Category Archives: Canadian Press
Five stories in the news for today, Oct. 27
Five stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 27 --- TRUDEAU IN QUEBEC FOR FUNERAL, ANNOUNCEMENT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Quebec today to attend a private funeral and to discuss the Canada...
Oct 27, 2017
Federal deficit $2.7 billion for April-to-August period: Finance Department
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $2.7 billion in the first five months of its fiscal year compared with a deficit of $5.4 billion in the same period last year. In its monthly fiscal mo...
Oct 27, 2017
Trial for alleged Quebec City mosque shooter to begin in March 2018
QUEBEC - The trial for the man accused of gunning down six men inside a Quebec City mosque will take place next March. Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, faces six counts of first-degree murder and six of att...
Oct 27, 2017
Halifax music fest apologizes for 'overt racism' at Polaris winner's concert
The Halifax Pop Explosion music festival is apologizing for the actions of a volunteer who interrupted a performance by Polaris Prize-winning singer Lido Pimienta with “overt racism.” A st...
Oct 27, 2017
Quebec man accused of assaulting daughter for removing hijab
GATINEAU, Que. - A Quebec man has been charged with allegedly assaulting his teenage daughter for a year in what police are calling “honour-based” violence. Gatineau police said Friday the...
Oct 27, 2017
Catalonia independence: Trudeau says Canada recognizes one united Spain
SAINT BRUNO-DE-MONTARVILE, Que. - Canada supports an undivided Spain, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday in response to the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona passing a motion unilaterall...
Oct 27, 2017
Man charged after woman allegedly threatened in B.C. gets new court date
VERNON, B.C. - The lawyer for a man who was charged after police issued a warning to the public and female sex workers in British Columbia’s Okanagan region says her client's case was put over t...
Oct 27, 2017
Many conditions could prompt parents to seek assisted death for children: doctor
TORONTO - For most people, medically assisted death likely conjures up the image of an adult with a terminal illness seeking to end their suffering. But surveys released this week show pediatricians a...
Oct 27, 2017
Winnipeg drivers slip, slide, slam as bridges ice up during winter preview
WINNIPEG - A total of nine people, including two infants, were taken to hospital in stable condition after an early blast of winter turned several Winnipeg bridges into skating rinks, resulting in doz...
Oct 27, 2017
Province defies federal government demand for $50 a tonne price on carbon
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government will announce a carbon tax of $25 a tonne Friday - to be implemented sometime next year - and keep it at that rate, a government source ...
Oct 27, 2017