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Veterans activist gets OK to press $25K libel suit against Liberal minister
TORONTO - A noted veterans activist can proceed with his defamation suit against the former minister of veterans affairs after Ontario's top court ruled Friday that a deputy judge in small claims...
Jul 14, 2019
Canadians Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay finish fourth at World Championships
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canadians Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay will have to try again for a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The duo narrowly missed qualifying for the 2020 Games, finishing ...
Jul 14, 2019
Officials warned China, India could use communities in Canada to advance agendas
OTTAWA - Some of the federal government's top bureaucrats have been warned about China and India trying to use their respective ethnic communities in Canada to advance their own agendas. The stark war...
Jul 14, 2019
England wins 1st World Cup in dramatic style
LONDON - England won the Cricket World Cup for the first time in extraordinary circumstances, beating New Zealand by a tiebreaker of boundaries scored after the match was tied after regulation play an...
Jul 14, 2019
VW, Ford team up to make autonomous, electric vehicles
NEW YORK - Volkswagen will invest $2.6 billion into a Pittsburgh autonomous vehicle company that's mostly owned by Ford as the automakers who were once rivals deepen their partnership to develop drive...
Jul 14, 2019
11 years after epic, Federer tops Nadal in Wimbledon semis
WIMBLEDON, England - After waiting 11 years to get another shot against Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, Roger Federer was so, so close to the finish line. One match point slipped away when Federer missed a...
Jul 14, 2019
New data to help determine stability around Fraser River slide
BIG BAR, B.C. - The B.C. government says new data is being processed in relation to the Big Bar landslide that is preventing most salmon from migrating up the Fraser River near Clinton.The government ...
Jul 14, 2019 Image Credit: BC Government
Military looks to guard satellites from 'natural and artificial threats'
OTTAWA - Canadian satellites need to be protected from "natural and artificial threats" in space, says the federal government in a call for new ideas and technology to help. In a tender ...
Jul 14, 2019
Officials flagged 900 food items from China with 'problems' over two years
OTTAWA - Canadian inspectors intercepted nearly 900 food products from China over concerns about faulty labels, unmentioned allergens and harmful contaminants that included glass and metal b...
Jul 14, 2019
Djokovic edges Federer in 5 sets for 5th Wimbledon trophy
WIMBLEDON, England - Novak Djokovic became the first man in 71 years to win Wimbledon after facing match points in the final, coming back to beat Roger Federer in an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker...
Jul 14, 2019
