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In the news today, Aug. 30

Five stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 30 --- ONTARIO ANTI-CARBON TAX GAS STICKERS COME INTO EFFECT TODAY A new law requiring Ontario gas stations to start posting anti-c...

Aug 30, 2019

Benjamin Tomlin, Canadian sentenced to 10 years in Cuban prison, was set up: lawyer

MONTREAL - A Canadian man sentenced to 10 years in a Cuban prison says he is innocent, and his lawyer says his client was likely set up following a night of partying...

Aug 30, 2019

Cities to parties: Fill housing gaps for seniors, Indigenous people

OTTAWA - Canada's cities want all the federal parties to promise to pour billions more into the national government's decade-long housing strategy to make sure that seniors, urban Indigenous people an...

Aug 30, 2019

Defence targets witnesses in case of teen charged with shooting German tourist

CALGARY - The Crown says it has proven its case against a teen charged with shooting a German tourist near Calgary last summer, but the defence says none of the prosecution's witnesses have ...

Aug 30, 2019

Ottawa gives Quebec $250 million to cover costs related to asylum seeker influx

QUEBEC - The federal government is giving Quebec $250 million in compensation for costs the province incurred following the influx of asylum seekers across the U.S. border. Quebec's immigration m...

Aug 29, 2019

Family calls for change at funeral for B.C. teen who died of apparent overdose

LANGLEY, B.C. - The family of a 14-year-old boy whose apparent overdose death was filmed and posted on social media delivered a powerful call for change at his funeral in Langley, B.C. Carson Cri...

Aug 29, 2019

Air Canada ordered to pay $21K to francophones over language violations

MONTREAL - The Federal Court has ordered Air Canada to pay a total of $21,000 to two francophones for repeated violations of their language rights, including seatbelts on which the instruction to...

Aug 29, 2019

Hong Kong activists barred from Pride march after alleged pro-communist threats

MONTREAL - Henry Lam said he was hoping to make history when he marched in Montreal's Pride parade on Aug. 18 with his husband. Lam and Guy Ho wanted to march in the Aug. 18 event with Action Fre...

Aug 29, 2019

Quebec players taunted with racial slurs at national baseball championships in N.B.

MONTREAL - An official with the Quebec team competing at last weekend's men's national baseball championships in New Brunswick is criticizing the way Baseball Canada handled racist taunts directe...

Aug 29, 2019

Oklahoma opioid ruling could pressure pharma companies to settle in BC: experts

VANCOUVER - An Oklahoma court ruling that found Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the state's opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay US$572 million could persuade drug manufacturers to...

Aug 29, 2019