Category Archives: Canadian Press
Simple system fuelled Laval corruption, Crown tells Quebec mogul's trial
LAVAL, Que. - A well-known Quebec construction mogul was involved in a kickback system so simple it is unbelievable it wasn’t discovered sooner, the Crown told the opening of his fraud and corru...
Oct 19, 2017
Company seeks to build island off Alaska for Arctic drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - America within a few years could be extracting oil from federal waters in the Arctic Ocean, but it won’t be from a remote drilling platform. Federal regulators are taking com...
Oct 19, 2017
'Breaking Bad' actors will host fundraiser for Puerto Rico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Two actors from the hit series “Breaking Bad” will host an Albuquerque fundraiser next week for victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Bob Odenkirk, who played slea...
Oct 19, 2017
Ontario politicians condemn Quebec law obliging citizens to uncover their faces
TORONTO - Ontario politicians took the unusual step Thursday of using time in the legislature to unanimously condemn a law passed by Quebec that bans anyone from giving or receiving public services wi...
Oct 19, 2017
Philpott vows to settle school bus dispute, but First Nations critics skeptical
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says the Liberal government expects to reach a settlement in the “near future” with a First Nations family that’s been battling th...
Oct 19, 2017
Fox's Wallace doesn't like colleagues echoing press attacks
NEW YORK - Sunday host Chris Wallace generally lives in peaceful co-existence with Fox News Channel’s opinion folks, except when he hears some of them echo President Donald Trump’s critici...
Oct 19, 2017
New Brunswick Crown corporation seeks marijuana retail stores in 15 communities
FREDERICTON - New Brunswickers are getting a glimpse of how legalized marijuana may be sold in the province. Although the provincial government hasn’t yet announced a retail model, NB Liquor has...
Oct 19, 2017
Outspoken Mountie assigned to admin duties for refusing to shave goatee
SUNNY CORNER, N.B. - A New Brunswick RCMP corporal who was rebuked for publicly criticizing the force’s top brass said Thursday he was assigned to administrative duties for refusing to shave off...
Oct 19, 2017
Trudeau says it's not up to federal government to challenge Quebec veil-ban law
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau offered relatively mild criticism on Thursday of a new Quebec law that bans people from providing or receiving public services with their faces covered and asserted that itR...
Oct 19, 2017
Not something to grouse about: Calgary Zoo hatches 50 endangered birds
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo says it has successfully hatched several dozen greater sage grouse in an effort to bolster the endangered prairie bird’s population. The zoo says eight hens, six males ...
Oct 19, 2017