Category Archives: Canadian Press
Brown scores as Leafs continue hot start, beat Caps 2-0
WASHINGTON - Connor Brown made the most of his move up the lineup to keep the Toronto Maple Leafs’ hot start rolling. Brown scored the game-winning goal in the third period as the Maple Leafs be...
Oct 17, 2017
B.C. Greens to introduce ride-sharing plan; blame NDP and Liberals for stalling
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Green party says it will introduce a private member’s bill this week that backs ride sharing, despite long-standing roadblocks from the Opposition Liberals an...
Oct 17, 2017
Envoy takes aim at RCMP after protesters try to storm Iraq embassy
OTTAWA - Iraq’s ambassador to Canada is asking why his request for more police protection wasn’t answered hours before protesters tried to force their way into his embassy. The diplomatic ...
Oct 17, 2017
Omnitrax says temporary fix to Manitoba rail line doable, but company won't pay
The company that owns a broken rail line to Churchill says it could restore limited service to the northern Manitoba community within 30 days but it is not willing to pay the bill. Omnitrax Canada pre...
Oct 17, 2017
Enbridge balks at seizing assets from environmental group to pay legal costs
VANCOUVER - Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) says it has decided not to have sheriffs seize the assets of a Vancouver-based environmental group over unpaid court costs. Karen Mahon of Stand.earth, formerly kno...
Oct 17, 2017
Union representing 2,000 Quebec workers has mixed feelings about CSeries Airbus deal
MONTREAL - Quebec workers with Bombardier’s CSeries plane program have mixed feelings about the deal with Airbus giving the European aerospace giant a controlling stake in the aircraft, a union ...
Oct 17, 2017
TSB investigating collision between drone and plane in Quebec
MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating last week’s collision between a drone and a commercial aircraft near Quebec City. The Beech King Air A100 with two crew memb...
Oct 17, 2017
Judge halts newest Trump travel ban, saying it has same woes
HONOLULU - A federal judge in Hawaii blocked most of President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban Tuesday, just hours before it was set to take effect, saying the revised order “suffers from...
Oct 17, 2017
Margaret Atwood receives Franz Kafka award in Prague
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood has been awarded the Franz Kafka Prize. An international jury selected Atwood in May as the winner of the annual literary award, whi...
Oct 17, 2017
Newspaper lands easy scoop: Corvette crashes into its office
PLEASANTVILLE, N.J. - A New Jersey newspaper has scored an easy scoop. A Corvette crashed into the newsroom of the Press of Atlantic City newspaper in Pleasantville. The newspaper reports the car̵...
Oct 17, 2017