Category Archives: Canadian Press
Under pressure over single $7B budget vote, Liberals make a tweak
OTTAWA - The federal government is announcing a slight change to its plan to streamline the spending-approval process into a single $7-billion vote after complaints earlier this week from the par...
May 03, 2018
'Le trampoline' and 'la trampoline' both correct: Quebec language watchdog
MONTREAL - Call it a victory for gender equality. After a lengthy research process, Quebec’s language watchdog says the word “trampoline,” which in Fren...
May 03, 2018
Loblaw shareholders reject living wage, independent board chair proposals
Shareholders of Canada’s largest grocer rejected a proposal that Loblaw Companies Ltd. determine the feasibility of paying its employees a living wage - one that varies by location and is calcul...
May 03, 2018
Ontario govt signs deals to share forestry, mining revenues with First Nations
TORONTO - The Ontario government says it has signed agreements to share the revenue from mining and forestry projects with First Nations, saying the deals are the first of their kind in the province. ...
May 03, 2018
Ontario Arrows finally make home debut as investors kick pro rugby tires
TORONTO - Denied by an ice storm in April, the Ontario Arrows finally hold their home opener Saturday against the Boston Mystics. The newly formed Arrows have already posted a 2-1-1 record on the road...
May 03, 2018
Privacy experts: EU changes will help consumers indirectly, push Canada to follow
TORONTO - The European Union’s new privacy protection rules are being described as a game-changing new standard that’s already being felt in Canada as companies with transatlantic&nbs...
May 03, 2018
North Dakota mom, 3 kids dead in apparent homicides, suicide
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - A mother and her three children were found dead Thursday inside a northeastern North Dakota home, and police said their deaths were apparent homicides and a suicide. Police said 35...
May 03, 2018
Candace Chapman, Tomasz Radzinski named to Canada Soccer Hall of Fame
TORONTO - Candace Chapman, who won more than 100 caps for her country, and speedy striker Tomasz Radzinski, who played at the highest level in Europe, have been named to the Canada Soccer Ha...
May 03, 2018
MLB to announce Yanks-Red Sox games in London
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball intends to announce next week the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will play two games at London’s Olympic Stadium on June 29-30 next year, a person familiar ...
May 03, 2018
N.S. premier to pitch federal panel on offshore oil, gas exploration
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier says he will make the case for allowing offshore development to co-exist with the coastal fishery, when he goes before a federal panel on marine protected areas o...
May 03, 2018