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VW, Ford team up to make autonomous, electric vehicles
NEW YORK - Volkswagen will invest $2.6 billion into a Pittsburgh autonomous vehicle company that's mostly owned by Ford as the automakers who were once rivals deepen their partnership to develop drive...
Jul 14, 2019
11 years after epic, Federer tops Nadal in Wimbledon semis
WIMBLEDON, England - After waiting 11 years to get another shot against Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, Roger Federer was so, so close to the finish line. One match point slipped away when Federer missed a...
Jul 14, 2019
Military looks to guard satellites from 'natural and artificial threats'
OTTAWA - Canadian satellites need to be protected from "natural and artificial threats" in space, says the federal government in a call for new ideas and technology to help. In a tender ...
Jul 14, 2019
Officials flagged 900 food items from China with 'problems' over two years
OTTAWA - Canadian inspectors intercepted nearly 900 food products from China over concerns about faulty labels, unmentioned allergens and harmful contaminants that included glass and metal b...
Jul 14, 2019
Alberta Health to review three systems that give patients information
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is undertaking an independent review of three health information systems utilized by Alberta Health Services.The request for proposals has now gone out for a r...
Jul 14, 2019
Djokovic edges Federer in 5 sets for 5th Wimbledon trophy
WIMBLEDON, England - Novak Djokovic became the first man in 71 years to win Wimbledon after facing match points in the final, coming back to beat Roger Federer in an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker...
Jul 14, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Novak Djokovic wins Wimbledon men's title for fifth time
WIMBLEDON, England - Novak Djokovic has defeated Roger Federer to capture his fifth Wimbledon men's title. More coming. The Canadian Press
Jul 14, 2019
Top brass shuffled again as army commander becomes military's second-in-command
OTTAWA - The fallout from the failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman continued Friday as the Defence Department announced another shuffle to its top ranks, including the appointment of a new s...
Jul 14, 2019
Alberta, Quebec seek to intervene in B.C. appeal to Supreme Court on pipelines
EDMONTON - Alberta and Quebec want to have their say when British Columbia goes to the Supreme Court for a ruling on who is in charge of interprovincial projects like pipelines. Both provinces sa...
Jul 14, 2019
Prominent Montreal lawyer James Duggan among victims of Quebec plane crash
MONTREAL - James Duggan, a well-known Montreal lawyer who spent years fighting for the rights of RCMP officers to unionize, was among the three victims of a plane crash t...
Jul 14, 2019