Author Archives:
NDP table legislation to create universal pharmacare program
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will table a bill today calling for a universal pharmacare plan. The party, which has been promising to table this legislation for some time, says its proposa...
Feb 24, 2020
Desmond inquiry: doctor was concerned about former soldier's cannabis use
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed three family members and himself is hearing testimony today from a New Brunswick doctor who prescribed him medical cannab...
Feb 24, 2020
Senators deal Pageau to Islanders, Namestnikov to Avalanche for picks
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have traded pending unrestricted free-agent forwards Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Vladislav Namestnikov for draft picks. Hours before the NHL's 3 p.m. ET trade deadline Mo...
Feb 24, 2020
Car hits crowd at Carnival in German town; several injured
BERLIN - A car slammed into a crowd at a Carnival procession in a German town on Monday, injuring several people, police said. The driver was arrested. Police told the dpa news agency that no deaths h...
Feb 24, 2020
Supreme Court won't hear case brought by author Jon Krakauer
WASHINGTON - The educational records of a star University of Montana quarterback accused of rape will remain confidential after the Supreme Court declined to get involved in the case brought by author...
Feb 24, 2020
Pioneering black mathematician Katherine Johnson has died
HAMPTON, Va. - NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA's early space missions and was portrayed in the film "Hidden Figures," about pioneering black female aerospace workers, h...
Feb 24, 2020
Virus in Italy affects Olympic meetings, soccer games
ROME - The first board meeting for the Milan-Cortina Olympics was changed to a video conference Monday as authorities sought to contain a spreading virus that has made northern Italy the focal point o...
Feb 24, 2020
Global markets plunge as virus cases spread beyond Asia
NEW YORK - Stocks are opening sharply lower on Wall Street, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 700 points, as virus cases spread beyond China, threatening to disrupt the global ec...
Feb 24, 2020
Jussie Smollett to make 1st court appearance on new charges
CHICAGO - Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett is due to make an initial court appearance Monday on a new set of charges alleging that he lied to police about being targeted in a racist and homophobi...
Feb 24, 2020
Emergency goaltender's mom makes emotional US TV appearance with son
The mother of Carolina Hurricanes emergency goalie David Ayres brought her son to tears during a television appearance with him. On NBC's "Today," Ayres's mother, Mary, came on a video link to ex...
Feb 24, 2020
