18 May - Pale Moon START Page - MSM Canada

• Phoenix pay system cost could total $2.6B before cheaper replacement ready 2 days ago  –  The troubled Phoenix pay system for Canadian public servants will need over a billion more dollars to fix once and for all, a process that could take another four years, a federal watchdog says.
• Trudeau warns of 'meaningful financial consequences' for social media giants that don't combat hate speech
• Air Canada in exclusive talks to buy Air Transat
• Allstate whistleblower facing $700K lawsuit says insurance giant trying to silence her
• Nova Scotia woman 'played dead' during knife attack on Virginia trail
• China formally arrests Spavor and Kovrig, accuses them of

• Bruins sweep Hurricanes to secure spot in Stanley Cup final 2 days ago  –  Tuukka Rask posted his seventh career playoff shutout, and the Boston Bruins swept the Carolina Hurricanes out of the Eastern Conference final, winning 4-0 on Thursday night to reach their third Stanley Cup final in nine years.
• Liberals to hold minority government in N.L., PCs not conceding defeat
• Kovrig is 'holding up as well as one could hope for,' says Canadian detainee's boss
• I.M. Pei, architect of Louvre Pyramid, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, dead at 102
• 'Basically rotting alive': Family shocked by massive bedsore threatening man's life
• Liberals block opposition bid to bring Mark Norman before committee to testify
• 'That's going to blow': N.L. cabbie saves 4 people from car before it bursts into flames
• Trump proposes new U.S. immigration plan favouring skills over family ties
• Duterte rages at 'matrix' of enemies, Philippine corruption, Canadian trash
• Scheer pitches east-west energy corridor, blasts Trudeau for 'all-out attack' on oil
• Trudeau 'disappointed' by 'backsliding' on abortion rights i

• 'Just insane': Expedia charges Manitoba man $200 for hotel room — plus $6K in taxes and fees a day ago  –  A Manitoba man who was billed over $6,000 for a one-night hotel stay, with only $200 charged for the room itself, says he'll never use Expedia again. The company now says it will refund his money and provide a $200 voucher.
• Lawrencetown, N.S., tries new co-op approach, adding to Canada's fee-for-service health-care controversy
• 'The battle is still on': Fake news rages in India's WhatsApp elections
• Electric-car rebates: More than free money?
• How concern about climate change could decide Australia's election
• Eurovision in Israel: Calls for a boycott as festival comes to a close
• What the Boeing Max 8 groundings could mean for summer travel
• John Bolton, the Saudis and the hawkish forces pushing the White House toward a war with Iran
• Why doctors now warn against routinely treating mild thyroid issues
• Weight loss 'grants' program fails to pay up after participants shed pounds
• Taiwan approves same-sex marriage in first for Asia

• Genocide against Indigenous Peoples recognized by Museum for Human Rights

    17 hours ago  –  The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg now deems the treatment of Indigenous Peoples in Canada as genocide, a change in position following criticism. Previously, the museum had said Indigenous Peoples faced cultural genocide rather than genocide.
• 'It was my decision and my responsibility': Vance speaks on suspension of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman
• 'Typical Liberal desperation': Scheer insists he won't reopen abortion debate
• 'It's everything we've always asked for': Steel and aluminum industries welcome end of tariffs
• 'I don't give a shit': Police release 911 call complaining about Amber Alert
• Former polygamous leader found guilty in child-bride case
• Canada, U.S. reach deal to lift steel and aluminum tariffs within 2 days
• 'Absolutely disgusting:' Victim concerned about pedophile's online profile
• Internet star Grumpy Cat dead at 7
• U.K. cross-party Brexit talks break down

• Australian Labor leader concedes election defeat to incumbent PM 26 minutes ago  –  Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten has conceded defeat to Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the country's general election.
• 'Full steam ahead' on trade deal now that tariffs are lifted, Freeland says
• 'Stem cell' therapies offered at private clinics need to be approved as drugs, Health Canada says
• With Trudeau's leadership under fire, Liberals try to regroup before October
• Not your 'grandmother's museum': How Canada's major art galleries are chasing youth
• In tight labour market, restaurants turn to tech for help
• Backlash against cashless, as more U.S. jurisdictions require businesses to accept cash
• Why a community protest over a church should worry Russia's Kremlin
• What didn't happen in the N.L. election — and why that matters
• Parliament Hill excavation uncovers pre-Confederation military complex
• Legal in Canada, but barriers to abortion remain, advocates