Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Maybe I'm irritating:' Naheed Nenshi neck-and-neck with challenger in Calgary mayoralty race
CALGARY - He's hip, funny, well-educated and widely known across Canada, but Naheed Nenshi is facing the fight of his political life as he seeks his third term as Calgary’s mayor. During his two...
Oct 16, 2017
Business sentiment moderates from strong summer high: Bank of Canada poll
OTTAWA - Canadian companies remain positive about the future but there are signs business sentiment has begun to cool down from its mid-summer high, said new poll results released Monday by the Bank o...
Oct 16, 2017
Canadian freed from captivity says he and his wife were kidnapped because she was pregnant
A couple held hostage for five years by a Taliban-linked network and forced to raise three children while in captivity were initially targeted for ransom because of the impending birth of their first ...
Oct 16, 2017
Nova Scotia doctor acquitted of fraud, unlawful possession of narcotics
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A Halifax-area doctor has been acquitted of fraud and unlawful possession of narcotics, but remains unable to practice as she faces a professional disciplinary probe. Dr. Sarah Daw...
Oct 16, 2017
Canadian writers, actors join Twitter boycott amid Weinstein sex scandal
Canadian writers, actors and women’s rights advocates joined a contentious international boycott of Twitter on Friday after the social media platform became mired in the Harvey Weinstein sex sca...
Oct 16, 2017
Past mistakes, soul-searching feature in first B.C. Liberal debate
SURREY, B.C. - Six of the candidates running to lead British Columbia’s Liberals laid out their ideas to rebuild the party Sunday in a debate that dwelled at times on what went wrong in last spr...
Oct 16, 2017
Refugee minister calls RCMP questionnaire targeting Muslims 'unacceptable'
VANCOUVER - Canada’s immigration minister is condemning an RCMP questionnaire that appears to target Muslim asylum seekers crossing the border from the United States into Quebec. Speaking in Van...
Oct 16, 2017
U.S. demand on autos for NAFTA: Make huge changes, immediately
ARLINGTON, United States - The United States is presenting a quadruple-whammy demand on auto manufacturing at the NAFTA negotiations, including a strict “Made In America” requirement with ...
Oct 16, 2017
Freed Canadian hostage Joshua Boyle demands his kidnappers be brought to justice
TORONTO - Former Canadian hostage Joshua Boyle has demanded that his kidnappers be brought to justice for the “murder” of his infant daughter and the rape of his wife while they were in ca...
Oct 16, 2017
Telus apologizes after 'years-old' ad causes brief Twitter controversy
CALGARY - Telus is apologizing after what the company says was a five-year-old ad caused a brief stir on social media on Saturday. The ad’s text read that not having the most HD sports channels ...
Oct 16, 2017