Canada"s competition watchdog drops Apple probe

Apple Store in Quebec, Canada
Last Friday, Canada"s Competition Bureau officially announced that it is closing a two-year investigation into whether Apple had attempted to stifle competition back when it introduced the original iPhone to the country"s local markets.
The tech giant was put..

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Kodak Ektra coming to US and Canada this April, will cost $549

Kodak has announced that its Android-powered Ektra smartphone will arrive in the US and Canada in Q2 this year. Specifically, the company said the device will be available to pre-order in both countries in April.
The announcement was made by the company at the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
As for price, it was revealed that the handset will carry a tag of $549. For comparison, in Europe – where the Ektra is available since early December – the phone is being officially sold for €499 (around $528).
Key specs of the device include Helio X20 SoC, 5-inch full HD display, 3GB/32GB memory config, 21MP/13MP camera combo, and 3,000mAh battery.
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Advocates hopeful Canada will stop criminalizing non-disclosure of HIV status

Marjorie Schenkels had unprotected sex three times with a friend, while they both had been drinking, as she was going through a difficult and volatile time in her life.
The Manitoba woman was also living with HIV — a diagnosis she had told only her mother about — and feared she would lose her fri...
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Canada’s prime minister secures a deal for a national carbon price

TALK is cheap. Since 1997 Canada has signed five global climate deals pledging to lower its greenhouse-gas emissions. However, it has never implemented a national climate plan. Instead, its ten provinces and three territories have mostly been free to do their own thing.
Provinces rich in hydropower, such as Quebec and Ontario, made big strides, and British ..

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Fentanyl drug crisis "spreading like a cancer" across Canada, expert says

As the number of deaths linked to fentanyl and carfentanil in 2016 continue to rise in British Columbia and Alberta, the "unprecedented drug safety and public health crisis" is "spreading like a cancer" across Canada, a prominent drug expert says.

Fentanyl crisis: Up to 9...
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"We in Canada are at risk," Canadian Blood Services head says about clinics that pay for donations

The head of Canadian Blood Services says the agency plans to open dozens more collection facilities in the coming years amid signs it is losing volunteer donors to a for-profit clinic that pays people to give plasma.
Canadian Plasma Resources, a private operator that gives gift cards to plasma...
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Why "Canada"s reprieve from pharmaceutical budget pressures is over"

The growth in health spending in Canada is slow overall but public spending on prescription drugs increased, according to two new reports.
The Canadian Institute for Health Information"s (CIHI) overview of health expenditures from 1975 to 2016 showed the rate of growth of total health...
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In a win for food industry, Canada food labels won"t list "added sugar"

There are 152 ways to say "sugar" on a food label. It can be called isomaltulose, agave, barley malt, sorghum or brown rice syrup, even potato syrup solids.
All of those obscure synonyms will be listed in one convenient place on the food label, behind the word "sugar," as...
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Canada’s prime minister secures a deal for a national carbon price

TALK is cheap. Since 1997 Canada has signed five global climate deals pledging to lower its greenhouse-gas emissions. However, it has never implemented a national climate plan. Instead, its ten provinces and three territories have mostly been free to do their own thing.
Provinces rich in hydropower, such as Quebec and Ontario, made big strides, and British ..

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It"s about to get easier to set up supervised drug injection sites in Canada

As the number of Canadians dying from opioid overdoses continues to grow, the federal government is preparing to make it easier to open supervised drug injection sites.
Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott is set to bring forward on Monday proposed legislation to make changes to the Controlled...
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Canada"s star duo hoping for recognition

© Getty Images Few individuals have contributed as much to the resurgence of women’s football in Canada in recent years than Christine Sinclair and John Herdman. After the latter took over as coach in 2011, the Canucks twice won bronze at the Women"s Olympic Football Tournament and climbed as high as fourth in the FIFA Women"s World Ranking. Sinclair, meanwhile, is the team"s figurehead on the pitch, scoring 165 goals in 250 appearances and featuring at FIFA Women’s World Cups™, Olympic Football Tournaments and in countless other competitions.
It comes as little surprise to either of them, then, that the other has been shortlisted for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016™ – Sinclair for The Best FIFA Women’s Player and Herdman for The Best FIFA Women’s Coach. “He"s the best coach I’ve ever had,” said Sinclair, who feels the Englishman would be a worthy winner, to FIFA.com. “The journey that he’s taken with this team and the improvements that he’s made – it’s just fan..

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Canada school shooting: five dead, says Prime Minister Trudeau

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Al menos dos muertos y varios heridos en un tiroteo en una escuela del oeste de Canadá

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On The Line: Justin Ling and Nilo Tabrizy Discuss Justin Trudeau’s Canada

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This Week On The Line: Justin Ling and Nilo Tabrizy Discuss Justin Trudeau’s Canada

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Malas noticias para los refugiados sirios en Canadá

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BT: Ina Raymundo, nagbaksyon sa Canada kasama ang pamilya

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Air Canada flight diverted by turbulence: "All of a sudden it was really violent" - BBC News

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Family of drowned Syrian toddler arrives in Canada

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