Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada invests another $54M into F-35 as Boeing hedges on fighter competition
OTTAWA - Canada has quietly paid another $54 million toward development of the F-35 stealth fighter, bringing its total investment in the controversial project to roughly a half a billion dollars over...
May 30, 2018
Kim Kardashian West goes to the White House to talk pardon
WASHINGTON - Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West was heading to the White House Wednesday to make a star-powered case for prison reform and advocate on behalf of a great-grandmother serving a life sen...
May 30, 2018
Unseen for weeks, Melania Trump tweets she's 'feeling great'
WASHINGTON - After nearly three weeks out of sight, Melania Trump tried Wednesday to put to rest speculation about her health and even her whereabouts as she continues to recover from medical treatmen...
May 30, 2018
Father of boy who died in hot car in Burlington, Ont., charged, police say
BURLINGTON, Ont. - Police have laid charges against the father of a three-year-old Ontario boy who died after being left in a hot car last week. Halton regional police say 37-year-old S...
May 30, 2018
If you're buying Trans Mountain, where's your backing for Energy East: Raitt
OTTAWA - If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is willing to go to the wall to save the Trans Mountain pipeline and get oil to Canada’s west coast, federal Conservatives say he should be equally will...
May 30, 2018
Quebec City mayor confident Ottawa will reimburse citizens for G7 protest damage
MONTREAL - Not having a security perimeter in Quebec City when protesters converge in the provincial capital next week to mobilize against the G7 summit is intelligent, Mayor Regis Labeaume ...
May 30, 2018
Pot activist Marc Emery gets fine after guilty plea on trafficking charge
MONTREAL - The self-styled Prince of Pot has pleaded guilty to trafficking cannabis and will pay a $5,000 fine. The charge against Marc Emery stemmed from the opening of Cannabis Culture bou...
May 30, 2018
Six sextortion cases investigated in Halifax area so far this year, RCMP say
Halifax-area RCMP say they have investigated six “sextortion” incidents this year, and are warning residents to be careful online. In five of the cases, men were extorted by women, with vi...
May 30, 2018
Quebec woman reaches summit of Mount Logan in solo trek
MONTREAL - A Quebecer has become the first woman to climb to the top of Canada’s highest mountain in a solo trek, her agent said Wednesday. “Monique just reached the summit,” Franois...
May 30, 2018
Science Says: Ambien's odd side effects don't include racism
Ambien and similar sleep aids are well-known for sometimes causing some weird behavioural side effects, but changing one’s political or cultural views is not one of them. Roseanne Barr partly bl...
May 30, 2018