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Manitoba university cuts ties with Ebola researcher pending RCMP investigation
WINNIPEG - The University of Manitoba says it has cut ties with an Ebola vaccine researcher pending the results of an RCMP investigation. A spokesperson said the school has ended the non-salaried adju...
Jul 18, 2019
Judge rejects groups' attempt to have Quebec secularism law suspended
MONTREAL - A judge today rejected an attempt by religious and civil liberties groups to have Quebec's secularism law suspended. Quebec Superior Court Justice Michel Yergeau says Bill 21 will...
Jul 18, 2019
Kevin Spacey's legal woes persist even with groping case out
BOSTON - Kevin Spacey's legal woes are not over, despite the collapse of the only criminal case brought against the two-time Oscar winner since he became mired in sexual misconduct allegations. The fo...
Jul 18, 2019
SOUND OFF: Horgan fails to act on behalf of displaced forestry workers
IN MY LAST COLUMN in this space in early June, I called on John Horgan and the NDP to do something to help forestry workers whose families and livelihoods were being impacted by mill closures and curt...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Emails show Iowa official's Tupac fixation before his ouster
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The director of Iowa's social services agency was a huge fan of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, and he frequently let his subordinates know it. Emails obtained by The Associated Press ...
Jul 18, 2019
CHARBONNEAU: Health Canada cracks down on cell injection clinics
THE GLOSSY AD arrived in my mailbox within days of reading that Health Canada was clamping down on private clinics offering cell injection treatments. The ad was for a seminar on Regenerative Medicine...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: Dmitry Kotin / Dreamstime.com
Ware, Abel earn two more diving spots for Canada at 2020 Olympics
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canada's diving team earned another two spots at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after Pamela Ware and Jennifer Abel qualified for the final of the women's three-metre sprin...
Jul 18, 2019
Singh sees Quebec as 'fertile ground' for NDP as he hits province for tour
OTTAWA - The province of Quebec offers the federal New Democrats fertile ground, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Tuesday, despite private hand-wringing about his party's state ahead ...
Jul 18, 2019
B.C. on right road with tougher ride-hailing driver rules, says expert
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government's firm position on tougher driver's licence requirements for ride-hailing is a move in the right direction, given the experiences from other jurisdictio...
Jul 18, 2019
B.C. on right road with tougher ride-hailing driver rules, says expert
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government's firm position on tougher driver's licence requirements for ride-hailing is a move in the right direction, given the experiences from other jurisdictio...
Jul 18, 2019
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