By Aleksandra Sagan The Canadian Press Grocery stores have pulled romaine lettuce off their shelves and many restaurants have stopped serving caesar salads after the leafy green has been linked to an E. coli outbreak for the third time in about a year. The lettuce is more susceptible to E. […]
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By Andy Blatchford THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada could sign a new North American free-trade deal even with stinging U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods still in force, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Thursday, with just over a week to go before a key deadline for the agreement. Morneau made […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The federal government is stepping in to help the struggling Canadian media industry with new tax credits and incentives valued at nearly $600 million over the next five years. “To protect the vital role that independent news media play in our democracy and in our communities, we […]
The Canadian Press SASKATOON–A Saskatchewan scientist is telling a three bears’ story that has a very different ending than the familiar fairy tale. Doug Clark of the University of Saskatchewan said he’s got the first recorded proof of grizzly, black, and polar bears all using the same land. “Scientifically, it […]
The Canadian PressAndy Blatchford OTTAWA–The federal Liberals have come up with a $16-billion answer to Canada’s competitiveness concerns. Ottawa’s long-awaited plan to help Canada compete with the United States for investment dollars is the centrepiece of its latest fall economic statement, which forecasts slightly deeper annual deficits over the coming […]
By Candice Choi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Health officials in the U.S. and Canada told people Tuesday to stop eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is working with officials in Canada on the outbreak, which has […]
The Canadian PressLiam CaseyNicole Thompson TORONTO–Six teens were arrested and charged yesterday in connection with an alleged sexual assault at an all-boys’ private school in Toronto as police said they were looking into more incidents and additional charges could follow. Police said five teens, accompanied by their parents or lawyers, […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The Ontario government will not move forward with a proposed policy that called for gender identity references to be removed from the sexual-education curriculum, Premier Doug Ford said yesterday after the issue surfaced at a weekend gathering of his Progressive Conservative party. Parental rights advocate and […]
The Canadian PressTeresa Wright OTTAWA–Brynn Vincent was only 13 when she started experimenting with drugs and alcohol. Two years later, she was addicted and had run away from home, and then she found out she was pregnant. She sought treatment for addiction at a rehab facility, then moved into a […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–Quebec’s premier yesterday pressed his Ontario counterpart to reconsider controversial changes to French language services but couldn’t sway Doug Ford, who maintained francophones in his province would continue to be well-served. Francois Legault said he expressed his disappointment with the Ontario government’s decision to cancel a […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–Auditor general Michael Ferguson today fired a bullet at the Trudeau government’s plan to buy second-hand Australian fighter jets, revealing the air force doesn’t have enough people to fly the planes it already has. Ferguson said military commanders first alerted the government to the personnel shortage […]
The Canadian PressJames McCarten WASHINGTON–American officials can’t yet say for sure if there’s been any change in the number of people being turned away at the Canada-U.S. border for using marijuana or working or investing in the legal cannabis industry. But Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Stephanie Malin says anecdotally, […]
