19 December - Pale Moon START Page - MSM Canada

• Comey says House Republicans are 'shameful' after interview 2 days ago  –  Former FBI director James Comey had harsh words for U.S. House Republicans on Monday, saying their silence in response to President Donald Trump's attacks on the Justice Department is "shameful."
• Quebec man sentenced to 8 years, 5 months in Australian prison for smuggling cocaine
• Chinese automakers' Canadian expansion plans on hold over Huawei CFO's arrest, says auto sector spokesman
• CBS denies former CEO Leslie Moonves $120M US severance
• What happens if the U.S. government shuts down?
• Modern sex-ed curriculum has huge support among Ontario parents and students, consultations show

• Drivers in Canada face stricter alcohol-testing rules starting today, but constitutional bumps expected a day ago  –  New, stricter legislation enacted Tuesday gives officers more authority when screening drivers for alcohol in hopes of reducing impaired driving and deadly collisions on Canada's roads.
• Britain ramps up no-deal Brexit preparations, including military help if necessary
• 'I don't want to die alone in an alley': Toronto overdose prevention site offers sanctuary for users
• Children's entertainers Sharon and Bram owed thousands of dollars by B.C. promoter
• 'An amazing Christmas gift:' 6-month-old hears for first time
• Tragedies in Arctic hamlet sparking talk of a Franklin 'curse'
• Critics ask why rules to protect air passengers are still waiting in the wings
• Canadian house price slump makes buyers wary for 2019: Don Pittis
• Texas Democrat Beto O'Rourke not rushing 2020 decision despite buzz
• Ottawa to announce $1.6B for battered energy sector
• Ceasefire ends intense fighting in Yemen port city

Pipeline politics: Why $1.6B in aid for oil and gas industry is awkward for Canada a day ago  –  A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Canadian taxpayers footing bill for billions in new subsidies for the oil and gas industry; mapping out Washington's political year ahead.

Penny Marshall, director of Big and star of TV's Laverne & Shirley, dead at 75

'Arguably you sold your country out': Judge admonishes Michael Flynn at hearing

Ottawa offers $1.6B backstop for energy sector as political tensions with Alberta fester

Ottawa offers $1.6B backstop for energy sector as political tensions with Alberta fester a day ago  –  The federal government is promising more than $1.6 billion — most of it in loans — to support the ailing energy sector, but it's unlikely to snuff heightened political tension between Ottawa and Alberta.

Trump Foundation to dissolve amid allegations of 'shocking' illegality

Canada Post says normal delivery times restored for most of the country

Elon Musk unveils underground tunnel prototype

Church officials urged to meet with sex abuse victims before critical Vatican summit

Global workplace gender gap narrows in 2018, but it'll take 202 years to close, World Economic Forum estimates

Tourist organizations in N.W.T., across Canada 'pause' marketing in China

Millard gets 25 years for dad's killing, which could keep him in prison till he's 1

• City shelters should strive to keep homeless people and their pets together 10 hours ago  –  It is estimated that about one in 10 homeless or vulnerably housed people in Canada has a companion animal, but few shelters will accept pets.
• Banning Huawei from building 5G network unlikely to seriously hurt Canada's big telcos, analysts say
• Medical insurance fraud widespread, as employees, providers rip off benefit plans
• Woman charged with witchcraft just 2 days before offence scrubbed from law
• 'The prices are outrageous': Concerns raised over monopoly on ordered goods in federal prisons
• U.S. Senate passes criminal justice reform bill in bipartisan win for Trump
• Terrorists or targets? Appeal court to decide fate of B.C. couple accused in bomb plot
• Donald Trump undermined Canada on Huawei arrest, says former U.S. ambassador
• 'Disturbing increase' in violence against journalists worldwide
• Fresh Prince of Bel Air star files lawsuit against video game companies over use of 'Carlton Dance'
• Tilray stock jumps on medical cannabis collaboration with pharma giant

U.S. Federal Reserve hikes benchmark interest rate to as much as 2.5% 43 minutes ago  –  The U.S. Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate for the fourth time this year to reflect the economy's continued strength, but signals it expects to slow its pace of hikes next year.

B.C. couple convicted in legislature bomb plot freed by Appeal Court

Shares in Canadian mortgage company Home Capital sell off after Warren Buffett sells his stake

RBC disputes report that it had access to users' Facebook messages

Odds of rate hike in Canada next month fall to near 0% as inflation slips to lowest point in 2018

3rd Canadian detained in China, Global Affairs says

Use cash to buy legal cannabis if you're worried about privacy, watchdog says

CSIS gathered info on peaceful groups, but only in pursuit of threats: Watchdog

Britain's post-Brexit immigration plan gets sidetracked as Corbyn appears to insult May

Toronto police lay new charges, arrest 7th student in St. Michael's College School investigation

Drugmaker GSK to split after striking Pfizer consumer health deal