Category Archives: Canadian Press
Looking to the sky: B.C. company says it is sucking carbon from air, making fuel
It sounds like spinning straw into gold: suck carbon dioxide from the air where it’s contributing to climate change and turn it into fuel for cars, trucks and jets. A British Columbia compa...
Jun 07, 2018
Atlantic First Nations create new foundation to pursue philanthropic funding
HALIFAX - Atlantic Canada’s First Nations communities have established a new foundation to help gain better access to hundreds of millions of charitable dollars that currently only trickle into ...
Jun 07, 2018
Household debt and housing remain key risks for financial system: Bank of Canada
OTTAWA - Canada’s housing market and high levels of consumer indebtedness remain the top vulnerabilities for the financial system, but both have shown signs of easing, according to the...
Jun 07, 2018
Supreme Court will hear appeal over class action aimed at big electronics firms
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear two appeals from major electronics companies in a pair of British Columbia class-action suits that allege a global price-fixing conspiracy bet...
Jun 07, 2018
GOP moderate: Tentative immigration deal with conservatives
WASHINGTON - A leader of House Republican moderates said Thursday that a tentative deal with conservatives was being discussed to help young “Dreamer” immigrants stay in the U.S. legally. ...
Jun 07, 2018
Quebec City protesters end tense but mainly peaceful demonstration
QUEBEC - Several hundred mainly peaceful protesters filled a heavily protected street of Quebec City on Thursday night, on the eve of a G7 summit that will bring U.S. President Donald Trump to Canada ...
Jun 07, 2018
Aid freeze, politics push Gaza's people deeper into poverty
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Samia Hassan used to have enough money to feed her two dozen children and grandchildren. Now she spends much of her time worrying about food, scouring Gaza’s vegeta...
Jun 07, 2018
Hawaii volcano gives experts clues to boost science
HONOLULU - Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano may be disrupting life in paradise with its bursts of ash and bright-orange lava, but it also has scientists wide-eyed, eager to advance what’s known ab...
Jun 07, 2018
Refugee Syrian chef turns nocturnal in Ramadan
WASHINGTON - The streets of Washington are dark and empty when Majed Abdalraheem first arrives at Union Kitchen, a shared commercial cooking space in a warehouse on the city’s northeast side. By...
Jun 07, 2018
Military base calls immigration agents on pizza delivery man
NEW YORK - He went from delivering pizza to being detained by immigration officers. An Ecuadorean restaurant worker making a delivery to an Army garrison in Brooklyn wound up being detained June 1 aft...
Jun 07, 2018