Новости за 07.06.2017

Children who drink alternative milks seem less likely to grow to the same height at age three as those who drink cow's milk, Toronto researchers have found.

Students at an Edmonton high school who protested the removal of Pride Week decorations this week have received an apology from the principal and invitations from top politicians to two Pride events.

A woman in her vehicle was pulled over Sunday by someone posing as a peace officer, and then forcibly confined and sexually assaulted, Edmonton police say.

Early Wednesday afternoon, the Senate intelligence committee released the prepared written statement former FBI director James Comey submitted ahead of Thursday's hearing. This is his full statement.

Longtime bank employees blew the whistle on questionable practices by Canada's big banks during a House of Commons committee hearing Wednesday.

Former Ontario Liberal cabinet minister Madeleine Meilleur has withdrawn her application to be Canada's languages commissioner following a barrage of criticism from opposition MPs for her ties to the Liberal Party and for meeting with the prime minister's top two staffers.

Airbnb has launched a platform to assist hosts who want to provide free housing to displaced people in need in an effort to help the global refugee crisis.

A recent finding of human bones dating back 300,000 years calls into question the belief that modern humans evolved in east Africa, researchers say.

Flair Airlines has bought NewLeaf Travel Company, the deep discount flight seller that made headlines last year for offering flights between Canadian markets at rock bottom prices.

Education experts are warning high school students to be careful about what they post, lest it dampen their post-secondary plans.

The Liberal government's new defence policy lays out a plan to increase the defence budget by 70 per cent over the next decade to $32.7 billion. It is a mixture of new and previously committed cash.

A female peacock has ruffled more than just feathers at a Los Angeles-area liquor store.

Consider it your daily double double, or more accurately your caffè grande, of Canadiana: a pair of Mounties in full red serge, atop russet steeds ordering coffee at a drive-thru.

Apple customers will soon have more choices as the company looks to reduce long wait times for iPhone repairs at its retail stores.

The Liberals are leaning into this moment of Trump-era climate politics - and in so doing, they seem to want to test the Conservative opposition.

On the eve of his first public account of the events leading up to his firing, former FBI director James Comey releases a letter posted to the Senate panel's website indicating that U.S. President Donald Trump asked him to quash an agency probe into his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who was forced to resign.

Five students were taken to hospital after a school bus rolled onto its side in a collision Wednesday morning in downtown Toronto.

DFO officers were in Outer Cove, Newfoundland Wednesday morning, working to remove a rotting whale carcass that has frustrated the local town council for weeks.

U.S. President Donald Trump says in a tweet that he will nominate a former Justice Department official, Christopher Wray, as FBI director to replace James Comey.

Bill Cosby's accuser brushed off suggestions they had a romantic relationship before he allegedly drugged and assaulted her, as the comedian's lawyers laboured Wednesday to pick apart her story at his sex-crimes trial.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats' star receiver Luke Tasker was on his way to a breakthrough 2016 campaign before an abdominal injury forced him to miss the final six regular-season games and CFL playoffs. Tasker turned, in February, for the first time to pilates in his workouts to help him recover.

​Novak Djokovic's French Open title defence ended with a surprisingly lopsided 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-0 quarter-final loss to sixth-seeded Dominic Thiem of Austria on Wednesday.

Donna Mayne has been working on a bust of a woman who figures prominently in local black history — Mary Ann Shadd. The sculptor hopes to eventually create a life-sized figure in bronze.

Four cats have fallen in the last two weeks, and two of those have died.

The mother and sister of Devon LaFleur say Toronto police should be held accountable for shooting and killing him.