Category Archives: Canada
Bombardier gets final instalment of Quebec's US$1-billion investment in CSeries
MONTREAL — Bombardier has received the final instalment of Quebec’s US$1-billion investment in the company’s CSeries commercial jet program. The Montreal-based company announced on J...
Sep 02, 2016
Final arguments delayed in trial for woman charged with hiding infant remains
WINNIPEG — Closing arguments in the trial of a Winnipeg woman charged with hiding the remains of six infants in a storage locker have been delayed. The judge hearing the case of Andrea Giesbrech...
Sep 02, 2016
Man detained in Egypt without charge returns to Canada: family
TORONTO — The family of a Toronto-area resident who had been detained in Egypt without charge says the man has returned to Canada. Khaled Al-Qazzaz — a permanent resident of Canada an...
Sep 02, 2016
Is Vancouver's housing market losing its sizzle? Some facts on August home sales
VANCOUVER — Some facts on home sale figures for August released Friday by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, the first month of data available since the B.C. government brough...
Sep 02, 2016

Smoked meat and basketball: Trudeau takes lighter approach to connect with China
SHANGHAI — With the higher-stakes political discussions behind him, Justin Trudeau’s week-long mission to foster Canadian-Chinese relations adopted a lighter tone Friday. Early i...
Sep 02, 2016
Case of man accused in crossbow slaying of 3 put over to Sept. 23
TORONTO — The case of a man accused of killing his mother and two of his brothers in a bloody crossbow attack has been put over to Sept. 23. Brett Ryan, 35, is charged with three ...
Sep 02, 2016

Ontario Tories win Toronto byelection after flip-flopping on sex-ed curriculum
TORONTO — Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives won a provincial byelection Thursday in northeast Toronto, but it may have come at a cost. City councillor Raymond Cho won the Scarborough-Rou...
Sep 02, 2016
Frightened pooch plucked from side of rocky cliff in daring rescue
PARADISE, N.L. — A lucky, but tired dog is back with his family after rescuers plucked him from the side of a sheer cliff where he had been stranded for days. Askim, a black and white ...
Sep 02, 2016

Seven stories in the news today, Sept. 2
Seven stories in the news today from The Canadian Press ——— NEW VANCOUVER REAL ESTATE FIGURES OUT TODAY Metro Vancouver’s real estate market is bracing for a steep decline...
Sep 02, 2016
Candlelight vigil held for slain First Nations man Colten Boushie
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — A candlelight vigil has been held in memory of a Saskatchewan First Nations man whose shooting death on a rural property escalated racial tensions in the...
Sep 01, 2016