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Health Canada recalls glucose monitors that may give patients incorrect readings
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
Health Canada is asking diabetes patients to check if their glucose monitor is subject to an international recall that has serious health risks. The federal agency is recalling some FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors that may provide incorrect glucose readings. The recall warns incorrect readings may lead people to falsely believe their glucose levels are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World Cup draw ceremony underway as FIFA awards peace prize to Trump
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2026 World Cup draw began Friday with FIFA awarding its first peace prize to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has campaigned to win the Nobel Peace Prize. FIFA President Gianni Infantino gave Trump a large gold-colored trophy and a gold-colored medal hanging from a blue ribbon, which Trump hung around his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heather Gibbs testifies at NASCAR antitrust trial that charter offer was ‘like a gun to the head’
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The daughter-in-law of race team owner Joe Gibbs gave emotional testimony Friday in the federal antitrust case against NASCAR about the chaotic six-hour period in which teams had to sign an extension on a new revenue model or forfeit their charters. “The document was something in business you would never sign,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FIFA gives President Donald Trump a peace prize in a departure from its traditional focus on sport
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial tournament even more of a Trumpian flair. Trump, who has openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Price, had been heavily favored to win ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros. means for the movies
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
Netflix’s deal to acquire Warner Bros., one of Hollywood’s oldest movie studios, poses seismic shifts to the entertainment industry and the future of moviegoing. As one of the remaining “big five” studios, the 102-year-old Warner Bros. is an essential part of movie theater business. The studio currently boasts three of the top five earning films ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pitt and Wisconsin mutually agree to cancel 2026 matchup. They’ll still face off at Dublin in 2027
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Pittsburgh and Wisconsin have mutually agreed to cancel their scheduled 2026 matchup. The teams were scheduled to face off at Wisconsin on Sept. 19. Wisconsin instead will host Eastern Michigan on that day. Wisconsin’s other nonconference home games next season are a Sept. 6 meeting with Notre Dame at Lambeau Field ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court hearings on Quebec secularism law to begin March 23
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
MONTREAL — Hearings for one of the most highly anticipated Supreme Court of Canada cases in years are scheduled to begin March 23. The country’s top court has set aside five days for arguments on Quebec’s 2019 secularism law, which prohibits public sector workers considered in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bayern’s Díaz gets Champions League ban cut after reckless foul on PSG’s Hakimi
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Bayern Munich forward Luis Díaz has had his three-game Champions League ban reduced to two on appeal following his reckless foul on Paris Saint-Germain’s Achraf Hakimi. UEFA said Friday that Díaz’s appeal on the charge of “serious rough play” was upheld, without specifying why. That means he still misses Bayern’s Champions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No sanction for England’s Tom Curry after ‘pushing’ Pumas coach Contepomi
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — There will be no consequence for England flanker Tom Curry after he was accused of pushing Argentina coach Felipe Contepomi following their autumn rugby test. Six Nations Rugby, which oversees the autumn series, said on Friday there will be no formal sanction of Curry or Contepomi. Two weeks ago at Twickenham in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa should recommit to debt-to-GDP anchor, IMF report says
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — A new report by the International Monetary Fund pushes the federal government to recommit to an old fiscal anchor. The report, released Friday as part of the IMF’s regular review of the Canadian economy, said the federal government’s budget tabled Nov. 4 rightly pivots toward higher public investment as U.S. tariffs and shifting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals MPs warned that NDP bill on military exports could ‘dismantle’ defence trade
By Canadian Press on December 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — A leaked briefing document prepared for the federal Liberal caucus claims that a bill put forward by NDP MP Jenny Kwan would “decimate” Canada’s defence industry and “dismantle” defence sector trade with the U.S. The briefing document, obtained by The Canadian Press, arms Liberal MPs with blunt talking points that call the legislation ... Read More »
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