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Canadian company pleads guilty to peddling vast database of personal information
OTTAWA - The RCMP says a Canadian-based company that peddled an illicit trove of 1.5 billion user names and associated passwords has pleaded guilty to criminal charges. In a news r...
May 17, 2019
Canada women ready for farewell bow against Mexico before World Cup departure
TORONTO - The Canadian women's soccer team takes a farewell bow at Toronto's BMO Field on Saturday, hopefully with a win over Mexico, before leaving Sunday for Europe and the World Cup. Expectations a...
May 17, 2019
Five intriguing scenarios to keep your eyes on as CFL training camps open
TORONTO - With the CFL and CFL Players' Association having a tentative collective bargaining agreement in place, veterans will report Sunday for the start of training camps. The expecta...
May 17, 2019
Major slides rip away north face of Joffre Peak near Pemberton, B.C.
PEMBERTON, B.C. - For the second time in a week, a major rock slide has occurred on Joffre Peak, just east of Pemberton, B.C. Earthquake seismologist John Cassidy says the latest slide happened a...
May 17, 2019
Scheer's climate plan will look at how Canada can cut emissions elsewhere
OTTAWA - Conservative leader Andrew Scheer says his party's climate plan will aim to hit Canada's promised greenhouse-gas emissions targets but the party will not say whether that ...
May 17, 2019
The hardest choice of this long weekend: Raptors or 'Game of Thrones'?
TORONTO - As a "Game of Thrones" fanatic who is also a devoted Toronto Raptors fan, Oriana Di Nucci finds herself weighing the pros and cons of what to watch this Sunday when the fantas...
May 17, 2019
The hardest choice of this long weekend: Raptors or 'Game of Thrones'?
TORONTO - As a "Game of Thrones" fanatic who is also a devoted Toronto Raptors fan, Oriana Di Nucci finds herself weighing the pros and cons of what to watch this Sunday when the fantas...
May 17, 2019
United Airlines to lay off 100 in Houston, outsource jobs
HOUSTON - United Airlines says it will cut about 100 accounting jobs in Houston in July and shift the work to a contractor. The airline reported the layoffs in a letter this week to the Texas Workforc...
May 17, 2019
Man who helped his own arrest by contacting CFJC given 14-day jail sentence
KAMLOOPS - A man who helped in his own arrest by disclosing his location to CFJC Today has been sentenced to 14 days in jail. Jessie Dean Kowalchuk was also given one year's probation. Kowalchuk was f...
May 17, 2019 Image Credit: RCMP handout
Mark Norman affair needs public inquiry, Scheer says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Canada needs a public inquiry into the case of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. On Parliament Hill this afternoon, Scheer says a full investigation is justifie...
May 17, 2019
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