is undermining public trust in vaccines. The Ontario Medical Association, which represents about 31,500 doctors in the province, has launched a public awareness campaign through Twitter, Facebook and traditional media in a bid to combat myths […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got a first-hand glimpse of the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair when he addressed young women staging a mock Parliament in the House of Commons yesterday: about four dozen of them turned their backs on him while he tried to explain why […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Some Ontario school boards have written to the education minister with concerns that planned increases to class sizes will mean they can offer fewer elective courses, such as in the arts and skilled trades. Boards in Peel region, Toronto and eastern Ontario told Lisa Thompson that her […]
