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Ace Swedish coder held by Ecuador was defender of Assange
CARACAS, Venezuela - An ace Swedish programmer who was an early, ardent supporter of WikiLeaks has been arrested in Ecuador in an alleged plot to blackmail the country's president over his abandonment...
Apr 14, 2019
Big pharma might cut R&D, delay new drugs if pharmacare means more generics: memo
OTTAWA - Brand-name drug companies could put off introducing new medicine in Canada and scale back research here if the country makes a major shift to cheaper generic alternat...
Apr 14, 2019
Ottawa cut off direct aid to Nicaragua last summer over human rights concerns
OTTAWA - The federal government is suspending all direct aid to Nicaragua, citing what it calls "the deteriorating human rights situation" in the Central American nation under President Daniel Ortega....
Apr 14, 2019
Canada recovers to win bronze at women's world hockey championship
ESPOO, Finland - The Canadians heard 'O Canada' after their final game of the women's world hockey championship, yet nobody standing on the blue-line was smiling. Bronze medals hung around t...
Apr 14, 2019
Ottawa, Ontario set for carbon price fight; court to hear case this week
TORONTO - The federal and Ontario governments are set to square off in the province's top court this week over Ottawa's climate change law in a fight experts say is as much political and ideologi...
Apr 14, 2019
Top down or grassroots? NDP, UCP take differing approaches to gender balance
When Rakhi Pancholi was asked to run in the Alberta election, she was well versed in the reasons women give for avoiding politics. Through her work with ParityYEG, an Edm...
Apr 14, 2019
DNA quirk could reveal mysteries of Newfoundland's first settlers
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland genealogist has stumbled onto a rare and mysterious DNA quirk that he says could tell the untold story of the island's first European settlers. David Pike, a mat...
Apr 14, 2019
Notley hopes for momentum shift as provincial election campaign winds down
CALGARY - Alberta's NDP leader said she's hopeful momentum is moving toward her party in the waning days of what has been a nasty provincial election campaign. "We're really feeling good on the g...
Apr 14, 2019
Ontario's top court allowing rare livestream of carbon-price legal fight
TORONTO - Interested Canadians will have a rare opportunity this week to watch Ontario's top court sort out a federal-provincial legal battle over carbon pricing. It will be the first time in mor...
Apr 14, 2019
United States wins women's world hockey title with 2-1 shootout win over Finland
ESPOO, Finland - The United States claimed a fifth straight women's world hockey championship Sunday edging Finland 2-1 in a shootout. The Americans led the shootout 2-1 when Alex Rigsby stopped Susan...
Apr 14, 2019